What Amendment did you choose for your topic? Include the number and the text.
The 2nd Amendment, The Right to Bear Arms
MLA citation for the Bill of Rights (official government site):
"The Bill of Rights: A Transcription." National Archives and Records Administration. National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Web. 04 Feb. 2017
Key Use:
What information from this source seems the most important? Note key points mentioned in the source.
The definition of the right: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. How does this source support your topic?
It serves as a reference. What information from this source would be most useful …show more content…
It provides key information on the 2nd amendment.
What information from this source would be most useful to include in your informative/explanatory article?
The definitions of militia, and the people. I would also use the multiple purposes of the amendment.
Two Contemporary Case Resources (articles on recent case)
#1
Citation Information: "FindLaw's United States Supreme Court case and opinions." Findlaw. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Feb. 2017.
Key Use:
What information from this source seems the most important? Note key points mentioned in the source.
-stun guns are not protected by the 2nd amendment because they were not “in common use at the time of the 2nd amendment enactment”, it’s considered a dangerous and unusual weapon, and found "nothing in the record to suggest that [stun guns] are readily adaptable to use in the military.
How does this source support your topic?
It was a case that the defendant argued to be protected by the 2nd amendment. It shows that the amendment can be interpreted in many ways, but doesn’t cover all weapons considered to be “arms”.
What information from this source would be most useful to include in your informative/explanatory …show more content…
In Jaime Caetano’s case the stun gun was ruled to not be covered under the 2nd amendment, because the stun gun was not a weapon in common use in the time of the 2nd amendment enactment. #2
Citation Information:
Fung, Sandra, and Jacob Brandler. "United States v. Castleman." LII / Legal Information Institute. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Feb. 2017. Key Use:
What information from this source seems the most important? Note key points mentioned in the source.
-Lautenberg Amendment- it is “unlawful for any person who has been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence” to transport, ship, receive, or possess any firearms which have been affected by or affects interstate commerce.
- Castleman worries if violence is not necessary for a crime of domestic violence under the Lautenberg Amendment, a person will not have notice that they might lose their right to own a firearm if they plead guilty to a misdemeanor.
How does this source support your topic?
States can make laws that can per say override the 2nd amendment. In this case a law was made so that anyone who is convicted under a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence no longer has the right to own a
The 2nd Amendment, The Right to Bear Arms
MLA citation for the Bill of Rights (official government site):
"The Bill of Rights: A Transcription." National Archives and Records Administration. National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Web. 04 Feb. 2017
Key Use:
What information from this source seems the most important? Note key points mentioned in the source.
The definition of the right: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. How does this source support your topic?
It serves as a reference. What information from this source would be most useful …show more content…
It provides key information on the 2nd amendment.
What information from this source would be most useful to include in your informative/explanatory article?
The definitions of militia, and the people. I would also use the multiple purposes of the amendment.
Two Contemporary Case Resources (articles on recent case)
#1
Citation Information: "FindLaw's United States Supreme Court case and opinions." Findlaw. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Feb. 2017.
Key Use:
What information from this source seems the most important? Note key points mentioned in the source.
-stun guns are not protected by the 2nd amendment because they were not “in common use at the time of the 2nd amendment enactment”, it’s considered a dangerous and unusual weapon, and found "nothing in the record to suggest that [stun guns] are readily adaptable to use in the military.
How does this source support your topic?
It was a case that the defendant argued to be protected by the 2nd amendment. It shows that the amendment can be interpreted in many ways, but doesn’t cover all weapons considered to be “arms”.
What information from this source would be most useful to include in your informative/explanatory …show more content…
In Jaime Caetano’s case the stun gun was ruled to not be covered under the 2nd amendment, because the stun gun was not a weapon in common use in the time of the 2nd amendment enactment. #2
Citation Information:
Fung, Sandra, and Jacob Brandler. "United States v. Castleman." LII / Legal Information Institute. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Feb. 2017. Key Use:
What information from this source seems the most important? Note key points mentioned in the source.
-Lautenberg Amendment- it is “unlawful for any person who has been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence” to transport, ship, receive, or possess any firearms which have been affected by or affects interstate commerce.
- Castleman worries if violence is not necessary for a crime of domestic violence under the Lautenberg Amendment, a person will not have notice that they might lose their right to own a firearm if they plead guilty to a misdemeanor.
How does this source support your topic?
States can make laws that can per say override the 2nd amendment. In this case a law was made so that anyone who is convicted under a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence no longer has the right to own a