If I were to rewrite the Bill of Rights, the first amendment that I would keep is the First Amendment. It is one of the reasons why the U.S. stands out amongst the rest: it provides us with our basic freedoms. It states that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting its free exercise. We as a country are able to openly express our faith and its one of the many reasons why people …show more content…
Today, this amendment is one of the biggest topics discussed over, especially during election season. This amendment states that citizens have a right to bear arms. In 2008 the Supreme Court case District of Columbia v. Heller the court ruled that the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to own a gun for personal use. However, the decision only applied to federal laws and did not address local and state laws so in July of 2010 the Supreme Court ruled that the federal right to bear arms also applies at the state and local level. The reasons for why people own guns vary depending on the person. According to survey done by the Pew Research Center, as of 2013, about 37% of Americans reported having a gun in their household and nearly half of these gun owners (48%) used their guns for protection. The second highest reason for owning a gun was hunting at a reasonable