The second amendment of the Bill of Rights is the “right to bear arms”. This basically means that everyone has the right to own weapons. This includes any reasonable weapon that can be used for an individual’s self-defense, such as a gun. Just like all amendments, to defy someone of the right given in that amendment is unconstitutional. Many people who are for gun control argue that guns are not needed for self defense and are not protected in the second amendment due to it being written, “in a different time”. However, that is not true, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights are considered “living” documents in the sense that they are to be interpreted in accordance with modern society (Cooklis). The muskets of the modern-day are firearms,
