Importance of The Second Amendment

United States due to the recent increase of gun violence. Robert A. Levy, chairman of the Cato Institute and co-counsel in District of Columbia v. Heller, on the other hand, states in “Our Core Second Amendment Rights” that gun control measures not only violate the rights protected by the Second Amendment, but would also be ineffective because the government cannot control people nor the firearms that have already been legally distributed to rightful owning citizens. In their articles, both…

Imagine everyone is wanting to harm you or send you to jail. Without historical events of the past, that imagination would be a reality. Three historical events and documents have shaped our freedom and daily lives. Things such as the first and fourth amendment of the US Bill of Rights, the Stamp Act, which is when the government enforced taxes on paper, and the Tinker versus Des Moines case where kids protested and the school went to court. By analyzing well being, safety, and taxes, it becomes…

collection of the first ten amendments that were drafted by James Madison. Each amendment was passed by congress on September 25, 1789 and ratified on December 15, 1791. Madison originally drafted only seventeen amendments. Of the seventeen, five were rejected and only ten from the remaining twelve were ratified. Although the original Bill of Rights pertained only to land-owning white men, all men were granted protections of the constitution with the help of the Fourteenth Amendment. In today’s…

Moving on from the first amendment that established the most basic rights of people, there is a second amendment that further reinforces the credibility of the Bill of Rights. "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." Second Amendment.2nd amendment contributes to ethos by stating the importance of people’s security.This also proves the credibility of the government…

Labunski points out that if a second convention had occurred, it probably would have been open to the public and it is unlikely that delegates would have been able to agree on any amendments. Both Natelson and Labunski's articles discuss the importance of Madison's thought process in 1789 and 1790. This is when Madison realized the need for a bill of rights to be included in the Constitution, as states had begun proposing their own ideas for amendments. It is pointed out in both articles that…

Interpreting the Second Amendment In the Bill of Rights, the citizens are given the privilege to own firearms for their personal protection. However, the Second Amendment seemed to take away this right by adding the concept of “organized militia.” In Columbia v. Heller, the court held that individuals could possess firearms without having to be the members of a militia. However, judge Stevens gave a dissent stating that all judgments should be made with the direction of past cases and court…

federal system of government? (5 points) A federal system of government is one where the powers are shared and divided between states and the national governments. Each retains significant authority in the powers given to them. 14. Explain the importance of the McCulloch v. Maryland Supreme Court Decision. (10…

history of the Second Amendment, but they come to very contradictory conclusions. There are a number of questions that both Cress and Shalhope were attempting to answer. What is the historical background for how the writers of the Second Amendment would have looked at the basis for the Second Amendment? What sort of cultural influences at the time of the writing helped to shape the views of writers? And most importantly, what right or rights were the framers of the Second Amendment actually…

affirmed by the Supreme Court’s interpretations as to what the Constitution requires. While the 10th Amendment is the only portion of the Constitution that expressly addresses the division of authoritative rights, many other sections of the Constitution affirm the importance of federalism and justify rules enacted in its protection. Some federalism-related rules have clear basis in the 10th Amendment, which says powers not delegated to the US are reserved for the states. The anti-commandeering…

Constitution. The first ten amendments, the Bill of Rights, are rights given to all citizens. These amendments protected citizen’s basic liberties and guaranteed proper due process for all. After the adoption of the fourteenth amendment, all persons could not be exempted from the protection of the law. This law was intended to grant citizenship to all African Americans. However, this did translate into civil life. Racism was still prominent in the states and the fourteenth amendment was ignored…