Importance of The Second Amendment

In recent years, the social issue of gun regulation has become a huge debate in the United States. As stated in the US Constitution, the Second Amendment gives people the “right to bear arms” which means that individuals are allowed to possess their own certified gun with the correct licenses. However, is this certain Amendment the cause of one of the biggest social issues today in the United States? The number of guns has increased to 357 million as of 2015. Therefore, the number of…

Putting a gun in the hands of every American is the only way to keep citizens safe. Keeping firearms out of the hands of unstable psychopaths and criminals is the only way to keep American families safe. The hard part is determining who deserves the right to own guns. Gun control has been the most heated debates in recent years due to the mass shootings happening more and more often. When a shooting occurs the media and politicians are quick to point the finger at anything else that may be a…

Although if we as a united people decide that we have the right to do something that is considered taboo by the elite now, we should be able to make it so. The 2nd amendment is a controversial subject recently due to the use of guns for recreational killings of both animals and people. The second amendment states that we have the right to keep and bear arms, however it is so vague in the language that we’ve been relegated to semi automatic weapons, which would essentially be of no…

about gun control. However, others would disagree about having gun control because according to the second amendment it gives U.S. citizens the right to own guns. The three reasons why some are against control are: It is the people of the United States right, avid shooting and hunting. The people of the United States of America has the right to own guns according to the 2nd Amendment, it states “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right…

normal law abiding citizens. According to many people they think guns should be banned, but that will not work. Gun control affects normal law abiding citizens not only by limiting firearms & ammunition that can be purchased, it takes away our 2nd amendment right, and demotes organizations such as the NRA & Gun owners of America.Without guns we would not be the free country we are today (Pros & Cons : Gun legislation). Having a gun does not make you a bad person, a lot of people just need to…

believe the Second Amendment should be completely abolished, others believe there should be no restrictions on guns, whatsoever. There is also an opinion in the middle of these two stances; some think by combining the two opposite beliefs and collaborating their ideas, a fair resolution could be made. In the article “Symposium of Guns in America”, James Lindgren discusses the history behind the Second Amendment and gun control in America. Lindgren declares that he believes in the Second…

people should offer free public gun-safety courses. Religion is addressed in the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights stating that the people are entitled to freedom of speech, press, assembly, and religion. Fisher 3 It specifically states that the government cannot make a law respecting an establishment of religion (Carson 156). Carson makes it clear that there is nothing in the Constitution or its amendments to indicate that all vestiges of faith must be removed from the public square. He…

One of the biggest advocates of protecting the second amendment is the National Rifle Association. The Encyclopedia of Interest Groups and Lobbyist in the United States reports that the NRA consists of over 3 million members nationwide (pg. 532) The NRA was founded in 1871 with the purpose of training the National Guard to be sharpshooters as well teaching its other members how to shoot (pg. 532). The first president of the organization was one of the Civil War Generals of the Union, Ambrose…

and claims that the government, in his opinion, be capable of and should decide what weapons are okay for certain individuals to have possession of. He also states that it is generally agreed on, at least in his opinion, that nowhere in the Second Amendment does anything prohibit the government’s right to some restriction. He also states that it is also typically granted that individuals should not be in possession of largely destructive weapons like a grenade launcher. The author writes,…

Although this may be true, the Second Amendment has become the object of some study itself. Correlating with the predicament of whether it recognizes the right of each citizen to keep and bear arms. Opposing to, whether the right belongs solely to state governments and empowers each state…