Right to keep and bear arms

after the Court had decided Heller and said that the Second Amendment includes an individual right to keep and bear arms, Otis McDonald and other Chicago residents sued the city for violating the Constitution. They claimed that Chicago’s handgun regulations violate their 14th Amendment rights. Specifically, the residents argue that the 14th Amendment makes the Second Amendment right “to keep and bear Arms” applicable to state and local governments. The federal district court ruled for Chicago…

In Steve Nolan’s article “25 Reasons Why We Need To Preserve Our 2nd Amendment Right To Keep And Bear Arms,” he explains why we should bear arms, and why we should fight to keep our civil liberty to bear arms. This essay is intended to help the reader become more informed on the right to bear arms, how the media only covers gun related incidents, but not instances where guns have saved people, and how many politicians contort the 2nd amendment to aid them in elections. By uncovering some truths…

“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,” The Second Amendment. If the Constitution framers didn’t want U.S. citizens to possess the right to bear arms today, then they wouldn’t have written it into the Constitution back then. Just because of a few unstoppable shootings recently in the news, in which occurred from sick-minded people, doesn’t automatically mean guns should be restricted or…

forefathers have given this freedom on the central idea of “free speech.” The right is free speech is evolutionary innate and prove of our existence. In our society, this right is so important that the writers of the ‘Bill of Rights’ gave it very first place and for personal safety empowered us with ‘Right to bear arms;’ meaning say freely whatever you want and take some guns for self-defense. As we are exercising these rights, we should also ensure that the ‘ideal of the second amendment…

Gun Control Gun control has been an everlasting topic in the everyday American politics. With two arguments that cause great debate and discussion among the whole United States. With this controversial topic comes many discussions that we as people have and discuss a lot, humans think about the pros and cons of every situation. However, in this topic especially can have great effect on The United States, like in Chicago a Tribune analysis showed shootings citywide were also up from last year 73…

District of Columbia v. Heller The Second Amendment is one of the most controversial amendments in the Constitution. There have been several cases where the Amendment has been challenged. As the world keeps growing and developing, the amendments have stayed the same since the creation in 1789. Therefore, as the years go by the original meaning of the text is getting lost in translation, which has caused the Supreme Court Justices to try to interpret the meaning the best way they can to ensure a…

According the article, State Constitutional Rights to keep and Bear Arms, written by Eugene Volokh it talks about how people have the right to bears arms to protect themselves, their family, and their Property. Just like when Louie joined the military and used his right to protect his country from the Japanese army that was trying to destroy the United States through constant sneak attacks (47). The article goes on to talk about how using the right to bear arms Americans can protect themselves…

Did the framers of the Constitution intend for every U.S. citizen to have the right to bear arms? It is scary to think about what would happen if everyone in a mall had a gun. Under the Second Amendment, American citizens have the right to bear arms and that right should never be violated. Although that is true, gun control is needed because thousands of US citizens are killed every year from the misuse of weapons. The Constitution explicitly has the law written out. It exactly states that "a…

Militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed”. Such statement had the U.S. Citizens at first believe that it was to only apply to the federal government, but in recent years it has been interpreted to grant the right of gun ownership to individuals for certain purposes such as self-defense. Having debates focus on whether the Second Amendment is a right that can be exercised only through the militia organization…

Do people today really need to have guns? The second amendment was passed by Congress September 25, 1789 but was added to the Bill of Rights on December 15, 1791. The 2nd Amendment is about the right to bear arms and often referred to as the “Right to Bear Arms Amendment.” The second amendment states that “a free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined; to which end a uniform and well-digested plan is requisite; and their safety and interest require that they should promote such…