The New York State Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcment Act of 2013

The Second Amendment, in order for the role it plays in our to society to be fully understood, must be contemplated in the same way that the Founding Fathers contemplated its creation so many years ago. The need for the Second Amendment rose from the need of the American people to feel safe and secure in the country they had built on the idea of independence, and to have the means to defend themselves, their families, and their rights against all who might try to stand in the way of their freedom – including National Security. The Founding Fathers disliked the idea of large, powerful, standing armies, who had the ability to seize power from the unarmed American people and thrust America into government tyranny at any time – the same sort of government tyranny that they had just sailed across the ocean to escape.

The Second Amendment states that “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”.1 It is important to understand that the Second Amendment was created in order to allow the American people to form militias in response to a tyrannical government attempting to suppress the American way of life. In order for Americans to form militias, they must uphold their freedom to bear arms as a

Now lets ask ourselves, what does the second amendment mean? Who gets to keep and bear arms? One side focuses on the phrase “A well-regulated militia” to argue that only people who are in a militia such as the National Guard have the right to bear arms. The other side focuses on the phrase “The right of the people” to argue that law-abiding citizens, whether or not they are in a militia have the right to bear arms. Who’s correct? For further insight, the wisdom and prudence of our founding fathers proves to be instructive, as they lived in this influential time. In the Federal Farmer number 28, Richard Henry Lee wrote, “A militia when properly formed are in fact the people themselves.” In congruence with Richard’s thinking Thomas Jefferson wrote a letter to James Madison saying, “What country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve

The Second Amendment says “ 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 first half of the 2nd Amendment states that “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state”. This was put in place to ensure that the government or

The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution reads: "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." A militia is an armed group of citizens who defend their community as emergencies arise.

The second amendment reads, “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 and its purpose was to provide people with the privilege and right to carry a weapon in the event of a tyrannical government. When it was written, we had been oppressed by British rule. We were new to the concept of a republic and democracy, and looking back at history, democracy didn’t always work, and hadn’t had a great track record. This law was a good way to prevent the senseless killing in the event that our young republic didn’t make it. However, laws wouldn’t necessarily matter in that instance.

The Second Amendment gives people the right to keep and bear arms. Some in the government wish to take this right away.

The second amendment states that 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 idea behind the second amendment was a simple one, if you take guns away from the people then if you have a dictator then you can protect yourself against them. If you look at history most major dictators have taken guns away from the people. This is why the second amendment was so important to our founding fathers, because it would make it so the government could become authoritarian on its people and turn the country into a police state. The words “shall not be infringed” are very important, it signifies that no one, not even the federal government has the right

The second amendment says this: “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.”

There is a theory that has been popularized called “The collective rights theory.”(Strasser 2008) A collective rights theory asserts that citizens do not have an individual right to own and possess guns. This theory, which claims that the second amendment was written for the military, is incorrect. The collective rights theory infringes and undermines the rights of the militia. Thinking back to how this country was founded, the colonists fought a revolution against the Crown in order to gain independence. A shadow revolutionary government was formed and Militias were trained to prepare for armed conflict. Furthermore, the second amendment is a failsafe for the citizenry to take back power from their own government, should it ever become tyrannical. Therefore the citizenry also needs to be able to

The Second Amendment to the U. S. Constitution states, "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" (United States of America).

Imagine being shaken awake by the shatter of broken glass in the dead of night. A break-in is a occurring, so you reach for your gun, but find nothing but air beneath your palm as your door creaks open. This is a nightmare that all Americans could face. However this can be remedied by exercising their 2nd amendment rights. The 2nd amendment was ratified on December 15, 1791, along with the other ten amendments. It was created because the founders of the United States of America “believed that governments are prone to use soldiers to oppress the people” or, so that in the case of a “sudden invasion or other emergencies, the government could rely on… ordinary civilians who supplied their own weapons” (Lund & Nelson, “The 2nd amendment of the U.S. constitution). The 2nd amendment is one of the most controversial amendments in the Bill of Rights and has been a frequently discussed topic in the media. The 2nd amendment is extremely important in modern American society because it allows us to own guns for self defense, to use firearms for hunting , and it gives us a way to fight back against a tyrannical government.

Throughout US History, there has been many amendments put in place that have put peoples’ lives in danger. The 2nd amendment talks about how people have the right to keep a gun in their house for a security reasons. This amendment gave way for the militias, who are groups of people who protected their towns,

The Second Amendment of our Bill of Rights states, “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.”