The Second Amendment Of The United States Constitution

The Second Amendment is making headlines these days. The Second Amendment 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. This Amendment was ratified in December of 1791. This amendment was proposed by James Madison, after the constitution was ratified. “James Madison originally proposed the Second Amendment shortly after the Constitution was officially ratified as a way to provide more power to state militias…” (Brooks, The Second Amendment and the Right to Bear Arms) The latest court case on the Second Amendment is the Peruta v. California “case”. But that was turned down the case. The Second Amendment is important because it provides self defense, enables U.S. citizens to hunt for food, and it allows for citizens of states in the U.S. to form militias.

In December 1791, the Second Amendment was made: The Second Amendment offers “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep arms, and shall not be infringed.” This basically means United States gives the right to its residents to keep arms, and it guaranteed individuals the right to possess arms for their own personal defense. In the past few decades there been thousands of pages that are written seeking to uncover the meaning of the “the people,” and “bear arms,” have been strongly debated.

     This timeless phrase, the Second Amendment of the United States’ Constitution, is an enduring example of the principles and ideals that our country was founded on. With this statement, the founders of this country explicitly and perpetually guaranteed the American individual the right to keep and bear arms. An incomparably crucial element of this country‘s origins, the Second Amendment and the rights it guarantees have proved vital to the growth and success of our nation.

The first amendment is one of the most used amendments today. Everyone in the world uses it and sometimes takes advantage of it and most times uses it when needed to. The Bill Of Rights was created on December 15th of 1779 and was created to make some rules in the future because no one had the freedom to do anything. Most were punished if they spoke their opinion, they did not even have the right to choose their own religion. But that all changed when James Madison wrote the Bill of Rights which is our first ten amendments. The First Amendment is and always will be the most used amendment today.

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." Since December 15, 1971 people in America have had the right to bear arms, today that amendment is

The truth to the statement that “Texas has a love affair with the 2nd amendment more than any of the other amendments” is circumstantial depending on the interpretation of the 2nd amendment. The second amendment is the most challenged amendment because it is so vaguely worded and not straight forward. It 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.” This somewhat incoherent statement leaves policy makers wondering whether the founding fathers were trying to protect gun ownership rights only for purposes of military duty and collective security or wanted to make guns accessible to all so that they could protect themselves. In order to asses if Texas’ love affair with the second amendment, we must look at the second amendment from both sides of the interpretation.

The Second Amendment of the constitution of the United States was adopted on December 15, 1791. “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” (Gun Control Laws). There is controversy on the exact meaning of the Second Amendment. There is also a lot of controversy surrounding guns and gun laws, and what could be done to prevent gun violence and mass shootings in our country. There has to be a way to prevent gun violence, while still upholding the Second Amendment and protecting the rights of law abiding citizens who have the right to own and carry guns legally.

It wasn 't until the 1930’s when opponents of the second amendment started to take action at the federal level. One law that was established at this time was the National Firearms Act of 1934. The National firearms Act stated that any weapon considered a machine gun or short barreled rifle, including sawed off shotguns, would have a tax of $200 imposed on the transfer of that weapon.

The second amendment was passed by congress on september 25,1789. This amendment gave the right of the people to keep and bear Arms. The Second Amendment guarantees American citizens the right to self-protection and safety. Society is safer when citizens carry guns because it gives citizens the ability to protect themselves from threats like criminals, such as violent intruders and attackers, as well as violent shooters.

The fourth amendment of the United States Bill of Rights states that “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.” (“Bill of Rights”). Within the text of this amendment, the word ‘unreasonable’ is one that should be observed and remembered by citizens in regards to search and seizure. A question every citizen should ask is: does the fourth amendment provide enough protection to an individual’s privacy against intrusive police search and seizure when an officer’s discretion is the sole reasoning for initiation? It has been argued that racially-biased policing largely began with the Drug Enforcement Agency’s Operation Pipeline, a 1984 training program that instructed 25,000 state and local enforcement officers across the United States to identify and search potential drug smugglers and carriers. The training also contained a section that trained officers to consider the suspects’ race (Reid "Race Issues And Stop And Search: Looking Behind The Statistics.” 168). In 2009, the United States population reached 318,857,056, with demographics divided at: 77.7% Caucasian, 13.2% African American, 17.1% Hispanic, and 5.3% Asian ("State & County QuickFacts"). In 2009, 39.4% of the prison

The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution was founded under the philosophy of protecting an individual’s liberties and freedoms. Liberties each person possess and that are guaranteed, not granted by government, framed with in the first ten amendments of the United States Constitution. Individuals have the natural right to defend their freedom, their families, communities and nation from immediate threat and government incursion. In the wake of present day events, mass shootings involving gun violence, supporters of gun control have called for stricter laws restricting legal firearm ownership. They believe there are no individual rights to own firearms, giving complete power to the national government. On the opposing side, gun

The Second Amendment was adopted on December 15, 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights established for citizens of the new United States of America. The founding fathers thought that the right to bear arms was so important in the creation and perpetuation of a free nation that they made it second only to the rights of freedom of religion, free speech, freedom of the press and “the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances” as provided for in the First Amendment. (LII). Having won their freedom only eight years

In 1791, the Second Amendment was adopted as part of the Constitution’s Bill of Rights, stating “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free

“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 right of all Americans to bear arms is a right the Founding Fathers held to equal importance as the Constitution itself. Gun control laws directly violate this right and therefore should not even be under consideration. Even if that issue is overlooked, gun control advocates state that in order to reduce firearm related violence, gun control laws must be implemented to remove the violence caused by firearms. Although this may seem reasonable, the consequences of such laws are ironically counterproductive; they exacerbate the problem instead of fixing it. Besides the fact that the American

In the United States of America, there is a constitution that outlines the legal citizen’s basic rights as an American. The second amendment of this constitution clearly states the right to bear arms. It 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." When the founding fathers originally wrote this, it was not intended to be unlimited, nor was it meant to be fully restricted either. Gun control, by definition, is regulation of the selling, owning, and use of guns” (Merriam Webster). Gun ownership should be regulated to a minor extent, and only by the state government.