of the Second Amendment, as it would lower crime rates and save more lives. I believe this because without it many citizens would be in danger if they could not protect their own well being if the law prohibited it. Citizens would be in constant fear knowing that they had no ability to retaliate against a criminal would have the intent to harm them or harm any of their loved ones that are close to them. This would also include self defense with firearms since it would be under the Second Amendment
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 to the United States Constitution is a part of the Bill of Rights that guarantees the right of the people to keep and bear arms. This amendment, adopted on December 15, 1791 along with the rest of the Bill of Rights was created or several reasons. One is to ensure citizens’ rights to own a firearm. This topic has become one of the most controversial topics
The second amendment is the law that states that all americans have the right to own and carry a weapon. A law which is being discussed a lot in the media, especially after the tragic school shooting events and so on. In the US it is a "human right" being able/allowed to own and carry a weapon. The second amendment was written with a motive stating that weapons should be used as protection under the Civil War, and to make smaller armies based on the individual's own weapons. That way the military
Rights was the second amendment which protected the rights of the populace preventing the federal government from infringing on “the right of the people to keep and bear arms.” (Bill of Rights, 1791). This was originally intended to preserve the ability of the people of the United States to once again overthrow tyrants if the need arose. Not coincidentally, George Washington himself was afraid that even he could become a tyrant. Fast forward to the modern day, the second amendment gives homeowners
in the second amendment and our ability to own guns but we have to figure out a way to make america safe. I’m discussing the second amendment the right to bare arms. The bill of rights says it is the right to keep and bare arms.The second amendment was passed december 1791 by jason madison. Jason madison wrote the second amendment not shortly after the constitution was ratified. He made the 2nd amendment for the military, which is the national guard if you did not know. The 2nd amendment is important
The second amendment entitles the people to own or bear arms. Many people today believe that gun rights should be repealed or removed for the Bill of Rights, but I believe that this is one of our very first amendments and it is one of the most important ones, because it keeps the government from imposing tyranny or an oppressive government upon the people. The second amendment also give us the ability to protect ourselves without the government taking the right away from you. History is filled with
once said, “The beauty of the second amendment is that it won’t be needed until they try to take it.” Today there are people who want to take our right to bear arms, they wish for gun control and gun bans, although they don’t see that without our guns we cannot protect them, the same people who wish we couldn’t carry or own our weapons. Even our government has tried to push gun regulations on us. This is what Thomas Jefferson was trying to tell us! The second amendment to me means the right to stay
Shaping the Second Amendment People misuse or overuse the right to bear arms. Society believes since it is written in the constitution, we are able to own a gun for individual self defense or other purposes. Notably, the “right of self-defense is described by St. George Tucker as the first law of nature.”” In other cases, people believe it should not be in the constitution because it can be dangerous. However, another theory is that the constitutions defining statement is the people are to protect
essay, I propose to amend the Constitution to modify the second amendment with: A well regulated State National Guard is necessary to provide safety of a free country when needed, the rights of people who pass the background check, shall not be infringed. I proposed this change because I believe by amending the constitution in a way that I mentioned we may not able to promise that no mass shooting will happen in the U.S, but this new amendment for sure stop many mass shootings and gun violence to occur
The Second Amendment Debate In our country, we have always prided ourselves on our freedom. We are always quick to thank our forefathers for implementing the bill of rights to help defend our privileges as citizens, but recently there has been a battle between political parties. The argument has been about if we should do something about our gun policies in our country. Liberals mostly are for better gun control, and conservatives usually want our second amendment not to be touched. With the growing