Right to keep and bear arms

Americans Have the Right to Keep and Bear Arms      Our rights as Americans started to take shape when the Constitution of the United States was drawn up by the delegates at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. Three years later, a very important part of American history called the Bill of Rights was added. The Bill of Rights is looked upon and interpreted every day. It gives the citizens of the United States many of the rights and freedoms that we value today, and some of those are

The Right to Keep and Bear Arms The right to keep and bear arms was considered a fundamental, individual right in the original 13 colonies from the pre-Revolutionary period through the ratification of the 2nd Amendment to the US Constitution in 1791. The 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. The right to keep and bear arms has been a topic of extreme controversy in this

In the American Constitution it is expressly stated that “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” However, due to recent tragedy, many groups advocating gun control have called that amendment into question. These groups question, not only the amendment itself, but the provisions of this amendment and the broadness of its terms. Reformers call for action to be taken and laws to be changed, but it could be argued that the power lies in the states, not the federal government

The Bill of Rights is a list of limits on government power to protect the people. The first 10 amendments to the Constitution make up the Bill of Rights which was written by James Madison to protect individual liberty. Madison who at that time was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives went through the Constitution and made changes where he thought most appropriate. Unfortunately several representatives objected therefore his changes were presented as a list of amendments. In total The House

today’s society owning a gun or firearms is a natural right of the people in the United States, recently in these past couple of years and decade it has been brought to attention the potential of how dangerous it is that anyone can own a fire arm. It states in the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution, “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”. (Chemerinsky, 2006) The issues

anything remotely ambiguous about the Second Amendment's command that "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed (M., Clark. "The Right To Keep And Bear Arms." Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 33.1 (n.d.):185-202. Oclc.org. 2010. Web. 18 Jan. 2016.)." It is up to the courts to interpret the constitution but the Harvard Journal of Law believes that the second amendment does protect an individual’s right to posses a gun. It may not be a court, but Harvard is one of the best

Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." For centuries, people have argued over the intended meaning of “the right to keep and bear arms.” One side of the debate believes this statement gives individuals the constitutional right to possess firearms. The other side states that "a well-regulated Militia" was intended to ensure the states had the right to self-defense, and that legislators have the authority to regulate

Americans should keep the right to bear arms. Without guns we are defenseless. Don’t you want to keep you and your family safe? Guns can provide you with protection and give you a piece of mind .Crime rate would increase without guns to defend ourselves. So there should not be a gun law put in place for our own sake. How would you feel if you were held up by a thief and they take everything you own? You wouldn’t like that would you? However if you had a gun on you, likely you would walk away unharmed

The Right to Bear Arms How many of us want the U.S. government to have the right to tell us what to do, and when w can do it. There are probably not many who would agree that the government should have that right. Though having gun control laws is not to that extreme, some would say it is the first step. Growing up in a small town, and also growing up with guns my whole life I was one of those people who did not want gun control laws. Then after reading two articles that discussed this topic

necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”      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