the right to bear arms is unjustifiable, society’s moral obligation is to protect themselves at any cost and that includes the right to carry a concealed firearm, protection of their own lives, and the allowing of the right to own a firearm. The right to own a firearm should not be infringed on and should never be ratified. The right to own and carry a firearm has been a right of Americans since December 15, 1791. The second amendment has been a part of America for over 200 years. This right allows
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United 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 Second Amendment has been the subject of controversy only for roughly the last 80 years. Even though, as some argue, the Framers themselves argued over its wording, the almost universally accepted opinion was that it guaranteed an individual right. It was in 1934 that the first attempt at universal gun control on a national level occurred
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Constitution(Second Amendment) of the United States of America(USA) is one of the most controversial. The Second Amendment specifically grants that, "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed" The way that an individual interprets the wording of the Second Amendment influences their point of view on who has the right to "keep and bear arms" (Amendment 2). The controversy brought on by the Second Amendment is because the Second Amendment does not clearly define whom "the people" are
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Arms, Militia and the Rights of the People Craig Parry, Jody Strickling, Quinton Farmer, Nathan Farmer, Robert Oldham University of Phoenix HIS/301 Instructor: William Gillespie June 29th, 2009 Arms, Militia and the Rights of the People “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.”(2nd amendment, U.S Constitution) The framers of the Constitution wanted to create a government that was governed
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Constitution, commonly referred to as, “the right to bear arms”, is written as follows: “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 adopted along with 9 other amendments contained in the Bill of Rights, on December 15, 1791. At that point, it was merely a federal provision, and the states varied on their choices of how to include the right to bear arms in their own constitution. In fact
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Despite efforts to successfully enforce strict gun control laws, crime rates have not decreased, which nullifies the arguments of gun control supporters. Gun control supporters claim that making gun control laws stricter will reduce crime rates and get rid of gun violence mostly. They believe if guns are taken away from the public, then there would not be any guns to be used in violent gun crimes. The truth is that this would only take the guns away from the law abiding citizens, leaving the rest
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Civil Rights According to Weiggarten(Weiggarten)Texas has a long history about the right to ownership of guns. The history dates back and was initiated by the American Revolution attempt to oppose the disarming of citizens. When Texas was commissioned as a state, it had a law written in the constitution about ownership of arms. Before Texas lost during the civil war it had already established a strong constitution which allowed the citizens town fire arms. The act in the 1845 constitution
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ourselves is taking our right to bear arms or significantly disable our right to bear arms the correct action to take? Are we going to punish the Americans who obey gun laws or the criminals who will do whatever it takes no matter what laws are in place? It’s no fact that other countries with less gun control have lower crime rates with guns than Americans do. Most importantly we as Americans have the right to protect our self’s. We as Americans have the right to bear arms according to the second
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I am here to talk about our Second Amendment right which allowed us to carry and bear arms in the United States. Gun control has been a big topic in the united states for years now. Taking away any right to bear arms is a huge breach in our second amendment constitution rights. If these constitutional rights keep being challenge, this country will no longer be the land of the free. These rights are ours as Americans. It is our decision of whether we support them or not. That decision cannot
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Huff 1/24/2016 Prof. Behler O'leary, Sara. "We Have No Right to Bear Arms." HuffPost Politics. Huffington Post. Web. Second Amendment In modern day the bill of rights and more specifically the second amendment of the federal constitution allows individuals to own and posses fire arms. While this is an inherent right of citizens provided by the constitution and gives individuals a sense of a personal security, the market for firearms has a dark side as well. The multi billion-dollar firearm
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