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A history of The Second Amendment
Introduction First of all, guns have been around for a very long time. The introduction of the Second Amendment opens up the controversial, yet well-anticipated opportunity for US citizens to be able to win guns. It is one of 10 amendments that form the Bill of Rights, ratified in 1791 by the U.S. Congress. RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS The text of the Second Amendment reads in full: “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 framers of the Bill of Rights adopted the wording of the amendment from nearly identical clauses in some of the original 13 state constitutions. During the Revolutionary War era, “militia” referred to groups of men who banded together to protect their communities, towns, colonies and eventually states, once the United States declared its independence from Great Britain in 1776. Many people in America at the ...
Gun Control Explained
Part 2 What are the arguments against gun control? The arguments come down to principle, law and practicality. Gun rights advocates see weapon possession as a matter of individual rights. They say that people have the right to arm themselves for hunting, self-defence , sport – or just because they want to. Legally, the debates often come down to the Second Amendment, whose 18th-century context and language have been endlessly parsed and debated: “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 rights advocates say that means an individual right to gun possession, while gun control advocates say it means the people’s collective right, through a militia. For generations, the Supreme Court avoided directly answering the question, though its decisions were often seen as favouring the collective interpretation. But in 2008, the Supreme C...
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