An essay on the Second Amendment to the Constitution, detailing interpretations of the amendment and a personal (pro) stance on the right to bear firearms.
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 03:05:29
Category: / Recreation & Sports / Mental Health
Length: 5 pages (1329 words)
Category: / Recreation & Sports / Mental Health
Length: 5 pages (1329 words)
Gun Control
* The Amendment
The Second Amendment to the Constitution in the Bill of Rights 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 first part, pertaining to militias, is widely accepted by Americans of all political persuasion. It preserves the right of each individual state to form its own "militia," the National Guard. Few …
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…their guns, would have had their only means of defense seized by racist thugs in the government, who would have been left defenseless against the bands of Klansmen, to be harassed, attacked, and in some cases, killed because of their race? Whom did the registry protect?
I would like to close with a quote from Benjamin Franklin: "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
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