Argumentative Essay: The Second Amendment
Olivia Watts
3AB
Current Event #4
Pleading the Second Amendment to back up your gun rights is actually not a completely valid argument. Some people believe the Second Amendment not only allows them to own guns, but that the government cannot restrain those rights. This thought process on our rights in untrue not only in this circumstance but in all of our rights. The government can restrict our rights, and they do. The fact is, there are already limits on firearms by the government. For example: people cannot own machine guns, hand grenades, or shoulder-launched missiles and children, mentally ill, and felons cannot own any type of gun. The Supreme Court has refused to inspect the laws that bound the right to carry firearms and specific types
3AB
Current Event #4
Pleading the Second Amendment to back up your gun rights is actually not a completely valid argument. Some people believe the Second Amendment not only allows them to own guns, but that the government cannot restrain those rights. This thought process on our rights in untrue not only in this circumstance but in all of our rights. The government can restrict our rights, and they do. The fact is, there are already limits on firearms by the government. For example: people cannot own machine guns, hand grenades, or shoulder-launched missiles and children, mentally ill, and felons cannot own any type of gun. The Supreme Court has refused to inspect the laws that bound the right to carry firearms and specific types