Argumentative Essay: The Second Amendment In The United States
2nd Amendment
The Second Amendment is one of the most debated Amendments at this time in our country. In the U.S. Constitution the Second Amendment is stated that “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 to the US constitution was written by James Madison, who became a member of the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention in 1787. It was presented to the House of Representatives in Congress on June 1789 and ratified in December 1791. It was one of a total of 10 Amendments drafted by Madison, who is thus often known as the "father of the Bill of Rights" as well as being called "the father of the Constitution" (Who Wrote the Second Amendment, http://philosophy-religion.blurtit.com/56014/who-wrote-the-2nd-amendment-and-when-was-it-written). During the …show more content…
They do not save lives. The cities in this country with the most stringent gun laws are the ones with the highest murder rates and levels of other violent crime. If such laws worked in achieving their ostensible purpose, Chicago would be a model of nonviolence. Instead it is quite the opposite. (Ron Smith. “Face the facts: Gun control laws don’t save lives.” The Baltimore Sun. January 20, 2011, page 1, paragraph 4.) I agree with Ron Smiths article because if you were planning on causing harm which place would you want to go in: somewhere that has a sign stating no firearms allowed or one that doesn’t have any sign. If I was planning to cause harm to me it would be a no brainer! In the country now with all the mass shootings guns are just the easiest to blame. The guns, even if they weren’t used in the shootings, the people would’ve found something else to use to get the same affect. We can take the guns out of the picture but if people want to hurt someone they will do whatever needed to do
The Second Amendment is one of the most debated Amendments at this time in our country. In the U.S. Constitution the Second Amendment is stated that “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 to the US constitution was written by James Madison, who became a member of the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention in 1787. It was presented to the House of Representatives in Congress on June 1789 and ratified in December 1791. It was one of a total of 10 Amendments drafted by Madison, who is thus often known as the "father of the Bill of Rights" as well as being called "the father of the Constitution" (Who Wrote the Second Amendment, http://philosophy-religion.blurtit.com/56014/who-wrote-the-2nd-amendment-and-when-was-it-written). During the …show more content…
They do not save lives. The cities in this country with the most stringent gun laws are the ones with the highest murder rates and levels of other violent crime. If such laws worked in achieving their ostensible purpose, Chicago would be a model of nonviolence. Instead it is quite the opposite. (Ron Smith. “Face the facts: Gun control laws don’t save lives.” The Baltimore Sun. January 20, 2011, page 1, paragraph 4.) I agree with Ron Smiths article because if you were planning on causing harm which place would you want to go in: somewhere that has a sign stating no firearms allowed or one that doesn’t have any sign. If I was planning to cause harm to me it would be a no brainer! In the country now with all the mass shootings guns are just the easiest to blame. The guns, even if they weren’t used in the shootings, the people would’ve found something else to use to get the same affect. We can take the guns out of the picture but if people want to hurt someone they will do whatever needed to do