Essay On The Pros And Cons Of The Second Amendment
The Second Amendment has been one of the most controversial topics that America faces today. The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution reads: "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" (LII). Under the constitution, you are able to own guns but there has been many restrictions and Acts that control your rights to a minimum. Gun rights reforms are how the Acts and certain limitations are made. These reforms are made to help lower the dangers of these weapons and allow for higher protection. The Second Amendment and Gun Rights should be adapted to today’s society along with certain past events to allow citizens to bear arms publicly. In multiple scenarios, these past event may have been avoided if gun control was open to more eligible citizens. To begin with, there have been many past cases of the Second Amendment acting in the courts. One example is, United States v Miller (1939). This court case was a Supreme Court case that had challenged the Second Amendment to the National
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Looking back at past court cases helps show a better point of view on the amendment from a different time period compared to today. Many can agree that current gun rights and regulated acts have both their pros and cons. For the most part to help protect guns from getting into the wrong hands but as we’ve seen there will always ne flaws with trying to stop this. Of course not everyone should have the right to bear arms without the right background checks and possibly applying more tests and interviews before allowing someone to bearing arms to avoid any type of negative events like we have seen throughout these past years. Overall showing that there is still some time before America will have a perfect system and more reforms will be
Looking back at past court cases helps show a better point of view on the amendment from a different time period compared to today. Many can agree that current gun rights and regulated acts have both their pros and cons. For the most part to help protect guns from getting into the wrong hands but as we’ve seen there will always ne flaws with trying to stop this. Of course not everyone should have the right to bear arms without the right background checks and possibly applying more tests and interviews before allowing someone to bearing arms to avoid any type of negative events like we have seen throughout these past years. Overall showing that there is still some time before America will have a perfect system and more reforms will be