The problem is that many of the gun shows around the country have private dealers who do not need to conduct any type of background check in order to make a sale, due to the gun-show loophole which requires that background checks are mandatory for anyone buying a firearm from a federally licensed firearms dealer. ... Yet the anthem of extreme individualism of the right to be armed marches on, paralleling the path forged by the Framer's of the Constitution from John Locke's The Second Treatise of Government. ... However, not all the Framer's shared this sentiment, to cite ...

• Word Count: 1284
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The entire Constitution is displayed only one day a year, September 17, the anniversary of the day the framers signed the document." ... The reason I say that is because who knows if with the technology and world problems and conflicts that we are facing now our founding fathers would have of made the same decisions concerning the Constitution. ... The entire Constitution is displayed only one day a year, September 17, the anniversary of the day the framers signed the document." ... The reason I say that is because who knows if with the technology and world problems and conflicts that we ar...

• Word Count: 1917
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The entire Constitution is displayed only one day a year, September 17, the anniversary of the day the framers signed the document." ... The reason I say that is because who knows if with the technology and world problems and conflicts that we are facing now our founding fathers would have of made the same decisions concerning the Constitution. ... The entire Constitution is displayed only one day a year, September 17, the anniversary of the day the framers signed the document." ... The reason I say that is because who knows if with the technology and world problems and conflicts that we ar...

• Word Count: 1917
• Approx Pages: 8

The entire Constitution is displayed only one day a year, September 17, the anniversary of the day the framers signed the document." ... The reason I say that is because who knows if with the technology and world problems and conflicts that we are facing now our founding fathers would have of made the same decisions concerning the Constitution. ... The entire Constitution is displayed only one day a year, September 17, the anniversary of the day the framers signed the document." ... The reason I say that is because who knows if with the technology and world problems and conflicts that we ar...

• Word Count: 1917
• Approx Pages: 8

In 1786 delegates tried to hold a meeting to discuss problems with the Articles in Annapolis, Maryland. ... One of the first congressmen who recognized that the national legislature must add personal rights to the Constitution was James Madison, the framer of the Bill of Rights. ...

• Word Count: 1433
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

According to Hugo Black, "The Framers were well aware that the individual rights they sought to protect might be easily nullified if subordinated to the general powers granted to Congress. ... If it is so desired, the people have the right to tell government to change the way it is run if they have problems with it. ...

• Word Count: 1521
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Anti-gun leaders obscure several statistics and provide ineffectual reasons for gun restrictions that do not aim toward the root of the problem. ... Verdugo-Urquidez (1990), the court observed, "The Second Amendment protects the right of the people to keep and bear Arms- *** The Court reviewed the meaning of the term "the people" as used by the framers of the Constitution. ... The most obvious problem is that there is not enough federal funding for the law. ... If the problem with funding is not solved the law will be inefficient and could possibly be ...

• Word Count: 2448
• Approx Pages: 10