Since this amendment is relatively vague, it is up for interpretation, and is often used by gun advocates to argue for lenient gun laws. ... Therefore, it makes little sense that the Second Amendment prevents stricter gun laws from being passed when guns today are not a necessity. ... A stricter gun law would provide much needed supplementation to the faulty background checks and loose laws that provide criminals the means to kill and wound innocent people. ... A strict gun law would ensure the safety of innocent people by taking away the weapons used to kill them. ... Stricter gun laws wo...

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Much of the debate on gun control centers on the interpretation of the second amendment and whether it protects rights of gun ownership or the individual. ... This event caused many people to think about stricter gun control laws. ... The country already has some gun registration laws but they are looking to make them even stricter to help control the problem of gun violence. ... It would make sense if we got rid of all the guns, gun violence and accidents would go down, but history has shown us that when the government places more strict laws on handguns, crime further arises (Lee 2). ...

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Eventually, the Court concluded that "the people" protected in the Fourth, First, and Second Amendments and to whom the rights and powers are reserved for in the Ninth and Tenth Amendments refer to "a class of persons who are part of a national community or who have otherwise developed sufficient connection with this country to be considered part of that community" *** Thus, the Supreme Court decided that While lower courts do not agree on a single interpretation of the Second Amendment, in each of the few Second Amendment-related cases conducted, the U.S. ...

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The right of the people to keep and bear arms is guaranteed by the second amendment in the Bill of Rights, and has had various interpretations through the years. ... The growing number of gun-related crimes together with citizen pressure has led to stricter gun control. ...

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