This is the second amendment out of the constitution. It states that we the people of The United States of America have the right to own a firearm. ... In conclusion, it is the right of every United States citizen to own a firearm. It is not under the power of The United States Government to abolish this right without the consent of the people. ... How would our Founding Fathers feel if they knew we were changing the constitution? ...

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Currently, the United States does not stand on either side of the spectrum. A strong reason, backed by other moral and safety issues, for the United States" apprehension to lean towards banning guns resides in the Second Amendment of the Constitution, which grants the people the right to carry firearms. ... In 1994, the United States led the nations with 14.24 gun-related deaths per 100, 000 people (Carter). ... Either way, one must decide on the contributing factor or factors causing the United States" high rate. ... So with the United States" Constitution and the large majority of Ameri...

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Gun Control in the United States We've all seen the tragic story on the news too many times. ... (Kleck 348) This is an exact quote from the second amendment of the United States Constitution. This amendment states that the people have the right to own a gun to protect themselves. The government has no right to disobey the constitution and take away peoples freedom. ... There is no use whatsoever for semi-automatic weapon use in the United States unless for military use. ...

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The US Government The Public Policy: The Government of United States is very clear on its policy of its citizens freely permitted to carry guns. This is enshrined in the United States Constitution. ... In addition, federal law allows foreign visitors to the United States to purchase firearms after they have resided in the United States for 90 days, and makes it possible for terrorists to stockpile "long guns" and explosives without triggering any notification to law enforcement, according to the study, requested by Sen. ... (Herel, San Francisco Chronicle, May 8, 2003) Comments: When...

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Three years after passing the Brady Bill, in 1996 alone, handguns murdered 2 people in New Zealand, 15 people in Japan, 30 people in Great Britain, 106 people in Canada, and 9,390 people in the United States (US Federal Bureau of Investigation). ... Over 200 years ago, the founding fathers of the United States drafted the Constitution. The preamble of the United States Constitution clearly states its objective: to establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity. T...

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Issue of Gun Control and Violence The issue of gun control and violence, both in Canada and the United States, is one that simply will not go away. ... The only positive effect , Mundt, found in the study was the decrease in the use of firearms in robbery with comparion to trends in the United States . ... As Mauser points out that "it has been argued that cultural differences account for why Canada has stricter gun control legislation than the United States"(575). Surprisingly enough, nationwide surveys in both Canada and the United States "show remarkable similarity i...

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In the Second Amendment it states, "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" (Constitution). ... By abolishing more guns it may be pushing the United States to become a more dangerous Country (Pennsylvania Rifle and Pistol Association). ... The FBI estimates that there are more than 200 million guns in private hands in the United States; it is completely unrealistic to take all of them back. ... United States' citizens should not give up their rights if criminals would just ...

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Comparing the United States' homicide rates to other countries is another area that proponents of gun control use in their arguments. The United States' homicide rate (5.9 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2005) is higher when compared to other countries: Sweden with 1.3, Canada with 1.5, and Australia with 1.3. ... For one, the United States has numerous factors that play into its homicide rate that, to some, make these apparent connections void. A prominent one is other countries has the same laws for the entire nation while the United States has fifty different states with differ...

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In the twentieth of September 1789 the United States congress proposed ten amendments that were later ratified two years later. ... These regulators would spark protests at a moment's notice and the United States government at times be delayed on attending to the riot, leaving farmers vulnerable to assault. ... In the early 19th century it could be said that the United States was awakened by the events that took place and did what they thought was best in order to reduce the violence in the country. ... Following Kentucky many other states such as Louisiana, Georgia, Virginia, Alabama, Oh...

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The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution provides the people of the United States of America with the right to bear arms. ... It also made for restrictions on what types of guns can be imported into the United States. ... George Wingate in order to teach marksmanship to the people of the United States of America (www.nra.org). ... Assam was a regular civilian who exercised her right to bear arms as provided by the second amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America. ... Thus, no more gun control legislation should be passed that continues to infringe upon the rig...

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The Second Amendment of the Bill of Rights in the United States Constitution states, "The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." The reason for this Amendment as intended by the founding fathers was to insure that the citizens of the newly formed union could protect themselves from government tyranny, and guarantee the states a right to a militia. ... A prime reason for allowing amendments to the U.S. constitution is so the laws can agree with modern society. ... The need for gun control legislation was never really a major matter in the United States until the e...

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The preamble of the United States Constitution clearly states its objective: to establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity. The bill of rights is the set of amendments to the constitution intended to secure these objectives for the individual citizens of the United States. ... The rise of the United States into world dominance, the shift of population into the cities, and the increase of drug use and violence has produced great change in our society. ... These s...

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In the month of January in the year of 2010 there were gun traffickers along the United States borders. ... In recent years, proponents of gun control legislation have often been held that only federal laws can be effective in the United States. Otherwise they say, states with few restrictions will continue to be the sources of firearms that illegally into more restrictive states.1 There are entirely too many guns in the country of the United States of America to not the law be strictly enforced. ... In the case United States v. ... Learning your rights and amendments prepare you for if one da...

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These few words in the second amendment of the United States constitution have been interpreted in many different ways. ... Gun ownership by citizens of the United States is protected under the second Amendment. ... However, the constitution was written over two hundred years ago, the world is a much different place than it was back then. ... Approximately sixty-percent of all murder victims in the United states in 1989 (about twelve thousand) were killed with firearms, as compared to fifteen thousand four hundred and fifty six people killed with firearms in 1994 (http://www.asahi-net.or....

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This country has spent an ungodly amount of money on defense; the United States accounts for 40% of the world's military expenditures (source: ESPN's Men In Blazers). ... However, in America, apparently banning a 227-year-old provision to the constitution would spell terrible doom, and apparently emulating a law that nearly the whole civilized world (banning guns) has would bring about totally opposite effects. ...

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The Second Amendment states, "The right to bear arms." ... So, is there a need to change the constitution? ... Ninety-nine percent of all privately owned hand guns in the United States aren't used for criminal purposes, they are used for protection and security. ... "America at Odds: Third Edition") The United States has the highest murder rate in the developed world, (Sidlow, Edward and Henschen, Beth. ... What if the United States was rid of guns all together? ...

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The pro-gun lobbyists and the National Rifle Association (NRA) since its conception in 1871 have sought to manipulate and twist Article II of the Bill of Rights found within the United States Constitution, thereby recreating the idea of manifest destiny and bringing the current topic of the "right to bear arms" to Washington. ... The design of the Constitution in regards to the Second Amendment, is more accurately depicted in the Militia Clause Section 8, Article I, and the Militia Act of 1792 which requires the state to "enroll" meaning, register militiamen for military duty and maintain inv...

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A Bill to Stop Handgun Violence The rate of crime and violence involving handguns in the United States of America is at an unacceptable level. ... The United States must take action to impose stiffer regulations on the sale of handguns. ... The United States government needs to lower the amount of violent crime involving handguns. ... In the United States, are used in 61 percent of suicides and are the most common method of suicide(source 5). ... Amendment II of the constitution of the United States of America reads "...the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infring...

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Our forefathers who constructed the Constitution of the United States, included in the Second Amendment, did not intend for all citizens to use and bear arms unless it was to defend for the state or the country. ... For nearly over three decades, the Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA) has shaped the legal ramification of national gun policy in the United States. ... The ownership and trade of all semiautomatic weapons in the United States are legal, but they have been banned for nearly a decade after Congress and President Bill Clinton signed the Federal Assault Weapons Ban in 1994 (Hoffman). ...

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The second amendment gives citizens of the United States of America a right to bear arms. ... The United States Constitution states, U.S. ... Constitution states, 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" (Carey). ... Violence in the states always goes back and forth from improving to getting worse. ... The Constitution does not one hundred percent guarantee the right to own guns for just any reason. ...

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The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution states, "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"(Witkin). ... Throughout the history of the United States, there have been many court decisions that have limited the right to keep and bear arms. ... Recently, we have the following from the United States Courts of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, which indicates that the clause about "a well regulated militia" does not mean that the average citizen is part of that militia. ...

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On one side, people who use some form of gun control imply that guns are responsible for too many deaths and injuries in the United States. ... Second, that gun ownership is a constitutional right granted by the United States Constitution. ... Constitution (LaPierre 27). Yet another myth, "Gun control reduces crime," (NRA 25) is either believed or not believed by almost every citizen in the United States. ... A nationwide study found that violent crimes fell after states made it legal to carry concealed handguns. ...

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The Second Amendment is one of the most important laws enacted to protect the right of people of the United States. ... Some citizens of the United States agree about the law to bear arms and some do not. ... The Federalists supported the Constitution and the Anti-Federalists supported the States' having more power. ... (Cornell, 41-45) In the early decades of the 19th Century, gun culture changed in the United States. ... Judges of the United States conclude with the bearing arms law must be under area and meaning of night in individual state constitutional law. ...

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When the founding fathers were organizing the framework of the United States Constitution in the late eighteenth century, the amount of power the national government would possess was an issue that came with much debate. ... John Jay, a former Federalist, opposed this idea while framing the Constitution, saying a country "Should never be split into a number of unsocial, jealous, and alien sovereignties." As one can tell, the parties rarely ever agreed with one another, so the Constitution was created through numerous compromises between the opposing sides. ... By adopting Federalist ideals and...

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"The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation; where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.... This fact, along with our nation's Constitution, should dissuade those who may otherwise be predisposed to knee-jerk reactions that limit gun ownership" (Barton, 2011). ...

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