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2nd Amendment Rights

 

            Gun Control Versus Your 2nd Amendment Rights: The Truth.
            
             Since the beginning of America built on this country's foundation the people have found it necessary to be able to keep and bear arms. This freedom, this guaranteed right in our Constitution became an amendment to our freedoms. The second amendment was one in pack of the first 10 amendments known as The Bill of Rights, passed by congress in September 25, 1789. The second amendment states that "For their protection and for purposes of having a well trained militia the people of the states may keep and bear (own) arms (weapons), but the federal government or the state governments may pass laws against owning certain weapons and the way others may be used". (Cullop, 1999, p.64).
             This research will use the following questions to determine answers from various sources. .
             1. Do Guns cause more crime?.
             2. Does the media tell all of the truth about guns or only what makes news, and how much influence does the media have on Americans" perception of guns?.
             3. What is the ultimate goal of Anti-Gun supporters", working through courts, lies, and international treaties?.
             4. If banning guns is the answer to the problem, why have Britain, Australia, and Canada's ban failed so horrendously to reduce crime.
             5. Is the Second Amendment outdated, or is it America's and it's people's best defense?.
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             This review of literature on Second Amendment rights versus Gun control will focus on these five questions. .
             Do More Guns Cause More Crime or Less?.
             In a very influential and well-researched book, Lott (1998) pointed out the connection between guns and crime with actual tests, research and surveys.


Essays Related to 2nd Amendment Rights

1. The 2nd amendment

The Second Amendment, along with the other nine Amendments known as the Bill of Rights, was proposed on September 25, 1789. The Bill of Rights was then ratified in December 15, 1791. ... To date, the Second Amendment remains one of the few rights in the Bill of Rights that hasn't been applied to the states due to the clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Jefferson's friend, James Madison, masterminded the Bill of Rights. People are still having debates on the real intentions of the amendment. ...

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2. 2nd ammendment issues

In past years the 2nd amendment has caused a large amount of controversy. The 2nd amendment states that Americans have the right to keep and bear arms and that this right shall not be infringed. With the rising violence in today's society, gun control advocates have begun trying to twist the meaning of the 2nd amendment into different interpretations in order to try to control guns. On the other side, gun rights advocates see this as an attack on freedom and defend their interpretation of the 2nd amendment fiercely. ... Gun rights groups say such legislation would infringe on the cons...

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3. Gun Control, the NRA and the Second Amendment

Statement of the Problem Ever since the United States Constitution was written along with the Bill of Rights, people have questioned the second amendment, "The right to keep and bear arms.... The second amendment is stated as the right to bear arms. ... The purpose of this web page is to inform the audience with general knowledge on the second amendment and the overall view of "Guns rights.... " Emotionally the writer connected with me because he/she brings up a good point saying, many people fought and died in the revolutionary war just so we could have are rights in the consti...

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4. Fighting Back - The Second Amendment

The 2nd Amendment protects individual's rights, gun control would not stop mass killings, and as soon as the firearms are banned media influences will soon develop other ways to get guns, the illegal sale of guns would still be continue. First, the Second Amendment protects the individuals' rights to own guns. "This Amendment is one of the most important rights set by the Bill of Rights, which protects the right to keep guns" (Paul Gosar). ... The Second Amendment would not survive unless there was no valuable key in it. ... United States' citizens should not give up...

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5. 2nd amendment

Our Founding Fathers 2nd Amendment Mothers crying in the street as they beg for food to feed their children, innocent children murdered in mass, despair, devastation, and heartache. ... Attorney General John Ashcroft's statement declaring that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to keep and bear arms, irrespective of any ties to a state militia, has raised a debate over the Founding Fathers" true intentions for the Second Amendment. ... If the Founding Fathers mistrusted the Federal Government enough to create the Bill of Rights, it seems logical that they would not ...

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6. Gun Ban Policy on University of Utah Campus

Gun Ban Policy on U of U Campus The Banning of concealed weapons on University of Utah campus not only prevents gun owners from practicing their rights in the 2nd amendment of the constitution, also prevents law abiding citizens from protecting others or themselves when they"re harmed by criminals of malcontent. ... It is in the best interest of students as pointed out by the ASUU, that the 1st amendment is taken into consideration before the 2nd. ... A Poll was carried out recently in April 2003 on the University of Utah campus. 50.9% believed concealed weapons should be allowed on colleg...

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7. Let's Keep the 2nd Amendment

Gun rights and gun control groups alike have been lobbying Congress for decades to craft legislation in their respective favors. ... Anti-gun activists have even been rooting to ban the Second Amendment altogether. ... If America gets rid of this amendment, a right that America has had for decades, what's to say that other amendments in the Constitution won't proceed to be called into question as well?  ... However, that same implication is being made when the Anti-gun control activists are proposing to deny these very same rights of self-defense to fellow Americans. ... The second ...

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8. Was the Civil war the 2nd american revolution

These dreams were eventually met with reality when Americans banded together and fought for their rights, as citizens of the United States of America. ... While the Civil War was a triumph for American prosperity as well, referring to it as the 2nd American Revolution does not equally fit. ... These states all seceded on the basis of States Rights, not simply because of the issues on slavery. ... (Patenburg 1) While Black citizens were given there freedom by the 13th Amendment, and they were guaranteed new civil liberties by the14th Amendment, and they were even give the right to vote by t...

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