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Although the 2nd Amendment is only 27 words in its entirety, it has been the focus of controversy many times in the last 223 years. In 1791 when the second amendment was added to the bill of rights America did not have a well put...
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The definition of the second amendment has been an ongoing debate over the past few years. Most people are debating this issue because they want to know whether the states have actual power to interpret the Second Amendment. Many people have interpreted the second amendment...
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The issue of gun control came to worldwide attention when school and mass shooting started to happen more often and became a problem. The citizens of the United States keep coming back to the idea of repealing the Second Amendment. We should not repeal the...
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Should we keep guns? I think we should keep guns for protection. If we didn’t have guns, how would we protect ourselves if someone broke into your house, they would have a weapon and what would you have? Nothing. So the point is yes we...
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The Second Amendment to 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” (U.S. Const. amend. II). The right to bear arms...
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With different interpretations of the Second Amendment, as well as different opinions on it whether people want to support it or abolish it can come different questions on why it became an Amendment especially the second of them all, as well as questions on who...
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Few topics provide more polarising opinions and heated debates than the topic of gun control in the USA. Established in December 1791, the second amendment states: ‘A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep...
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In modern America, the means and lengths that people will go to just to achieve a firearm, are far beyond what they were back in the eighteen and 1900s. According to studies at Giffords Law Center, “more than half a million firearms are stolen and...
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Gun control is a very heated argument throughout the United States. The 2nd amendment says that we have the right to bear arms, but that was back in the 1700s and things have changed very much since then. Now many people use guns for murder...
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Should we keep guns? I think we should keep guns for protection. If we didn’t have guns, how would we protect ourselves if someone broke into your house, they would have a weapon and what would you have? Nothing. So the point is yes we...
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With different interpretations of the Second Amendment, as well as different opinions on it whether people want to support it or abolish it can come different questions on why it became an Amendment especially the second of them all, as well as questions on who...
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Since the Second Amendment was made to the US Constitution in the Bill of Rights, there has been increasing debate about its interpretation. However, regardless of the original meaning intended by the authors of the Bill of Rights, it is indisputable that gun violence has...
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When drafting the Constitution, the founders were aware of the many flaws already contained within it and foresaw the need to make additions in the future, prompting them to include the Bill of Rights as a first revision, and two methods of an amending process....
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History of the Second Amendment The second amendment of the USA Constitution was mainly executed in order to protect the right of people to keep or bear arms. The Supreme Court bestows this right to individuals but not a group of militias. However, the ruling...
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As mass shootings become more prevalent in today’s events and covered by news outlets around the world. There are typically different approaches to this problem. Increase firearm restrictions or ban them outright, on the other hand allow law abiding citizens to practice their Second Amendment...
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In modern day America there are many instances where guns are used to commit a crime that resulted in the death of one or more people. This is a problem many people across the nation strive to change. Politicians such as Beto O’Rourke desire to...
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After a long and cruel and painful war for the independence from British’s, USA became its own and independent nation, a nation of choice and rights, a country of voice and its own opinion and people say that was because US nationals had arms to...
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Introduction Gun control has been a topic of debate for almost a century due to the increase in gun violence. There has been an outcry from the public to political officials to place limitations on citizens’ rights to own guns. These limitations force anybody who...
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The topic of this persuasive essay is the need for gun control laws in the United States. Weapons throughout America are used either for protection or for sport. Though these weapons may usually be needed as necessities ranging from hunting for food to protection for...
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There have been 297 mass shooting attacks in the US this year. That is more events of violence than days this year thus far. In fact, that figure demonstrates that about every two weeks we have an active shooter in America. With the extreme increase...