The Second Amendment- The Right to Bear Arms



The United States Constitution, Bill of Rights, Second Amendment
"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."

In the political cartoon depicted, we see a young man armed with an assault rifle and ammunition pointing out the right to bear arms in the US Constitution in a work office. In my opinion, he is freely using the Second Amendment, and though not appropriate for work, it is written in the Constitution. The Second Amendment was instituted and ratified along with the rest of the Bill of Rights and the United States Constitution in 1787 by the founding fathers because they thought even though a well-armed military was good, yet armed citizens would be better. This was in a time when man people owned weapons and every household had one. In recent years because of inappropriate use, many unregistered weapons and the gun crimes, owning a fire arm is generally looked down upon and now there are many laws and requirements that must be met in order to have a registered firearm, but there are still people who freely use their right to bear arms. Many people make the argument that people kill people and guns are just the weapon used, this is evident in such countries as Switzerland, where many retired military men get to keep their firearms, yet Switzerland is one of the safest countries in the world. In a United States where firearms are no longer required as they once were and the large amount of gun abuse and crime, do you think that, some changes need to be done to the Constitution concerning the Second Amendment?

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