Constitution Pros And Cons
On May 14th, 1787 in the state of Philadelphia, the United States founding fathers met at the The Federal Convention to revise the Articles of Confederation, also known as the US first Constitution. On May 25th, after many debates, it was decided that the Convention would draft an entirely new frame of government and after several months of work on September 17th, 1787 the Constitution of the US was created. An integral section of the Constitution is The U.S. Bill of Rights which contains the first 10 amendments to the Constitution.
The first draft of this new Constitution lacked the placement of specific limits on government power which is why this bill was created. The U.S. House of Representatives approved 17 amendments from which the Senate approved 12. Those 12 were sent to each if the …show more content…
states for approval in August of 1789. Of those 12, 10 were ratified. The Bill of Rights is a list of limits on government power. The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution, ratified in 1791, 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." This amendment limits the government from controlling who has guns and gives every citizen the right to keep and bear arms. It is described as supporting the natural rights of self-defense, resistance to oppression, and the civic duty to act in concert in defense of the state.
In 1934 the first major effort to eliminate private ownership of firearms came with the National Firearms Act of 1934.
This occurred as a response to recent violence. This act sought to control firearms through a tax of $200 for each gun sale. Later on, the Federal Firearms Act of 1938 required anyone selling or shipping firearms to be licensed through the U.S. Department of Commerce. As of this date it was also stipulated that guns could not be sold to persons convicted of certain crimes and required sellers to log the names and addresses of anyone they sold guns to.
In 1968, after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the Gun Control Act was established prohibiting mail order sales of rifles and shotguns, increasing license requirements for sellers and broadening the list of persons prohibited from owning a firearm to include convicted felons, drug users and the mentally incompetent. Further laws have continued to be created as time has passed, shaping to the needs of the county at the time. Close to the beginning of the 20th century, The Brady Handgun Violence Protection Act was passed requiring a 5 day waiting period and background check for the sale of
handguns.
The first draft of this new Constitution lacked the placement of specific limits on government power which is why this bill was created. The U.S. House of Representatives approved 17 amendments from which the Senate approved 12. Those 12 were sent to each if the …show more content…
states for approval in August of 1789. Of those 12, 10 were ratified. The Bill of Rights is a list of limits on government power. The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution, ratified in 1791, 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." This amendment limits the government from controlling who has guns and gives every citizen the right to keep and bear arms. It is described as supporting the natural rights of self-defense, resistance to oppression, and the civic duty to act in concert in defense of the state.
In 1934 the first major effort to eliminate private ownership of firearms came with the National Firearms Act of 1934.
This occurred as a response to recent violence. This act sought to control firearms through a tax of $200 for each gun sale. Later on, the Federal Firearms Act of 1938 required anyone selling or shipping firearms to be licensed through the U.S. Department of Commerce. As of this date it was also stipulated that guns could not be sold to persons convicted of certain crimes and required sellers to log the names and addresses of anyone they sold guns to.
In 1968, after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the Gun Control Act was established prohibiting mail order sales of rifles and shotguns, increasing license requirements for sellers and broadening the list of persons prohibited from owning a firearm to include convicted felons, drug users and the mentally incompetent. Further laws have continued to be created as time has passed, shaping to the needs of the county at the time. Close to the beginning of the 20th century, The Brady Handgun Violence Protection Act was passed requiring a 5 day waiting period and background check for the sale of
handguns.