Michael Wood Second Amendment Summary

In The second amendment is a recipe for police killings Michael Wood explains how the Second amendment is a danger to police officers. Wood used the shootings in Baton Rouge as an example of how the Second amendment, which grants Americans the right to be armed, is a threat to police officers due to the easy access everyone has to all different types of weapons, guns especially. Anyone can simply walk into a store and purchase a gun, of course there is a process you are required to go through before you can receive your gun, however training in weaponry similar to law enforcement is easily accessible which could possibly be harmful to police if a gun was placed in the wrong hands. The author also made a point about how some people see the
When this amendment was written, bear arms, meant weapons, not only guns, but guns were definitely included. Bear arms means you can physically carry a gun on you or keep them at home. The second phrase the helps explain what the Second amendment is is, shall not be infringed. The Second amendment doesn’t grant Americans the right to carry a weapon, however “shall not be infringed” means that the government does not have the right to tell you not to do so. In this article, Michael Wood believes the the Second amendment should be repealed, because it, “grants Americans a constitutional right to be armed, is an extreme danger to police officers”; however, the Second amendment does not give Americans the right to carry, but that the government doesn't have the right to tell the public not to. The shootings in Baton Rouge do go against the amendment, because the shootings were intentional and possibly a hate crime against the victim’s race. Many like having firearms at their house or on them for protection or recreational purposes, however in the recent shootings, guns were used for the intentional killing of innocent people. These shootings were possibly motivated by the gunman’s hate towards people of color or just out of pure hate towards all