Second Amendment
The debate over the Second Amendment is an ongoing one. Select appropriate sources and research the following: 1. What does the Constitution say about the right to bear arms? 2. What is the Supreme Court's position on the Second Amendment? 3. What is the Brady Law and what impact has it had on gun control issues? 4. Has the Second Amendment undergone the Incorporation process? If not, why not?
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Your report must be at least 300 words. List all web resources and referenced materials that were used. You must use the APA citation style
The Second Amendment to the US Constitution states, “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.” The layman’s meaning of militia is citizen soldiers. The early American’s believed that a militia was a better security to their liberties than a permanent army. Today, the word militia can be associated with the National Guard. The Supreme Court ruled in 2010 that state and local governments were required to recognize an individual right to possess firearms. The court also recognized that laws to prohibit gun possession by felons and the mentally ill were acceptable and so were laws banning guns from schools, government buildings and laws regulating gun sales. This ruling in 2010 was brought to the Supreme Court because of a Chicago law that banned almost all handguns to individuals, which many believed denied them of their so-called Constitutional right to bear
Answer all questions.
Your report must be at least 300 words. List all web resources and referenced materials that were used. You must use the APA citation style
The Second Amendment to the US Constitution states, “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.” The layman’s meaning of militia is citizen soldiers. The early American’s believed that a militia was a better security to their liberties than a permanent army. Today, the word militia can be associated with the National Guard. The Supreme Court ruled in 2010 that state and local governments were required to recognize an individual right to possess firearms. The court also recognized that laws to prohibit gun possession by felons and the mentally ill were acceptable and so were laws banning guns from schools, government buildings and laws regulating gun sales. This ruling in 2010 was brought to the Supreme Court because of a Chicago law that banned almost all handguns to individuals, which many believed denied them of their so-called Constitutional right to bear