The Right to Bear Arms Chad Hill American Government Maj. David Thorneloe January 09‚ 2014 The right to bear arms is the most important liberty to American citizens. It allows people to protect themselves from other people and the government. Even though firearm technology has vastly improved the fundamental right remains. The founding fathers had the foresight so see this and call it arms. Even in the late 17thand early 1800 century fire arms where even then progressing
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The Right to Bear Arms with Concealed Carry Humans naturally assume the right to be able to protect and defend their own person. This is a country built upon protecting the well-being of its people‚ and‚ more so protecting its people’s freedom‚ specifically the freedom to keep and bear arms. We are free to defend ourselves against others acting outside their lawful boundaries. Crime is obviously a problem in society‚ and we have laws in place to discourage behaviors that people agree on as wrong
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In the United States of America‚ the right to bear arms was considered one of the most important rights of its citizens. This right is so important that it is protected by the second amendment to the constitution of the United States. Countless debates have been held to discuss the right to bear arms and the consequences and benefits of restricting this right. The United States is a free country because its citizens had the courage and valor to stand up against an oppressive empire knowing full well
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Throughout history many have experienced the debate questioning who has the right to bear arms. This subject can easily affect each individual. The ownership of a fireman symbolizes personal protection. According to Pew Foundation: “seventy-nine percent of male gun owners and eighty percent of female gun owners said that owning a gun made them feel safer” (ProCon.org). There have been several court cases that concerned the second amendment. The Constitution was upheld in most cases; unfortunately
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The 2nd Amendment‚ The right to bear arms was first passed on September 25‚ 1789 and then it was included to the 10 Bill of Rights on December 15‚ 1791. The need of the second amendment was for the security of our States. James Madison introduced the second amendment as an opinion to provide more power to the militias. The Right to Bear Arms amendment has evolved since it was first introduced and adopted by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. For example‚ the second amendment applies to
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The controversy between maintaining the freedom to bear arms and reforming gun control laws to restrict ownership is and has been a topic of debate for quite a while. The topic is not old‚ and has been in the air perhaps before this generation was born. What really opened up the eyes of people was the event of the shooting located at Sandy Hook Elementary in 2012‚ where 20 children and 6 adults were killed that day. Where Brian Doyle writes an essay about staff members Dawn Hochsprug‚ and Mary Sherlach
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It has often been seen throughout history that when the United States government impedes on the rights of civilians‚ people tend to feel as though they are being stripped of their basic rights to life‚ liberty‚ and property. These basic rights are inalienable by law‚ according to the Declaration of Independence‚ and the government must tread lightly when making decisions in correspondence to them. In recent years laws and bills have been passed by legislation in regards to gun control with the intent
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The right of the people to keep and bear arms has been the topic of numerous debates; not only among politicians‚ but among college students and professors as well. As of August 1st‚ 50 years after the Tower Shooting at the University of Austin‚ the state’s campus carry law has taken effect. Professors at the University have filed a lawsuit against the state proclaiming the new law violates their academic freedom. Concerned they will no longer be able to express themselves freely‚ they fear they
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Keep and Bear Arms in Self-Defense According to a database maintained by The Guardian newspaper‚ 203 out of 1‚024 people killed by the U. S. police in 2015 were unarmed and the individual right to keep and bear arms does not help. By definition‚ the right to keep and bear arms often referred to as the right to bear arms or to have arms‚ the Constitution’s second amendment‚ allows one to possess arms for self-defense. This means anyone in America has the right to keep and bear arms. However‚ society
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Teachers must have the right to carry concealed firearms because the safety of their students lies in their hands. How is a teacher supposed to protect his or her students from a criminal with a gun when the teacher does not have a gun? Is the teacher going to reason with the
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