The author of the article‚ “The Second Amendment’s Second Class Citizens‚” speaks about his belief that the second amendment of the constitution doesn’t apply to black people in America. My position on this topic is that I agree with him because history has proven that black people are much more likely to be punished for practicing their right to bear arms than white people are. Prior to reading Negroes with Guns‚ by Robert F. Williams‚ my main source of knowledge of the Civil Rights Movement came
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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
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The constitution was ratified in June 21‚ 1788 with the purpose to establish a central government of the new country which would then provide the procedures and scenarios of how the government is run. The bill of rights along with the other 17 amendments state the rights that belong and cannot be taken away from the people‚ the rights are protected by the constitution to prevent them from being removed by the government. The freedom of speech‚ press‚ religion‚ peaceable assembly‚ and to petition
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The 2nd amendment right to bear arms is a constitutional right that provides an opportunity for Americans to protect themselves from both the powers of the government and from criminals‚ in this essay‚ the many benefits of the 2nd amendment right to bear arms will be reviewed. Firstly‚ The 2nd amendment right to bear arms serves as check against the powers of the central government. The framers of the US Constitution wanted to give the power to the people. The framers of the constitution believed
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A topic for debate is‚ whether the 2nd Amendment protects individual rights to own a firearm. For the past century‚ political scientist and private citizens have compelling arguments about the exact meaning of the 2nd Amendment. For example‚ citizens that want to protect the individual’s right to possess a firearm concentration on the “right to bear arms” portion. While those concerned with communal responsibilities put emphasis on the “well-regulated militia” phrase to further implement restrictive
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The proposals that have been put forth to repeal or modify the 22nd amendment are constitutionally incorrect. The proposal to revise the 22nd amendment should be challenged. This amendment is indeed necessary to safeguard and prevent the developments of a virtual dictatorship. The approach to change the amendments for our future and current presidents and holders of other offices should not be modified in the intent of bettering the community. "The Nations first president had the opportunity to
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The Second Amendment is the most important and relevant amendment of the Constitution. The second amendment was established on December 15‚ 1791. If people didn’t have the right to bear arms‚ there would be no use for the other amendments. Such as; the Fourteenth Amendment. The Fourteenth Amendment gives the people the rights of a citizen. Taking away gun rights messes with the rights of a citizen. Also‚ the Fifth Amendment states the rights of a person. So gun control is violating the Fifth Amendment
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The Constitution is supposedly the law of the land‚ right? Well America will soon find out how true that statement actually stands. “The right of people to keep and bear arms‚ shall not be infringed‚” is part of the second amendment developed by the forefathers of this country (constitutioncenter.org). In the recent debates about gun control‚ the government is talking about taking away the rights that amendment gives citizens. This has recently become an issue because of all of the public shootings
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the 22nd amendment about? No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice and no person who has held the office of the President or even acted‚ as President for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. Why was the 22nd amendment proposed? What conflict does it address? An orderly transition of power was needed for George Washington to set the constitution in stone
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Should the 2nd amendment give citizens the right to own assault weaponry? Introduction: Does anyone know what people were the first to invent guns? The Chinese were the first people to invent guns. The first hand gun was called the Hand Cannon. What the second amendment means. The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution‚ which is part of the Bill of Rights‚ declares a well regulated militia as being necessary to the security of a Free State‚ and prohibits infringement of "the right
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