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paper for school what do you think

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April, 28, 2009
Second Amendment of the United States Constitution
“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.” Those words live in the heart of every American whether you believe in them or not.
Our constitution gives certain unalienable rights. The 2nd Amendment to the Constitution states that “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 right states a person or militia has the right to keep and bear arms be it a single shot, hunting, rifle, or a semi-automatic AR15 defense rifle. This right was given to the people by our founding fathers not out of fear, greed or a want to control the people. This right was given to the people as a tool to aid and keep a safe and just government. Our founding fathers knew that without the people’s right to bear arms there would be no Free State.
Over the years there have been many debates over the 2nd amendment. Some feel it is the right of a well regulated militia not the right of normal citizens. Most recently the U.S Supreme Court ruled on this issue. In the case of District of Columbia V. Heller
It stated that

“THE PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI IS GRANTED LIMITED TO THE
FOLLOWING QUESTION: WHETHER THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS - D.C.
CODE §§ 7-2502.02(a)(4), 22-4504(a), AND 7-2507.02 - VIOLATE THE SECOND
AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH
ANY STATE-REGULATED MILITIA, BUT WHO WISH TO KEEP HANDGUNS AND
OTHER FIREARMS FOR PRIVATE USE IN THEIR HOMES?
CERT. GRANTED 11/20/2007
QUESTIONS PRESENTED:
Whether the Second Amendment forbids the District of Columbia from banning
private possession of handguns while allowing possession of rifles and shotguns.
LOWER COURT CASE NUMBER: 04-7041”
This opinion by the court stated that the people’s right to keep and bear arms was not a right to militias and militaries but a right for every American citizen. This opinion was one need for many years as it was one of the few if not the only one to state the people’s right to keep and bear arms was a right to every person not just to militias.

On May 1, 1982 the city of Kennesaw Ga. passed a city ordinance stating every head of house hold was now required to own one firearm with ammunition. This law was passed with a amendment that allow those with a moral objection or those lawfully banned from owning a gun to not own a gun. It also did not have a penalty for not following the law. Gary Kleck, a criminologist attributes a drop of 89% in the residential burglary rate to the law. Kennesaw proves that gun bans do not lower crime rate in fact it is the complete opposite gun ownership lower the crime rate. A lot of people will tell you guns kill too many people and should be ban. My answer to that would be guns do not think or act there a machine being controlled by a person. An answer to that would be to ask them if cars kill too many people and should be outlawed.

On the other hand there are way too many criminals with guns. Every year too many people are shot and killed by people who should not own firearms. At the Virginia Tech College student Seung-Hui Cho killed 33 people along with his self, and wounded 23 others. It was later found he was a competed to a mental hospital but due to gaps in the N.C.I.C background check it was not know when I bought his two semi automatic handguns.

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