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This 4-page paper focuses on the issue of why the Second Amendment is both the most used and least effective argument for gun control, and why it has made America's gun control laws so weak. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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to quoting phrases from the Second Amendment both for proof of and proof against permission to control and use firearms. What is ironic is that the Second Amendment itself is
innocuous, and if you study history, was framed during a time in which America was fighting for its independent life from the Mother Country, Britain. Yet these days, its safe
to say that the Second Amendment is the most common and least convincing explanation of why Americas gun laws are so weak.
To support this statement, its a good idea to, first of all, examine the original intent and reason for the Second Amendment. Basically, this piece of legislation preserved and guaranteed
the rights of individuals, in forming a "well-armed militia," to bear and keep arms (GunCite.com, 2001). Nowhere in the amendment was there a requirement for preserving this right -- but
the Amendment has also shown that the drafters of the Constitution were expressing their preference for a militia over a standing army (GunCite.com, 2001). This made sense -- in a
young country such as America, trying to keep a standing army going (with all the resources necessary in such an endeavor), would have been an impossibility. As such, volunteer militias
were needed, and with that, the Second Amendment guaranteed the right of individuals to bear arms in service of that militia, so they could serve in a time of war.
Government couldnt forbid this from happening. But as we noted before, neither could government preserve the right (GunCite.com, 2001). In addition, the
Amendment notes, by its very nature, that Congress or other branches of government are forbidden to strip individuals of their right to bear arms (GunCite.com, 2001). Yet the implication, again,
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