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What is the purpose of the 2nd Amendment?
“The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home.”
Why do we have the right to bear arms?
Having just used guns and other arms to ward off the English, the amendment was originally created to give citizens the opportunity to fight back against a tyrannical federal government.
Does the Second Amendment protect the right to bear arms?
Amendment II 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.
What is 2nd amendment Rights?
Second Amendment Annotated. 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.
Who Cannot bear arms?
(18 U.S.C. § 922(g).) Many states prohibit or restrict gun possession by other groups of people, such as stalkers and people subject to other kinds of restraining orders, minors, juvenile offenders, and those convicted of alcohol- and/or drug-related crimes.
What does well regulated mean in the 2nd Amendment?
It means the militia was in an effective shape to fight.” In other words, it didn’t mean the state was controlling the militia in a certain way, but rather that the militia was prepared to do its duty.
What two rights are guaranteed by the Second Amendment?
The Second Amendment protects “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms,” and the Ninth and Tenth Amendments provide that certain rights and powers are retained by and reserved to “the people”…
What is the 2nd Amendment really says?
The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution reads: ” 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 .”.
What rights does the Second Amendment uphold?
The Second Amendment ( Amendment II) to the United States Constitution protects the right to keep and bear arms. It was ratified on December 15, 1791, along with nine other articles of the Bill of Rights.
Why do we need the Second Amendment more than ever?
The Second Amendment exists for one reason and one reason alone: to protect the right Americans have to keep and bear arms of all kinds forevermore. Once we take that away, there’s nothing in the way of the rest of our rights being ripped out from underneath us.