The Bill of Rights and the Right to Bear Arms

The United States Constitution is the most important document in history and to our nation. It was signed on the seventeenth day of September in the year of seventeen eighty-seven. It is a governing principle our nation, the foundation of the United States, and it provides structure for the nation and sets limitations on the ruling government as far as the dos’ and donts of their powers. In addition to these many functions, it also informs citizens of their rights. When this document was proposed and later ratified in 1791, the writers of this document named the first ten amendments the “Bill of Rights”. These amendments were called the Bill of Rights due to the belief that these rights were inherited by birth or acquired by being a U.S. citizen.
The U.S. Constitution consists of seven articles and twenty-seven amendments. Of those twenty-seven amendments, there has been controversy over one of the amendments. The controversy is whether or not the second amendment guarantees citizens of the United States the right and protection to keep and/or bear weapons. Some people may raise the question whether or not the second amendment protects an individuals’ right to bear arms or not? If so, is it a federal or state right to bear arms? What is the purpose of the second amendment, and does it create a conflict with the National Firearms Act and other gun control laws that were created to mitigate violence? However, the most important question is would there be more or less crimes in the world if this amendment had not been written?

The second amendment does give an individual the right to bear arms. Amendment two states “A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a Free State, the right of the people to keep and bear...

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...ight Rise” and within minutes conducted his plan. The shooting resulted in twelve deaths and fifty-eight injuries. Holmes pleaded not guilty and insanity but, is currently awaiting trial.
In the North Forest High School case, the student acquired the handgun is still in the air, however Mr. Holmes purchased an AR-15, 12 gauge shotgun and two .40 handguns all from two different stores and ammunition online. Whether he had license and/or permits to possess these weapons is not known but the general fact here remains that there are some weapons that should not be on the market for purchase.

AR-15’s, AK-47 and other assault/severe casualty producing weapons should only be accessed by government military forces for war purposes only. Weapons such as pistols, shotguns, and other small handguns are the only weapons that should be available for purchase by a U.S. citizen.