The Second Amendment To The Constitution Of The United States

Growing up as an American citizen, one is normally taught their rights in each and every history or government class. However, knowing the name and brief purpose of an American right is completely different than knowing its history, background, and how it affects the country today. In America, our rights are listed in the Bill of Rights, which is the first ten Amendments to the United States Constitution. The second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States involves the right to bear arms. This Amendment is the subject of many present day controversies and cases.
In 1787, the United States Constitution was drawn up for the first time by our Founding Fathers. Although the Constitution was beautifully crafted, it only stated what the

Many people in today’s society also wonder if the Second Amendment is obsolete when compared to present day issues and modern gun technology. If modern day blogs and protests are still protected by the First Amendment, why would the Second Amendment not apply to present day guns and/or issues ("Second Amendment", 2016). Despite popular belief, the Second Amendment was not founded on the ideas of violence, hatred, or sport. The Second Amendment declares that all free citizens of the United States have their right to defend themselves, their loved ones, and their neighborhoods. There are even quotes where our Founding Fathers put much emphasis on the importance of bearing arms. For example, Samuel Adams stated that: "The said Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights of conscience; or to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms."(“Second Amendment”, 2016). Just because guns are more advanced now, does not mean Americans do not have the right to defend themselves. Although bearing arms is a right to every free citizen in America, there are some rising present day issues that make some American citizens think twice about this right. These include, but are not limited to: more frequent active shooters,

Gun bans in Chicago and Oak Park in Illinois called for multiple suits being called claiming that this took away their Second Amendment right. The conclusion was decided that the Fourteenth Amendment makes the right to keep and bear arms relevant to the individual states (“Oyez”). Many states and cities do have gun laws, but those normally involve open carrying or the process of actually legally buying a gun. These previously stated laws are perfectly legal, but the laws involved in the McDonald v Chicago case were not constitutional. Telling someone they can not openly carry a gun in public and telling someone they cannot have a gun in their own private home are two completely different issues on the opposite sides of the