Two Reasons for the Right to Bear Arms: An opinion

590 Words2 Pages
bulb-icon

Recommended: The controversy of the second amendment

Bearing Your Arms
Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, and George Washington are just a few of our
Forefathers that helped document the Bill of Rights. They sure did know what they were doing when they added the Second Amendment. The Second Amendment states, 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. A militia is a free standing civilian army, which makes every single American citizen a part of the militia. So one would argue that because the crime rate is so high that we no longer need the second amendment of the
Constitution, but why should all Americans suffer because a few people choose to use guns in the wrong way? There is only a minority of people that choose to use guns in the wrong way. Guns don’t kill people, people kill people. And should you be attacked by someone with a gun, the police might not be able to get there in time to save you, so you need some way to protect yourself. Americans still need the right to bear arms so they can hunt, for their protection and to control the animal population.
Hunting is popular among American men and is a delightful pastime for a father and a son. It is not essential that Americans hunt for their food anymore, but that is not why people hunt. They hunt because it gives men a sense of serenity being out in the woods. People enjoy hunting. Those people should not have to suffer because other people like to kill other people. On the other hand, some people might actually need to hunt for food. Not everybody has enough money to feed their family big feasts every night, so they kill an animal to help cut down on the cost of their food bill.
One other thing is that policemen can not always prevent every crime that occurs. According to the FBI Crime report, a crime is committed every 2.7 seconds. Americans need to be able to own guns so they can protect themselves if ever the need arise. Even if they take guns away, there are people that are still going to be able to get guns illegally, and they will be killing and murdering people that have their guns taken away by the government. Americans have the right to protect themselves, mainly if someone were to invade our country.

Show More
Related

  • Analysis Of 'The Armed Citizen In The Early Republic' By Robert E. Shalhope

    1098 Words  | 3 Pages

    Cress argues that the right to bear arms should be given only to organized militia groups. However, it was clear that the Founding Fathers made no distinction between the militia and the people. The Second Amendment allows individuals to own guns and to be able to protect themselves. If the Founding Fathers wanted gun ownership to be for militias only, they would have specifically stated that in the Second Amendment. Cress ineffectively argues that the militias were an important part of protecting the people when in reality they were not well-trained and may not have been committed to the cause which rendered them ineffective. Therefore, Cress’ argument is not reflective of the attitudes of the Founding

    Read More

  • A Well Regulated Militia by Saul Cornell

    1491 Words  | 3 Pages

    Government. "The Bill of Rights: A Transcription." National Archives and Records Administration. National Archives and Records Administration, 15 Jan. 2007. Web. 12 Apr. 2014.

    Read More

  • Gun Ownership and the Second Amendment of the Constitution

    1611 Words  | 4 Pages

    "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."

    Read More

  • The Second Amendment: Americans Have the Right to Bear Arms!

    2373 Words  | 5 Pages

    is the use of a Militia?  It is to prevent the establishment of a standing

    Read More

  • Persuasive Essay On Pro Gun Rights

    1625 Words  | 4 Pages

    This is called the right to bear arms and is guarantee under the U.S. Constitution. The second amendment clearly 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.” The first ten amendments are also known as the Bill of Rights. Therefore, the pro-gun activists are right. The right to bear arms like the right to free speech should be protected. However, the pro-gun activists do not the fully understand the reasons for this right. The right is for protection not from burglars but from Indians and the state. At the time the U.S. Constitution was written, many American families were living on the frontier lines where there would be a continual threat from Indians. The U.S. had a standing army but it was too far and is not readily available to protect these families when Indians would attack. This made it necessary for families to have guns in the home. The Indians were an external threat. An internal threat was the government. In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson wrote that if a government failed to protect its citizen and instead became the enemy, the citizens had the right to overthrow it. After the Revolutionary War, the Founding Fathers did not want to replace an oppressing army which was the British with one of their own. They felt that an armed citizen was the best type of army. This is what was meant by a well regulated militia. The militia would consist of every able-bodied man who was trained using their own arms for purposes of local defense and in actual military events. This local well regulated militia is the equivalent of the National Guard. In present times, we no longer have the need to protect ourselves from Indians. As for an oppressed government, we have our National Guard. The original intent of the right to bear arms does not apply to modern

    Read More

  • Revisiting the Second Amendment: A Proposition for Stricter Gun Control

    1000 Words  | 2 Pages

    The second amendment grants all Americans the right to bear arms. The ability to hold a firearm at any time as long as the firearm is registered. In the United states, all it takes to hold a firearm is a background check and a safety class. In a short reading from the “American Now” book a short article By Christina Tenuta called Responsible gun ownership saves lives she asks “do Americans really need guns?”, but are the guns really the problem? Although the second amendment requires some decent documents , the qualifications to obtain a firearm needs to be revised to a mental check, a family history check , and also to make it a priority for reinforcement to check on the registered firearm every six to twelve months.

    Read More

  • Liberals LOVE Gun Control

    1123 Words  | 3 Pages

    State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

    Read More

  • Persuasive Essay On Right To Bear Arms

    1959 Words  | 4 Pages

    According to www.archives.gov, the second amendment of the United States Constitution reads 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 amendment is

    Read More

  • Revisiting the 2nd Amendment: A Modern Debate

    840 Words  | 2 Pages

    Right now the government has limited firearm purchasing only to people who pass certain steps. Gun control has risen as a controversial subject in the United States today. Many say gun control or banning of all firearms will help protect and make our country a better place. Reasons many are wanting to ban firearms are that the 2nd amendment is out dated and unjustified in this date and time. Writer Eugene Robinson states that “farmers wrote of “arms,” thinking about muskets and single shot pistols. They could not have foreseen modern rifles or high-capacity magazines.” Many agree with Mr. Robinson saying that back when the constitution was written they couldn’t have understood what was going to come in the future. Citizens also believe people have no reason to fight against intruders that come in their home that’s what the authorities are for. If people what to defend themselves why waste the money and time on having police? In this day and age why have weapons why not cut out all firearms and just be one happy country, it’s that simple, but is it really that simple? (“Assault Weapons Must Be Banned in

    Read More

  • Argumentative Essay: Gun Control is Oppression

    1272 Words  | 3 Pages

    They then decided to make a bill stating the basic rights that every man in

    Read More

  • An Argument for Gun Control

    2438 Words  | 5 Pages

    America is the most well armed nation in the world, with American citizens owning about 270 million of the world’s 875 million firearms (Marshall). Indeed, this is more than a quarter of the world’s registered firearms. The reason why Americans own so many guns is because of the Second Amendment, which states, “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.” (Rauch) This amendment guarantees U.S. citizens the right to have firearms. Since this amendment is relatively vague, it is up for interpretation, and is often used by gun advocates to argue for lenient gun laws. Hence, gun control is a frequently discussed controversial topic in American politics.

    Read More

  • Research Paper On Bear Arms

    671 Words  | 2 Pages

    “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.” This is saying that the citizens have the right to bear arms and have them concealed. Our founding fathers built this country to that a man or woman can protect one's life and defends others through proper training . In the world today the right or bear arms is highly regulated and that people can not conceal carry a handgun for protection. I am all for the right to conceal carry a handgun.

    Read More

  • Right To Bear Arms Research Paper

    440 Words  | 1 Pages

    Living in the United States has not always been safe. In every city, there is always someone getting robbed, jumped, beat up shot, stabbed, getting their car stolen. With conditions like these wouldn’t you want a gun to protect yourself from all these horrible things? Well in the United States, our second amendment is your right to bear arms, it simply states that no matter what the circumstance is, we can have a gun. But the US government has had bans on certain guns, only because they want more money, you have to pay to take certain courses and classes you have to pass in order to take your gun outside of your house and use it for protection. That, is going against the constitution.

    Read More

  • Argumentative Essay: The Right To Bear Arms

    682 Words  | 2 Pages

    I do think that freedom needs to be won more than once. It shouldn’t need to though. Our founding fathers wrote the Constitution which have our freedoms, the 10 amendments. Our soldiers even fought for our freedom. America isn’t free anymore. My dad’s friend’s friend said that he is from South Africa and they have more freedom than we do.

    Read More

  • The Right to Bear Arms

    1317 Words  | 3 Pages

    The second amendment states “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” The Founding Fathers included this in the Bill of Rights because they feared the Federal Government might oppress the population if the people did not have the means to defend themselves as a nation or individuals.

    Read More

More about Two Reasons for the Right to Bear Arms: An opinion

Open Document