Present-day weapons are surely more deadly, especially machine guns, which not only shoots a bullet at a very high speed, but can also shoot around 10 bullets per second. Obviously arms weren't as high-tech in the past because back then no guns could shoot 10 bullets per second. In addition, when the second amendment was made right after colonies gained independence from Great Britain, people kept guns in their houses incase British people attacked their houses. ... For an example on December 14, 2012 in Colorado in Sandy Hook elementary school, a 20-year-old man broke into the school, ki...

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The eighth grade trip to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is actually happening; good bye parents, good bye school, good bye homework. ... She walked the cobbled streets that Benjamin Franklin had once strolled on himself, she perused Independence Hall in astonishment, and got to run up the Philadelphia Museum of Arts stairs like Rocky (yes, this had nothing to do with Revolutionary America, it was just fun). ... After the war, America was free from British rule and spirits were high. ... Americans had just fought a war with Britain to gain independence from a monarchy. ... Revolutionary American...

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They were included in the Constitution because the citizens didn't want their government to resemble that of England's, the country from which they had just gained their hard-earned, well-deserved, independence from. ... Powers reserved to the states: create corporation laws, regulate trade within state, establish and maintain schools, establish local governments, make laws about marriage and divorce, conduct elections, and provide for public safety. ... The duties of the Legislative Branch: Passes laws, can override President's veto, approves treaties and presidential appoint...

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