... , but because the limitation of ownership rights could become dangerous to personal freedom. Currently, The United States of America is at war against 27 words that were written by James Madison in 1789. The Bill of Rights is known as the first 10 amendments to The Constitution of the United ... almost always been a country known for its' lenient gun laws. The Constitution says that we can "bear arms", which in turn, makes it very complicated to make a simple change/addition of words. States can choose to make restrictions to state laws as long as it follows the amendments and the U.S. ...

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... important right, and why anti-gun supporters think guns are just a risk to society. Gun Control and the Right to Bear Arms The fight against guns and whether or not normal citizens have the right to have them have been waging on for years. Guns are used for protection against disorder and chaos, when the unexpected occurs. We were given rights in ... access, waiting periods, and licensing, for this item. The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence states, "About 3 million violent crimes occur each year in which victims perceive the offender to have been drinking," (Alcohol). ...

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... been the very cornerstone upon which the liberty of the public has been supported. The very reason that Americans have never suffered a tyranny on the scale of Nazi-Germany has been due to the proliferation of firearms in the hands of the general public. There are two major sides ... the most frequent motives for owning a gun is to protect the home, hunting or target shooting, and for collecting. Those who oppose restrictions on gun ownership find support in the language of the Second Amendment and believe that it should be interpreted to guarantee citizens free access to fire arms ... ...

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... chartered savings and loans that had earlier been required to place their loans in home mortgages, (a safe investment) could now invest their money more freely in riskier ventures. Many gambled on questionable commercial ventures and the S&L industry went unsupervised. As a result, many went out of business (O'Connor, 1993, 78-80). The U.S. federal system has five basic characteristics: (1) it provides division ... but conflicts over states' rights vs. national power have arisen throughout American history: 1886 (Wabash, St. Louios & Pacific Railway Co. v. Illinois), the Court ruled that...

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... rights of individuals. It consists of seven articles that give attention to legislative power, executive power, judicial power, power of states, amendments, federal power and ratification. The constitution placed restrictions on what powers that the government held. It also limited the influence that ordinary people would have over the government. The constitution strikes a balance between the power of the government and ... "express and be exposed to ideas and opinions- especially unpopular ones (pg.89)." This gives the people freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition. ...

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... someone else's beliefs every day in a public school. Other arguments against posting the Ten Commandments are the moral implications of forcing ones religion on another? America is religiously diverse. For starters there are 2,000 different religions, traditions, denominations, and sects in the United States. Spreading the ... think that a poster would keep me from executing hundreds of my classmates in a blood bath or turning my teacher into a red spot on the wall. Let's face it, many politicians and special interest groups seem ready these days to use religious symbols and language to w...

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... , which the women deemed racist. The women complained and the politically correct university officials launched an investigation. Jacobowitz, the only student to come forward on his own and volunteer that he did indeed shout at the women, said he meant no slur and offered repeatedly to meet with the women and ... that most of the things said today were meant to be protected by the first amendment. Codes are not a flagrant violation of the constitution because restrictions on speech have already been made. For example the libel/slander clause, which prevents someone from shouting "fire" i...

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... rise. Third, reverence for the Constitution, plus the unceasing propaganda of gun organizations, sustain the mistaken but widespread belief that the Second Amendment guarantees every individual the right to keep and bear arms." (Edel 141) When I look at these facts, I have determined that since there is a lot of crime in ... that will always give anti-control activists leverage is the Second Amendment to the Constitution. It states: "The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed; a well armed and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country; bu...

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... ; (Carter 525). As envisioned in the provisions of the 2nd Amendment, every individual has a fundamental right to keep and bear arms without being denied the right by the state or any institution. In other words, all American citizens are allowed to keep and bear arms and carry guns or arms for self-defense. Although the 2nd Amendment does provide the federal government authority ... to curb gun violence and mass shooting. While condemning the heinous incident, President Barrack Obama stated, "My administration is determined to strengthen gun control laws to reintroduce the ban on manufa...

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... intend for this particular passage to be interpreted in a simplistic manner and to be rendered down to the simple yet highly debatable words "the right to keep and bear arms"? When the founding fathers of the United States set out to create a nation they did so with the hopes and ... living" one, adapting to the times ahead. Yet times have changed and the United States of America is no longer the fledgling country on wobbly legs setting out on its journey through history. However the wording of the Second Amendment remains unchanged and the founding father's intent seems to have been skew...

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"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 right for of all Americans to bear arms is a right even the Founding Fathers held to equal importance as the Constitution itself. Whether or not gun control laws work, the fact of the matter is that these ... reasonable, the consequences of such laws are ironically counterproductive; they exacerbate the problem instead of fixing it. Besides the fact that the American Constitution guarantees its citizens the right to bear arms, the idea of res...

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... welfare and safety of Americans. First of all, the NRA advances the well-being of Americans by championing every citizen's constitutional right to bear arms. Over 200 years ago, the founding fathers of the United States drafted the Constitution. The preamble of the United States Constitution clearly ... not want guns to be in the hands of ordinary citizens, but as this type of militia, or standing army for today. However, the words of the founders themselves undermines this argument. For instance, Patrick Henry stated, "The great objective is that every man be armed," he did ... in an...

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... "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep bear arms, shall not be infringed". These few words in the second amendment of the United States constitution have been interpreted in many different ways. Gun control is one of ... http://abcnews.go.com). There are many sides to the gun control debate; for example, there is the N.R.A.'s (National Rifle Association) point of view on the subject, which differs tremendously with the views of pro gun-control activist. Also, that the views of the two candidates running for president con...

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... whole nation should be armed. Period" (Landau 39). When asked about the Second Amendment, the battle is "to retake the most precious, most sacred ground on earth," says NRA Executive Vice President, Wayne LaPierre, "This is a battle for freedom" ("Fight" 29). Another myth is that of "The majority of Americans ... , the distribution of power to police to decide who should or should not own guns, and the decision that they, as citizens, must rely on self-defense from criminals. More than ever, politicians are clamoring to restrict America's constitutional right to own guns and the right to...

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... immense and he is proud to have steered millions to the far Northwest" (Anderson 33-4). In essence, these pork tycoons are conducting business as usual on Capitol Hill, which means wasting much needed capital gains to buy votes in their respective regions (Carney 47-8). Maybe this explains the $400,000 that ... a great portion of his salary to the federal government. When John gets home and gains knowledge that his hard earned tax dollars helped fund the $600,000 Tristate Joint Peanut Project in Alabama (or the equivalent of 9,400 anthrax vaccinations for US troops), how will he react? ...

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... connection with a deadly weapon would in turn bring about a safer community where fatal crimes rarely occur. Gun control entails a topic that goes beyond the two words that the name represents. The controversial argument on gun control contains many controversial answers. Therefore, an agreeable answer can only surface by fully understanding the "physics" behind gun control and understanding the ramifications of all ... Second Amendment" that those who believe the right exclusively belongs to the state do so because the preamble states that only a "well regulated Militia" possesses the r...

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... strictly enforced. The constitution 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." Most people are not a part of a militia neither they know what a militia is. A militia is an army ... in the form of interstate commerce. Miller and Layton argued that the National Firearms Act intruded their Second Amendment rights which is to keep and bear arms. Even though Miller and Layton violated the National Firearms Act, the court did agree and dismiss the case. Does the Second Amendment rig...

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... set of principles that played an important role in the American Constitution. In a Boston town meeting, he requested that British citizens have the right to bear arms for their own self-defense. All citizens had both a right, and an obligation to arm themselves, so they can participate in a well-regulated ... liberty, but the other group had opposite views of this point. They believed that the amendment would then give every citizen the right to bear arms. Some citizens said that individuals should be trained to be part of a militia, however others believed that they should follow Europea...

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... as "the level of proof which different parties are required to demonstrate to persuade a jury or judge in a civil or criminal case." The words "burden of proof" are not specifically mentioned within the U.S. Constitution however is implied in a several amendments. The burden of proof and where it ... area of burden such as; where does it lie in civil suits, in what cases is the prosecutor bear more of the burden and where does the defendant, and so on. Many of the research provided here is from court cases and decisions that have shaped how the burden of ... property, without due proces...

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... nondefensive reasons. They believe that even if the individual-rights interpretation were to prevail in the courts and halls of academia, restrictions on gun use and ownership would still be constitutional because Americans have many constitutionally guaranteed rights that are nonetheless regulated. For example, the First ... life and control a situation. The nation's powerful gun lobby, the National Rifle Association, holds that it means the right to keep and bear arms -any arms. This privileged right is given to those 60-65 million people who choose to own guns. The NRA also believes ....

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... the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." It is this Amendment that proponents of private gun ownership in the United States rely on to justify individual ownership of guns and arms. Yet, clearly the Second Amendment was ... prevent gun control. The U.S. Supreme Court has heard cases involving this issue and has interpreted the Second Amendment on several occasions -- and has determined that the individual's right to "keep and bear arms" is not a right granted by the constitution. There are four major cases where the Supreme Cour...

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... role of weapons for self-defense and protection against tyrannical governments, it reinforces that the Founding Fathers intended every citizen's right to bear arms to function as an irreplaceable check on governmental power. In Federalist Paper No. 46, Madison praises the Constitution for "preserving the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over people of almost every other nation" (Madison 46). ... security against it, if it should exist" (Hamilton 29). Hamilton bluntly states here that because every citizen has the right to bear arms and is considered to be a member of th...

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... nondefensive reasons. They believe that even if the individual-rights interpretation were to prevail in the courts and halls of academia, restrictions on gun use and ownership would still be constitutional because Americans have many constitutionally guaranteed rights that are nonetheless regulated. For example, the First ... life and control a situation. The nation's powerful gun lobby, the National Rifle Association, holds that it means the right to keep and bear arms -any arms. This privileged right is given to those 60-65 million people who choose to own guns. The NRA also believes ....

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... Amendment which states as follows: "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" (Polsby197). Two interpretations of the Founding Fathers" words exist. First, the belief held by the National Rifle Association and other members of America's gun lobbyist, that the Second Amendment guarantees every American ... ability to maintain independent militia composed of state residents available to be called upon to defend the country should it's security have been threatened" (Polsby 195). The Foun...

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... journalism at USC, and author of the award-winning book American Usage and Style: The Consensus. (1) Schulman compiled several questions on the Second Amendment for Copperude. In one part of his written reply, Copperude said "The right to keep and bear arms is deemed unconditional by the entire sentence." (2) (The entire amendment is contained in one sentence: "A well-regulated Militia, ... much affect the meaning. (Schulman 2) The entire discourse was adroitly summed up by Schulman: "...the Constitution of the United States unconditionally protects the people's right to keep and bear a...

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