... at risk. In the research paper we will discuss; the history of the second amendment, why pro-gun supporters say it is an 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 ... guns possessed by citizens enabling them to defend themselves at all times. This notion is defended by a quote by Thomas Jefferson...

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... Convention met in the spring of 1787 in Philadelphia. At the meeting the group divided into two groups, ones who wanted a strong central government, and those who only wanted the central government only a margin stronger. The Constitutional Convention finally decided to write a document that could set laws for the ... The Federalist, "and affirm that bill of rights are not only unnecessary in the proposed Constitution but would even be dangerous. They would contain various exceptions of colorable pretext to claim more than they were granted. For why declare that things shall be done fo...

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... . They open up the unity of the country due to the disenfranchisement laws making them unable to vote. Only two states, Maine and Vermont allow convicted felons to vote during their incarceration. The number of disenfranchised citizens in the United States have been increasing substantially in ... voting rights should be prohibited when a criminal is incarcerated, but the public is mixed on whether voting rights should be prohibited from ex-felons and parolees. Otsuka v. Hite was a case in 1966 dealing with voter registration. Otsuka was denied registration to vote because he committed a...

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... such as Britain had been to them. The Bill of Rights was not the first document of its kind. It was based on other documents such as the British Bill of Rights and some of the state's Bills of Rights. The major British documents that are precursors to the ... civil liberties from the federal government. Anti-Federalists pointed out that the Constitution already protected several rights in Article 1, Section 9 (Powell). Bills of attainder and ex post facto laws were banned. The right of habeas corpus was protected. Moreover, Article 3, Section 1 protected the right of trial by jury in .....

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... must have probable cause and obtain a warrant before it can conduct a search on a citizen. However, the Supreme Court has ruled that the Fourth Amendment applies differently to students in public schools than normal citizens. In a 1985 case called New Jersey v. T.L.O., the Supreme Court wrote: It is evident ... . This interpretation of the Fourth Amendment basically amounts to a 'junior version' of the Fourth Amendment for students in public schools. Instead of probable cause and a warrant-which are typically required for a search-a school only needs reasonable suspicion, a much weaker s...

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... , one that would work to improve the existing system of government framed in the Articles of Confederation. The Anti-Federalist preferred the union as it was "well constructed and protective of its citizen's liberties."" They believed as Montesquieu did that democracy could only succeed in a small nearly homogeneous republic. Based on this belief the Anti-Federalist argued that against ... instead a system in which representatives where directly elected and served closer to their constituents would result in a system of greater accountability and preservation of personal freedoms. They w...

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... of the federal government into the hands of those who are in the mercantile interest; and for the landed, which is the great interest of this country to lie unrepresented, forlorn and without hope." Amos Singletury, yet another anti-federalist from Massachusetts wrote, "These lawyers, men of learning, and moneyed men expect to get into congress themselves so they can get all the power ... the bombing of Pearl Harbor, for example. Then there's the issue that split the nation in two and one could even say split the elites into two, i.e. slavery. The southern elite who were large cotton an...

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... principles and beliefs of Freedom for all. First of all, as stated in the first article of the Charter of Privileges, William Penn gave the colonists the Freedom of Religion, opening the colony to all the world's religions. In fact, William Penn, in the Frame of 1682 of Pennsylvania, wrote that ... all believers in God, "shall in no ways be molested or prejudiced for their religious Persuasion or Practice in Matters of Faith and Worship." Moreover, he granted the colonists an enlightened penal system, which ... of the rights in the Charter of Privileges or the other frames are present...

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... Congress that they would prevent any mail from entering the state, if continued, material regarding abolition (Doc F). In 1835, in Jackson's message to Congress, he attacked the abolitionist and their publications. Jackson pushed Congress into banning abolition mail. Jackson did not prevail in the guardianship of individual liberty within the issue of slavery. To avoid confrontation with slavery, ... August 22, 1834, Philip Hone, a New York City businessman and Whig politician, wrote, "The spirit of riot and insubordination to the laws which lately prevailed in New York has made its appe...

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... ) Historically there were two views about federalism in the United States by the framers of the constitution. Hamilton believed that the National Government was the leading force in political affairs and that its power must be broadly defined and liberally construed. On the other hand, Jefferson believed that the federal government was a product of an agreement among the states ... time. Early in American history, local governments and the states had most of it. For example, the doctrine of nullification held that any state could suspend within its boundaries the operation or implementat...

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... Right as supported by past Supreme Court rulings. KSM is a considered a member of Al Qaeda which has declared war against the United States and its people. The United States responded to the attacks on September 11th with military action, and most Americans view these attacks with the same veracity as the attack on Pearl Harbor (Berger 2). A valid counterpoint against this is, Numerous ... military tribunal, there would have been nothing special about their prosecution and the trial would have been done quietly without the possibility of a global rally to support and breed future terror...

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... Rights. Although the individual rights of American citizens were not a part of the original Constitution, it was ratified because the addition of these rights was promised. George Mason of Virginia wrote the Bill of Rights. (Katz 1974) The Second Amendment says, "a well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep ... framers of the Second amendment were armed with state-of-the-art military firearms. When the British said that the American colonists did not have the right to keep and bear arms and marched to Concord to gather weapons...

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... of America, the most powerful country, one of the superpowers, the most diverse country in the world, considered to have a stable and democratic government was disrespected by their own political leaders. Since Martin Luther King Jr.'s days of protest towards the benefits of the American ... did for the nation. After he passed away, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference helped for Congress to come up with the Foreign Intelligence and Surveillance Act. It consisted of having a judge, before wiretapping, to verify that any special case being investigated like this, met the ... Hea...

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... certain aspects of gun ownership. The reasons for gun control fall under the flag of public safety. Though there are many safety reasons why private ownership of firearms should be banned, these arguments are outweighed not only by the need for protection, but because the limitation of ... United States, the government cannot promise safety. For the time being, "The government cannot guarantee the safety of its citizens. Protecting oneself and family is a personal duty and the government should not impede the ability of responsible adults to defend themselves". With the number of citiz...

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... in the presence of prayer is a captive audience. "Church and religion shall live both and upon that freedom. There cannot be freedom of religion, safeguard by the state, and intervention by the church or its agencies in the state's domain or dependency on its openhandedness(370 U.S. sec. 421)." Mr. Justice Stewart overturned ... a group of Americans to take part in any subject dealing with religion. Examples of this are the Star-Spangled Banner, pledge of allegiance, and prayer. Government officials are supposed to be impartial to religion or, rather, the public is not supposed to know w...

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... in the presence of prayer is a captive audience. "Church and religion shall live both and upon that freedom. There cannot be freedom of religion, safeguard by the state, and intervention by the church or its agencies in the state's domain or dependency on its openhandedness(370 U.S. sec. 421)." Mr. Justice Stewart overturned ... a group of Americans to take part in any subject dealing with religion. Examples of this are the Star-Spangled Banner, pledge of allegiance, and prayer. Government officials are supposed to be impartial to religion or, rather, the public is not supposed to know w...

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... about certain issues if they only know certain details of the issues at hand. This allows the government to hold control over the political thoughts and views of Americans. The government only wants Americans to be on its side. That way the country can remain strong. There could not possibly be a better way of making Americans all be on the government's side ... their programming. This money is initially coming from the pockets of hard working Americans who are buying the products that are being advertised to them through television and other media adds. And a large reason why many Amer...

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... 1860. Within that period of 50 years, the number of slaves also rose from about 1,190,000 to over 4,000,000. The plantation owners in the South could not understand why the North wanted slavery abolished that bad. Southerners compared it with the wage-slave system of the North. They said that the slaves were better cared for then the free ... helped the runaways to enter into freedom. There were also many people in the North known as abolitionist s who made the South look bad. Abolitionists were fully against slavery and its expansion and most of the time took matters into their own han...

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... 1860. Within that period of 50 years, the number of slaves also rose from about 1,190,000 to over 4,000,000. The plantation owners in the South could not understand why the North wanted slavery abolished that bad. Southerners compared it with the wage-slave system of the North. They said that the slaves were better cared for then the free ... helped the runaways to enter into freedom. There were also many people in the North known as abolitionist s who made the South look bad. Abolitionists were fully against slavery and its expansion and most of the time took matters into their own han...

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... recognition for valid same-sex marriages violates the United States Constitution's guarantee of equal protection under the law, even under the most deferential standard of review. Accordingly, Kentucky's statutes and constitutional amendment that mandate this denial are unconstitutional (Oyez)." This is the first of two significant rulings passed down by Judge Heyburn in regards to same-sex marriage. Love vs ... (Oyez)." This case is significant because the opinion adopted by Judge Heyburn in his ruling would become a cornerstone in the Supreme Court case. Judge Heyburn's argument as to...

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... a jury that included women. She believed female jurors would have judged her case differently from all male jurors and she would have been convicted of a lesser offense. The Supreme Court began to analyze the case, Hoyt vs Florida, and applied intermediate scrutiny in its reasoning. The statue did not exclude women from jury service, it spared them the obligation in recognition of the ... the children. Also, it was believed that women did not make competent jurors. They needed to be protected from the harsh outside environment and the crudeness of criminal trials. This protective attitu...

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... enough or do we need more Gun Control laws to be created to make the policies concerning guns more strict and productive. There are legal and constitutional issues contributing to why gun control has become such a problem. In the month of January in the year of 2010 there were ... Court in District of Columbia v. Heller held that the second amendment protects an individual's right to possess a firearm, unconnected to service in a militia, and protects the right to use that firearm for traditional lawful purposes such as self-defense in a home.2 There is another Supreme Court precedent co...

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... advance, but the United States Supreme Court will soon decide if the law is constitutional or whether Congress exceeded its authority in passing the law. Throughout the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, economic imperialism became a popular method many European countries used, in which power was gained through wealth ... mandate would violate the Constitution when they heard arguments about the case in March. Opponents of the law claim that Congress exceeded its authority and violated individual rights by requiring individuals to buy health insurance. They say that it wo...

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... was "dedicated to the proposition that all men were created equal." Our nation founded itself on this simple thought because its people were tired of the tyranny and oppression caused by rule under Great Britain. The early Americans wanted many things, from their own laws to religious ... again, "have a new birth of freedom". (Lincoln). Lincoln hoped that by reminding the American citizens why this country was founded, they would strive towards a future where everyone could live freely and equally, not under persecution or oppression. Lincoln challenged the people of the time to put effo...

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... striving to answer these intense questions but it seems that everyone has a different opinion on what is moral and what is lawful. Same-sex marriage is currently an extremely hot issue in The U.S. While the majority of younger people accept same-sex marriage and don't understand why so many people oppose it, many people oppose same-sex marriage for various reasons (To have ... and to hold; Gay marriage). In fact, young Americans (those ages 18-29) are some of the strongest proponents of allowing gay ... , which resulted in the formation of various advocacy groups such as the short-lived...

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