Bill of Might : 2nd Amendment
We as Americans have more rights and freedoms than any other nation in the world. Our founding fathers laid down a basis for all Americans to be able to live in a free society without the fear of government oppression. That basis is found in the United States Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. The actual wording of the Constitution was written to allow for various interpretations, which has led to many arguments of its validity in an every changing society. The Bill of Rights gives a specific outline to what freedoms we have, but due to its vagueness it has come under fire many times. The 2nd Amendment of the Bill of Rights gives us the right to bear arms to protect our freedom not only from other people and nations but from our own government as well.[Bearnards,1991] The 2nd Amendment, is it a guarantee? When the Bill of Rights was written in 1791 there was included in it the 2nd 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”. [http://www.law.cornell.edu] At the time it was written the U.S. government could not afford to support an army to defend against foreign threats,
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Approximate Word count = 1656
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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