The Use Of The Second Amendment In The Home

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has, he responded: "What sir,
is the use of a Militia? It is to prevent the establishment of a standing
army, the bane of liberty" (The Commission of the Bicentennial of the
United States Constitution, 26). On December 15, 1791, Virginia ratified
the Bill of Rights, making it, with the second amendment, part of the
constitution (The Commission for the Bicentennial of the United States
Constitution, 5).
The Constitution does not guarantee gun ownership for just any
reason. The second amendment makes it clear that only a well regulated
Militia needs arms. "As recently as 1980 the Supreme Court noted that 'The
second amendment guarantees no right to keep and bear a firearm that does
not have some reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of
a well regulated Militia'"(Isaacson, 163). The meaning of the second
amendment, as interpreted by pro-gun control supporters, was to enable
citizens to protect themselves from and oppressive government, not to allow
anyone ...

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more effective with its wide blasting stopping power, while a
handgun has to be aimed exactly on target.
A big problem with keeping guns in the house is the curiosity and
ignorance of children. Children are more capable of finding guns than they
are given credit for. "Children under the age of 15 suffer approximately
one-third of the deaths caused by guns in the ho me" (Cruit, 18).
Even if a child is well behaved and listens when they are told not to touch
a gun, they may still cecum to peer pressure and let their friends play
with a gun. Not only is a gun dangerous to children, but the ammunition is
as well. A child could be seriously hurt by an exploding bullet which can
be set ...

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