The Second Amendment And The RIght To Bear Arms

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Term Paper Title	The Second Amendment And The RIght To Bear Arms
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The Second Amendment And The RIght To Bear Arms

WORKS CITED

[1] Cottrol, Robert, ed.  Gun Control and the Constitution:  Sources and Explorations on the
Second     Amendment.  New York: Garland Publishing Inc., 1994
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[6] Image on the cover page taken from TIME.  Photographer unknown.
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[8] Zimring, Franklin E., Gun Control. Encyclopedia Encarta: 1993-1997 Microsoft Corporation.

Throughout the years there has been an ongoing debate over the Second Amendment and how it should be interpreted.  The issue that is being debated is whether our government has the right to regulate guns.  The answer of who has which rights lies within how one interprets the Second Amendment.  With this being the case, one must also think about what circumstances the Framers were under when this Amendment was written. There are two major sides to this debate, one being the collective side, which feels that the right was given for collective purposes only.  This side is in favor of having stricter gun control laws, as they feel that by having stricter laws the number of crimes that are being committed with guns will be reduced and thus save lives.  However while gun control laws may decrease criminals’ access to guns, the same laws restricts gun owning citizens who abide by the law; these citizens make up a great majority of the opposing side of this argument.  These people argue that the law was made with the individual citizens in mind.  This group believes that the Amendment should be interpreted to guarantee citizens free access to firearms.  One major group that is in strong opposition of stricter gun control laws is the National Rifle Association (NRA).  The NRA argues that having stricter gun control laws will only hinder law-abiding citizens.  The final outcome on this debate will mainly depend on how this Amendment is going to be interpreted.
     The Second Amendment of the Bill of Rights states:
A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free Sta...

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