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American Government Chapter 9, Section 3: Amendment II - The Right to Bear Arms

American Government Chapter 9, Section 3: Amendment II - The Right to Bear Arms
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Terms to Know:
Amendment II: Right to Keep and Bear Arms
  • The Second Amendment contains two dominant ideas:
  • (1) Militias are necessary to the security of a free state.
  • (2) The right to keep and bear arms cannot be infringed (violated).
Gun Control:
  • The Brady Law of 1993 restricts the sale of handguns by requiring a waiting period for the purchase of a handgun.
  • Many people will insist that more "gun control" will decrease the incidence of violent crime and seek to ban some or all handguns.
  • However, when laws impede the right of citizens to "life, liberty, and property" or violate their right to keep and bear arms, public safety is imperiled. For example, the violent 1992 Los Angeles riots.
How to Fix the System:
  • The answer to crime is not "gun control" but "we the people control".
  • If more criminals today were to receive sure and swift justice appropriate to their crimes, then crime would decrease because people would regain a healthy fear of punishment and respect for the authority of government.
  • People will learn to control themselves and to respect the law and order when they learn to respect the person and property of others. 
  • People will learn this respect only if the government shows the same respect through its laws and its courts by rightly judging and punishing offenders.
  • No amount of gun legislation can curb the evil in men's hearts. People who are intent on doing evil will find a way to commit a crime.
  • Gun control only deprives law-abiding citizens of firearms for self-defense.
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