Examples Of Contextualizing The Second Amendment

Contextualizing the Second Amendment
When the second amendment was created, the nation was in political turmoil. America’s thrown together militia could not withstand the power of England’s large standing army. The founding fathers feared that a government, which constantly experienced corruption brought about by years of servitude to the crown, could use a coordinated army that could enforce its will. But, as stated the militia that America had was not able to enforce its will, so as a counter, the founders decided that its citizens needed to be able to protect itself. To be able to preserve it’s people’s liberties, the founding fathers found it essential for the entire nation to bear arms, so even without the militia the people could stand

The Second amendment was embraced during the month of December in 1791, along with the other amendments, which are named the Bill of Rights. “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” (Document #10). To break down the amendment you have to break it into three words. First, the militia, those who were involved in the militia (males sixteen to sixty), were involved because of their lack of ownership of a gun. Those also involved in the militia were called upon for defense of the State or the Nation. Second, the right to “bear arms”, not necessarily guns. You were allowed to bear weapons either on your person or in the home. Third, “shall not be infringed”, refers to the amendments inability to grant the right to bear arms, because it is perceived as a God given right. This amendment is just a reminder that the government cannot stop people from having this right. When this amendment to the Bill of Rights was passed, the Senate had indicated its want for the right to bear arms to be an individual and private one. If this amendment had not been passed it would have then limited the ability of the people and kept arms for the common defense. This amendment would also allow the population to deter tyranny if it came to

Not only did this slave code put a limitation on who can own a gun because at that time there were about 109,000 slaves in the state, which created a large majority of the population. Second, this amendment took away the supposedly “God given right” of having an ability to bear arms. This code only allowed slaves to carry arms if it was for the betterment of the master and his estate. But, if said slave was found with a weapon, outside of his estate or without a ticket or permit he should then be taken to court until a decision is