“On March 10, 2009, Michael Kenneth McClendon, 28, shot and killed ten people in a shooting spree in three communities in two southern Alabama counties: Kinston in Coffee County, and Samson and Geneva in Geneva County. Five of the victims were family members and two were children. After engaging in an exchange of fire with police, he committed suicide, bringing the total of dead to eleven. Officials at the time said this was the worst shooting event in Alabama history” ((2009, March 10), Geneva County massacre. Retrieved from Wikipedia. Retrieved from, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva_County_massacre). The above-mentioned incident shows us the kind of tragedy that people could face because of the absence of stricter gun control laws and …show more content…
However, regardless of the original meaning intended by the authors of the Bill of Rights, it is indisputable that gun violence has made today’s American society a threat to itself. The different time ages: 18th Century America and that of 21st Century America is what should be considered prior to making further interpretations as a constitution should be amended accordingly with time in order to be effective. This issue needs to be understood as one that could be resolved up to a great extent with well-planned and strictly enforced laws, rules and regulations that would eventually reduce firearm fatalities while withstanding the conditions of the constitutional 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’ – The Second Amendment to the …show more content…
Back in the day, the available weaponry was not advanced, but rather inefficient particularly when compared to the advancement in weapons that are found currently. The chances that the 18th Century leaders predicted about the advancement of weaponry, like the mass destructive weapons that would come to be called ‘common’ under law in the 21st Century, when they wrote of the right to bear arms are actually very low. The days of using gunpowder and muskets no longer exist; we now have assault weapons and high capacity magazines. Unfortunately, these kind of weaponry go to the wrong hands are put to illegal-use because of the absence of stricter