The Evolution of the Second Amendment: The Right to Bear Arms Then and Now

Owning guns in America is a constitutional right. The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution says, "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." These twenty-seven words written into the Constitution have sparked a two-sided debate over the last 200 years. The interpretation of this amendment has raised heated debate between the groups supporting the Second Amendment and those opposed to it. I believe the right to bear arms is crucial to American freedom and essential to main…