The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution states,
"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"(Witkin). A
question that might be asked upon this would be, does it mean that all people
should have the ability to possess whatever arms they wish?
Since the age of the Civil War weapons that are being produced
have become more deadly. In the late 1700's there really were not any
deadly weapons such as handguns, but they did use muskets, which, were
not very deadly.…
