What is the meaning of the 2nd Amendment?

Answer 1

Keep them with you, and use them if you have to. #2 Many of our so called elected officials are debating the answer to this question as we speak. Some of which believe and would have us believe that our founding fathers would do away with this amendment if they were able to foresee or witness the current state of firearms and our country. They put forth an argument that it was a different time back then. A time when a gun was utilitarian in nature and public safety was not guaranteed by civil service and police forces. They go on to say that guns as we know them today are much more deadly and terrible then they ever were back then. However, It is my belief that our country at least until recently has abridged our second amendment right unlawfully. When our forefathers wrote this amendment they did so knowing full well that guns were a powerful and terrible tool. Let us not forget that guns were evolving almost on a daily basis back then. Also, guns were relatively new to the world only being used as a primary weapon for a few short years. So if anything the founding father's would have been more awe struck and apprehensive then we are today. Our forefathers did not trust government they trusted people. That is a fact. I believe that not only was this amendment included as a measure of personal protection, but it was also a measure of protection of the union for which WE STAND. This amendment was included so that our citizens could never be oppressed or bullied by their government. So that forever our government would know that we as citizens must be answered to and not answered for.

Answer 2

Originally the Second Amendment was included in the Bill of Rights in order to prevent the federal government from taking actions that the British had taken during the colonial period. Prior to the winning of the Revolution and our independence, Great Britain tried to take weapons away from the colonial militia, sometimes called �the Minute Men,� and from armed groups of citizens. Today, the Second Amendment does not prevent Congress from regulating the interstate sale of weapons. States are also free to regulate the use and sale of firearms within their borders. MrV

The Constitution is not optional. It is not meant to be changed by Executive, Legislative or Judicial Fiat. There is a mechanism in place to Amend the Constitution.

The Second Amendment does NOT give the government to regulate firearms at all. It expressly forbids it. Although the government has usurped the rights of the people to keep and bear arms, the RIGHT still exists. It must be, and will be, enforced upon the government.

Remember, the Constitution was ordained so that the People could CONTROL the government; not the other way around.