Bill of Rights

December 15, 1791

They person who helped write it was Patrick Henery

the Bill of Rights did support the rights of individuals, though included protection legally to only landowning white men. It did not involve women and African Americans, until later on causing more Amendments from Constitution and Supreme Court Cases to include the same rights for ALL citizens in the U.S.

It somewhat stands in the way of some people's ideas that the US could be made safe by an effort to take away guns from everyone except police and the military. That's probably the main con.

On the pro side, it is designed to prevent tyranny. Its role in preventing or increasing crime is so hotly debated that most people lose sight of the fact that ordinary crime had nothing to do with the reason it was passed. There are even people now who think the Second Amendment was related to hunting. For what it's worth, it has played a role in helping potential victims of crime arm themselves to deter or defend against criminals and, of course, hunters, marksmen, gun collectors and gun manufacturers tend to like it as well. There is substantial evidence that when Florida and other states passed laws making it much easier for people with no criminal record to legally carry concealed weapons and then issued over 100,000 concealed carry permits, that many categories of violent crime dropped. Though this was a boost for the anti-crime arguments in favor of the Second Amendment, the fact remains that crime was not reason the Second Amendment was passed.

The main reason it was passed was to prevent Tyranny. The idea was that the United States should rely for defense upon an armed militia consisting of all able-bodied men in the US. (Women were not expected to fight in the 18th century when the 2nd Amendment was passed.)

One reason for wanting to use the militia system was that calling a large portion of the population into military service to repel an invasion would allow the rapid formation of a huge military force when it was needed. But this was not the reason that it was put into the constitution as the 2nd Amendment. It was put into the constitution to prevent the replacement of the militia system by a "standing army" which could be more easily used to suppress political dissent and defend tyrants against insurrection by the people.

The current constitution was not the one implemented at the time of the American Revolution. That was the Articles of Confederation, which were being drawn up in June of 1776, shortly before the Declaration of Independence was passed by the Second Continental Congress. The Articles of Confederation weren't fully ratified until 1781, two years before the Treaty of Paris ended the War of the American Revolution.

The US Constitution that is nominally in effect today was proposed in 1787 and adopted by twelve states by 1789 and by Rhode Island in 1790. By that time, the American Revolution had been over for seven years. A number of states feared that the new constitution would give the central government too much power. This fear was increased by the fact that leaders of the Federalist Party had such a strong role in drafting it and they were well known for favoring more power for the central government. Their opponents, sometimes called "Anti-Federalists", "Republicans", "Democrats" or "Democratic Republicans" (Their party later became the Democratic Party) were known in those days for opposing greater power in the hands of the central government.

Partly due to fears that the new US Constitution would not be ratified by the states, ten amendments were introduced by James Madison in 1789. These ten amendments are known as the Bill of Rights and the Second Amendment was number two on the list. All ten of these amendments were clearly designed to limit the power of the federal government. Today, some people would like to believe that the second amendment was somehow different and was designed to give the federal government the power to have an army. The US Constitution itself already authorized the federal government to have a military, in Article 1 and Article 2, but clearly envisioned a militia-type system such as the US had used in the War of the American Revolution and still had at the time the US Constitution was drafted and ratified.

The main purpose of the 2nd Amendment was to prevent the militia from being replaced by a "standing army", meaning a professional army that might have more loyalty to the government than to the people and could be used to oppress the people as the previous (British) government's army had done before and during the War of the American Revolution.

There are plenty of historical examples of countries that remained relatively free so long as they were defended by such a militia and plenty of examples of tyrannies where the power of the tyrants depended upon a specialized armed force loyal to the tyrant. Even Niccolo Machiavelli, the 16th century political writer notorious for writing about the harsh realities of politics wrote that a militia, such as had defended the Florentine Republic, was the best defense against tyranny. The theory is that the people aren't going to oppress themselves, so an army made up of basically the whole population capable of bearing arms is a lot less likely to support a tyranny than a smaller force of professional soldiers who make their career in the army and are financially dependent upon the government.

Of course, the US now has a large standing army and has almost abandoned the old militia type system. This occurred mostly during the 20th century. I suppose another con of the Second Amendment is that it failed to prevent this as it was intended.

most states had there own Bill of Rights writtenin state constitutions

Not all. Some depend on historical precedent and others acknowledge international conventions.

For example, the UK does not have a bill of rights other than the one enacted in 1689, but the Human Rights Act 1998 incorporates the principles of the European Convention on Human Rights (1953)

The popular name for the first ten amendments is THE BILL OF RIGHTS. it is interesting to note except for the all-inclusive 9Th and l0Th amendments- rights not enumerated. Voting is not specifically stated in the first ten amendments as a BASIC constitutional right- other amendments had differing ideas as ,say the l9Th amendment that granted Woman a big chest . All people under the age of 18 must not get homework and all old people must have intercourse with there mate in the streets of Massachusetts

Trial by impartial jury, speedy public trial, right to a lawyer, and right meet the lawyer against him/her.

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d. the more viscous, clear outer layer of the cytoplasm in ameboid cells.

e. the more fluid, granular inner layer of the cytoplasm in ameboid cells.

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g. A thin skin, cuticle, membrane, or film.

h. (in green plant cells) a plastid that contains chlorophyll and in which photosynthesis takes place.

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j. A spot that helps with photosynthesis

k. interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association, typically to the advantage of both.

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m. a minute, typically one-celled, reproductive unit capable of giving rise to a new individual without sexual fusion, characteristic of lower plants, fungi, and protozoans.

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o. plankton consisting of small animals and the immature stages of larger animals.

p. plankton consisting of microscopic plants.

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t. (a group of plant or animal structure) attached directly by their base without a stalk or peduncle.

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It was because James Madison wanted to make a bill of rights and the legislaters put it in the Constitution to reflect the rights of the people.

It basically means that if you have been prosecuted for some offense and have been either acquitted or convicted of that offense, you can not be prosecuted again for that offense. It also means you can not be "punished" more than once for the offense.

He became the most fiestiest bull ridin guy on the west.his signature move was to bit a bull on the lip.Believe it or not

==One Answer== The United States government is not trying to interfere with your right to gun ownership. There has been a struggle over the Second Amendment for centuries. There has always been individual lawmakers on both sides of the issue. The ones who seek stricter regulation of firearms believe that will have an impact on the easy availability of guns by criminals. The opposition thinks gun owners should be protected at all costs. The present administration has supported the latter and the anti-gun-control lobby has always been stronger than the opposition. Many people think the opportunity for gun control has passed. Guns are now a part of the fabric of American life. In answer to that dilemma the gun lobby proposes that every American should be armed in order to protect themselves from gun violence.

When the Constitution of the United States was being written, the "Anti-Federalists" objected; too much power would accumulate to the Federal government, and this would be ruinous of liberty. They demanded a "bill of rights" that would limit the power of the government and protect the rights of the people. The Federalists argued that since the new Constitution only granted government a few specific and limited powers, that the government could never become dangerous.

Eventually, the Federalists compromised; a listing of rights retained by the people wasn't needed, they said, but wouldn't hurt anything. So the authors of the Constitution proposed a Bill of Rights listing a number of specific things that the government could never do, such as limiting free speech or free exercise of religion, banning guns, and prohibited troops from being quartered in peoples' homes. This list was the Bill of Rights, and there were 12 proposed Amendments. Only ten of these were ratified by the States, and the first ten Amendments became known as the Bill of Rights.

Curiously, one of the proposed amendments that weren't approved in 1787 was eventually ratified, and became the 27th Amendment.

The Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution is one of the original 10 amendments that are known as the "Bill of Rights", which were included with the Constitution. The Bill of Rights were added to provide INDIVIDUAL rights to the American People, since most of the Constitution itself was occupied with detailing how the GOVERNMENT itself was set up. Many founding fathers, such as Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, fought for the addition of the Bill of Rights to the Constitution, because they felt that unless you spelled out the rights for the common man, the government would grow to be tyrannical, just like the British crown they'd just fought to overthrow.

The bill of rights lists many rights, but two of the rights listed are the rights to bear arms, and the right to a fair trial. It also lists many freedoms, such as freedom of speech and freedom of religion.

the first amendment is freedom of speech press and expression

Everyone can get health insurance, no matter their medical history

The Bill of rights not only outlined a framework for a legislative system, but also mandated an identifiable statute with regard to alterations, adjustments, and modifications to the original text.