Wat is Amendment 2 of the constitution?

Question

like i know its right to bear arms but like what does that mean

Answer 1

The right to have guns......the NRA's mission statement.

Answer 2

Amendment II (the Second Amendment) of the United States Constitution, which is part of the Bill of Rights, declares the necessity for "a well regulated militia," and prohibits infringement of "the right of the people to keep and bear arms."

To prevent the Government from becoming tyrannical.

Answer 3

"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 2nd Amendment, like many of the percepts our founding fathers came up with for the Constitution, deals with the rights of the States.

It basically says that it is the right of each State to have a militia inorder to maintain security and keep people free. In doing so, it is also the right of the people of those states to keep and bear arms for their protection.

While the United States had the U.S. Army, many states also had a volunteer militia, that was used to augment the Army in that state. So if you can imagine, it is like today's Military Reserve. Men and women who belong to a state run force that is all volunteer. In order to be able to perform their duties and act quickly, they must have possession of weapons to do such.

Its much like the Israeli Army. When a young man or woman graduates high school, they automatically go into the Army for 2 years. After this they have a choice, go into the reserve or remain on active duty. All Israeli people who are active or reserve keep and maintain weapons.

That is what the 2nd Amendment is about. Not just that its the right of the people to keep and bear arms, but its the state's right to keep a militia, populated with people who can defend that state.

Answer 4

Actually, it has to do with a well-regulated militia. That was put in so the individual states could have their own armies, a tradition that still survives (to some extent) in the National Guard system.

It was interpreted to mean that individuals could own guns, ostensibly to be used in cases of self-defense and in case the Federal gov't gets too overbearing.

By the time the Bill of Rights was written, there was no way that we could impose laws (such as the Brits had) against gun ownership. Travel in the USA was simply too dangerous, as was the dangers of hostile natives, etc.

Answer 5

right to bear arms means you have the right to own and use guns.

arms = guns/weapons

to bear = to possess

Answer 6

It means you have the right to arm yourself and have weapons in your home to defend yourself.