Gun Control: Why the Bill Term Paper

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" ("The Second Amendment," the Brady Campaign, 2006) Note how pro-gun activists conveniently omit the words referring to a well-regulated militia in their defense of carte blanche access to firearms. When the U.S. Constitution was adopted, each of the states had its own military force comprised of part-time soldiers, and the militia was 'well-regulated' in the sense that its members were subject to various requirements such as training and engaging military exercises away from home. "It was a form of compulsory military service intended to protect the fledgling nation from outside forces and from internal rebellions," and every soldier was allowed to use his or her own firearms in the service of the United States as a member of the military ("The Second Amendment," the Brady Campaign, 2006)

To arm and train the military was the true intent of the Second Amendment, not that every person without military training should be able to have a gun, particularly in the absence of military training and regulation.
Thus, it is gun control activists who are the true strict constructionalists when they argue that law and order and access to guns should be left largely in the hands of the police and military, and even if guns are available for controlled recreational purposes, such as hunting and limited self-protection, these guns should be highly regulated.

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