Right to Bear Arms
The Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to possess firearms and to use firearms(GUNS) in
traditionally lawful purposes.
The Second Amendment has been one of the most controversial amendments to the Constitution. Advocates
of gun rights and supporters of gun control have debated the true intent of the amendment for more than
a century. In fact, the grammatical structure of the single complex sentence constituting the entirety of the
Second Amendment has caused a multitude of complex issues. Opposing sides have divided the sentence in
half, resulting in two theories on gun rights—states’ rights and individual rights.