To What Extent Should The Government Have The Right To Bear Arms

We have experienced firsthand unequal treatment from the King of England. We have seen the King punish people for any number of things- perhaps something just as simple as dissension with the government or because they did not follow the official established religion. As we create our new government we must include protections for the people, so the government does not have all the power. The Constitution alone does not provide sufficient protection against abuses of power by the federal government, for personal freedoms to be broad, the power of the federal government must be limited. The Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments of the Constitution, list the fundamental liberties, our basic rights, as Americans and places limitations on the federal government. The Bill of Rights gives the American people an assurance that the powers not delegated to the federal government in the Constitution are reserved to the states and the people.

(1) Our individual right to freedom of religion, speech, and the press will be protected. This protection hinders Congress from establishing a national religion, or prohibiting the free exercise or getting in the way of the freedom of speech or of the press. This will keep Congress from

“A well regulated militia is necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed”. While maintaining a militia to protect the country, every colonist can own a gun for protection of themselves and their families. We want to ensure the basic right to bear arms we enjoyed as Englishmen remains because we were denied this right when we began to rise up against British authority in the colonies. It is important for us to be equally as armed as the government so we can rebel against the government if they overstep the boundaries in place by the Constitution. It is the right of the people to alter or abolish the government if it becomes