Const it ut ional

Amendment
Second Amendment

Hannah Pettersson

Myryka Arviso-Yazza

Vanessa Reveles
 The Second Amendment

"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 Second Amendment protects the right of the people to keep and bear

arms.

Militia

Bear Arms

Shall not be infringed

 Issues
Who does it even apply to?

All individual citizens or only a militia

a well regulated militia

D ebate concerning gun control

Pro

M ore gun control = less death ( suicide and homicide)

Ban certain firearms

M ilitary grade weapons

R estrict who can buy guns

 Supreme Court Cases
District of Columbia Vs. Heller

It was the first Supreme C ourt case to decide whether the

second amendment protects the individual right to keep
and bear arms for self defense.

Protected individual rights to owning a firearm for legal

purposes; protecting the home

M cDonald V s. C ity of C hicago

Individual states
Sources
http://www.guncite.com/gc2ndsup.html
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_v._Heller
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/second_amendment
https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/amendments/amendment-ii