What does the right to keep and bear arms mean as part of the second amendment?
Many of our so called elected officials are debating the to this question as we speak. Some of which believe and would have us believe that our founding fathers would do away with this amendment if they were able to foresee or witness the current state of firearms and our country. They put forth an argument that it was a different time back then. A time when a gun was utilitarian in nature and public safety was not guaranteed by civil service and police forces. They go on to say that guns as we know them today are much more deadly and terrible then they ever were back then. However, It is my belief that our country at least until recently has abridged our second amendment right unlawfully. When our forefathers wrote this amendment they did so knowing full well that guns were a powerful and terrible tool. Let us not forget that guns were evolving almost on a daily basis back then. Also, guns were relatively new to the world only being used as a primary weapon for a few short years. So i
