National history day 2025 Rights and Responsibilities in History
Effects
When the Second Amendment was first created the right was seeking to balance state power with federal power. As time went by, citizens now have individual gun access that can easily lead to harm of society. The change in the Second Amendment's interpretation in recent years has caused firearm related deaths to skyrocket.
Increase In Firearm Related Deaths, Christensen Institute
"Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every country in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops."