Bill of Rights: The 2nd Amendment

The Second Amendment

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Bill of Rights: first 10 articles (Amendments) of the Constitution, that guarantee the Citizens' rights

How was the Bill of Rights born?

General info

1791

1789

1787

1689

Bill of Rights, 2nd 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.

Is reaching a compromisepossible?

Two different sides:

• People wanting to control weapon possessions
• Conservatives - that see weapon possession as a "inalienable" right

(as "normal" murders weren't alarming enough)

Alarming consequences:

Nowadays

The United States hasthe highest homicide rate:7.8 per 100,000 population in 2020

• Mass shootings
• "Accidental" shootings

each State's laws, too

This depends on

Italy

The USA

A brief comparison

Permission to own a weaponas long as one's over 18

Forbidden to own a weapon without a license and to carry it in public places

588,696 firearms registered in Texas in 2017

Peaks in Texas, California and Florida for weapon possession

The US has the highest estimated number of weapons per person in the world (120.5 guns every 100 people)

US civilians own 393 million firearms, and 35% to 42% of households in the country have at least one gun

Indiana first introduced the issue of regolamentation

Some stats

Desiree Guidi

Chiara Tirocchi

Gabriella Gentile

Alicia Milletti

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