The
Second Amendment to the Constitution:
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
first thing a Dictator does is to Disarm the population.
In
America today, the Godless, Socialist, Secular Humanists
Want
to Disarm the American population,
As
they want to Impose their Godless Religion on the People
Without
Opposition.
The
following is taken from Wikipedia:
Background
Main
article: Bill
of Rights 1689
The Bill
of Rights Act, 1689 allowed
for Protestant citizenry to "have Arms for their Defence
suitable to their Conditions and as allowed by Law ," and
restricted the right of the English
Crown to
have a standing army or to interfere with Protestants' right to bear
arms "when Papists were both Armed and Imployed contrary to
Law." It also established that regulating the right to bear arms
was one of the powers of Parliament and not of the monarch.[2][3]
Sir William
Blackstone wrote
in the eighteenth century about the right to have arms being
auxiliary to the "natural right of resistance and
self-preservation," but subject to suitability and allowance by
law.[4]
The
term, "arms" is
derived from the Latin term arma (neuter
pl.), meaning weapons and/or armour and armare,
which means to equip.[5] Originally
used in the 1600s, the term refers to the process of equipping for
war.[6] The
term "arms" is commonly used as a synonym for
weapon.[7] Use
of these arms with regard to the right to keep and bear arms is
predicated on the concepts of the right
of self-defense, defence
of property,
and defense
of state.[citation
needed]
In
Old English,"beran" (past tense bær) means to bear, bring;
bring forth, produce; to endure, sustain; to wear.[8]
Since
the initial use of this term in the 1600s, armament technology has
evolved and advanced.[9] By
the 17th century, firearm technology was a relatively new device for
warfare or practical use such as hunting. Swords, spears, and other
manual devices were more prevalent until the 18th century.[9] Since
the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries firearms have come to the
forefront of this concept.[10]
The
carrying of arms in public can be categorized as open
carry and concealed
carry,
and it is a separate topic of laws and regulations beyond
ownership alone.
Americas
Cuba[edit]
Chapter
1, Article 3 of the Constitution
of Cuba states
the following: "When
no other recourse is possible, all citizens have the right to
struggle through all means, including armed struggle, against anyone
who tries to overthrow the political, social and economic order
established in this Constitution."
Mexico[edit]
See
also: Gun
politics in Mexico
- "Article 10. The inhabitants of the United Mexican States have the right to possess arms within their domicile, for their safety and legitimate defense, except those forbidden by Federal Law and those reserved for the exclusive use of the Army, Militia, Air Force and National Guard. Federal law shall provide in what cases, conditions, under what requirements and in which places inhabitants shall be authorized to bear arms."[11]
United States
Main
article: Right
to keep and bear arms in the United States
In
the United
States,
with an English common
law tradition,
a long-standing common law right to keep and bear arms has been
recognized as existing prior even to the creation of a written
national constitution.[12] In
the United States, the right to keep and bear arms is
also an enumerated right specifically protected by the U.S.
Constitution and
many state
constitutions[13] such
that people have a personal right to own arms for individual use, and
a right to bear these same arms both for personal protection and for
use in amilitia.[14] The
right to keep and bear arms is codified in the Second
Amendment to the United States Constitution,
which reads:
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.[15]
Convicted felons,
persons adjudicated as
mentally defective, and some others are prohibited from possessing
firearms and ammunition in the U.S. In most states, residents may
carry a handgun or other weapon in public in a concealed or open
manner, either on one's person or in proximity, however many states
and cities restrict this. Some jurisdictions require a permit
for concealed
carry,
but most jurisdictions do not require a permit for open
carry,
if allowed. Some states and localities require licenses to own or
purchase guns and ammunition, as detailed in a summary of gun
laws in the United States by state.
Precursory
legal wording can also be found in the Pennsylvania
Constitution of 1776.
Following the American
Revolution in
1776, one of the first legislative acts undertaken by each of the
newly independent states was to adopt a reception
statute that
gave legal effect to the existing body of English common law to the
extent that American legislation or the Constitution had
not explicitly rejected English law.[16] Many
English common law traditions were enumerated in the U.S.
Constitution, such as the right to keep and bear arms, habeas
corpus, jury
trials,
and various other civil
liberties.
Significant principles of English common law prior to 1776 still
remain in effect in many jurisdictions in the United States. The
common law of England is still the rule of decision, except where it
conflicts with the U.S. or State constitution, or acts of the U.S.
Congress or state legislatures, in 49 of the 50 U.S. states, except
Louisiana. [17]
Europe
United Kingdom
See
also: Gun
politics in the United Kingdom
The
right to keep and bear arms is no longer legally or constitutionally
protected In the United Kingdom.[18] There
existed a guarantee of the right to keep and bear arms for
self-protection in English common
law but
the possession of arms is now restrictively and legally controlled by
the government, with most[citation
needed] handguns,
and automatic and most[citation
needed] semi-automatic
weapons being illegal to possess without special provision.[18][19]
The
right to bear arms was not specifically protected until the Bill
of Rights 1689,
but then only for Protestants.
The first serious control on firearms after this was not made until
the passing of the Firearms
Act 1920 more
than 200 years later.[20]
Since
the 1950s it has been a criminal offense to carry a knife or any
other weapon in a public place without good reason.[21]
Switzerland
Further
information: Gun
politics in Switzerland
Switzerland has
a statutory right to bear arms under Article 3 of the 1997 Weapons
Act.[22][23][24] Switzerland
practices universal
conscription,
which requires that all able-bodied male citizens keep fully
automatic firearms at home in case of a call-up.
Every
male between the ages of 20 and 34 is considered a candidate for
conscription into the military, and following a brief period of
active duty will commonly be enrolled in the militia until
age or an inability to serve ends his service obligation.[25] Up
until December 2009, these men were required to keep their
government-issued selective
fire combat
rifles and semi-automatic handguns
in their homes as long as they were enrolled in the armed
forces.[26]
Since
January 2010, they have the option of depositing their personal
firearm at a government arsenal.[27] Up
until September 2007, soldiers received 50 rounds of
government-issued ammunition in a sealed box for storage at
home.[28]
Switzerland
may have one of the highest personal gun ownership rates in the
world.[29] It
has an overall low crime rate by European standards, but it has one
of the highest rates of gun homicide, and the highest gun suicide
rate in Europe.[30][31]
However
Switzerland also has one of the world's lowest overall homicide
rates, a rate considerably lower than the European average.[32] Swiss
gun laws are considered to be restrictive.[33] Owners
are legally responsible for third party access and usage of their
weapons. Licensure is similar to other Germanic countries.[34] In a
referendum in February 2011 voters
rejected a citizens' initiative which would have obliged armed
services members to store their rifles and pistols on military
compounds, rather than keep them at home, and required that privately
owned firearms be registered.[31]
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