USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THE BILL OF RIGHTS THE CONSTITUTIONS FIRST 10 AMENDMENTS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Concerned about rising crime, lawmakers for Ridgewood ban all handguns in the town. What amendment of the Bill of Rights is being violated?
A
7th Amendment
B
1st Amendment
C
2nd Amendment
D
No Violation-They CAN do this
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Second Amendment (Amendment II) to the United States Constitution protects the right to keep and bear arms. It was ratified on December 15, 1791, along with nine other articles of the Bill of Rights.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -“The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home.”

Detailed explanation-4: -Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States. It ruled that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects an individual’s right to keep and bear arms-unconnected with service in a militia-for traditionally lawful purposes such as self-defense within the home.

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