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American Politics and the Second Amendment

Running head: OUTLINE 4-3 Final Project Milestone Two: Outline Timme L. Jones Dr. Grulke Southern New Hampshire University OUTLINE Topic Statement: The Second Amendment gifts people the right to keep and bear arms. The Second Amendment 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." This statement is a subject of debate across America, we need to understand what the forefathers meant when writing the Second Amendment and whether it applies to modern-day America 1. History of the Second Amendment and how the forefathers wrote it. A. What brough about the idea of a free nation B. The writing of the Constitution 2. How the gun bearing American defines the Second Amendment A. Self defense a. District of Columbia V. Heller B. Recreational hobbies 3. How the anti-gun American defines the Second Amendment (needs more research) A. Militia B. Mass shootings 4. Changes to the Second Amendment A. Stricter gun laws B. Mental disqualifications 5. Conclusion References: District of Columbia V. Heller: The Individual Right to Bear Arms. (2008). Harvard Law Review, 122(1), 139-144. OUTLINE Erickson, B. (2021). Second Amendment Federalism. Stanford Law Review, 73(3), 727-77