Living Constitution blog 5: The 2nd Amendment

1) Source: Political Cartoon
    Title: The Right to Bear Arms: A Monument You'll Never See
 

2) Constitutional Connection:
  Amendment 2, Right to Bear Arms

3) Explanation:

      In this cartoon the artist was trying to convey that the second amendment is being abused. Some key symbols are the actual monument and the words that the monument say. The monument says "Ercected in honor of all the innocent victoms who died as the result on the second amendment". By putting these words on the monument, the artist feels negatively towards the 2nd Amendment, and that most gun violence has been a result of the amendment. Also the title conveys the artists meaning, I say this because the artist puts a monument that we will never see. In saying this the artist thinks that the government doesn't feel that the second amendment has anything to do with the gun violence problem.

     This cartoon relates to the second amendment because it is talking about the second amendment. Even though the cartoon conveys the amendment in a negative way, it still talks about it. In the 2nd Amendment it says having the right to bear arms is neccessary yo the security of a free State. The Amendment was created so that citizens would be safe against attach but as society grew and over the ages, the idea for this amendment has began to back fire.

    I agree with the artist in the case of this amendment. I feel that not all citizens should be allowed to bear arms, unless they are of a certain age and have the right credintials. I say this because the way the amendment is written any crazy person can get a gun and do what they please with it, because of the rights that they have in the constitution. I feel governmental and other officials should be the ones to bear arms. Yes, I agree we should have guns to protct ourselves in the case of emergency. But with the way society is now-a-days, we have proven that we can't deal with the responsibility of having that right.