Government Term Paper Anti Hand Gun Controls The Constitution was created to succeed where the Article of Confederation had failed. One of these areas where the Articles of Confederation failed was that the states were able to overrule the national government. For this reason, the Constitution is supposed to allow the national government to have first ruling over the states. However, they did not want a government that would lead to dictatorship. Therefore, an amendment …showed first 75 words of 2009 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2009 total…only ensure that criminals alone have guns. We, the people, are the militia and have the right to protect ourselves from both domestic and foreign invasion. Law abiding citizens have the right to own whatever guns to protect and defend their country from these who would seek to take away their liberty. In Henry Lee's words "To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms." (NRA 28). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**