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             The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution states that "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 founding fathers included this in our Constitution because they feared the government would try to oppress its citizens if they had no way to protect themselves. It clearly states that you do not have to be in a militia to own a weapon. The militia clause was never meant to limit or restrict the right to keep and bear arms. Even if today's well regulated militia was the National guard you still have the right to keep and bear arms. The Constitution can be viewed in two ways. It canbe viewed as a living document or as an original document. If you were to view it as an original document, you would look at the Constitution in a conservative way. You feel that the Constitution should be taken word for word the way the framers of our nation intended it to mean. If you feel that it's a living document then you think that it should be viewed more liberally. You should examine the Constitution in terms of the way society is today. Our society is very different today then it was when this was written. This was written in a time when the crime was not such a problem. I doubt that the framers of our Constitution would have ever predicted crime to be such a major issue as it is in our current day society. This amendment should protect our right to own firearms. Even if you viewed it as an original document it still says we have the right to keep and bear arms. If you take that word for word just like it says, then we still have that right to own firearms. A person should not have to worry about being attacked, mugged, rapped, or even murdered when they are walking down the street at night. You have to right to know that if you are put in a situation that is potentially life threatening yo...