Second Amendment Print For Ever In Palm Beach
Description
Form popularity
FAQ
COLUMBIA — The Bureau of Protective Services, a division of the South Carolina Department of Public Safety, reminds the public that with the passage of the South Carolina Constitutional Carry/Second Amendment Preservation Act of 2023, there are areas where it remains unlawful to carry a firearm or dangerous weapon.
One way is for the proposed amendment to be passed by the House and the Senate with two-thirds majority votes. Then, the proposed amendment would have to be ratified by three-fourths of the states. The second way to repeal an amendment is to have a Constitutional Convention.
The word 'infringe' in the Second Amendment states that the government may not take away a person's individual right to keep and bear firearms. The phrasing in the amendment is '...the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Second Amendment, amendment to the Constitution of the United States, adopted in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, that provided a constitutional check on congressional power under Article I Section 8 to organize, arm, and discipline the federal militia.
In short, the Second Amendment states that as an American citizen, you have the individual right to arm yourself. The amendment also firmly establishes that the government cannot infringe on that right.
In fact, most current gun laws restrict access by ordinary citizens to guns, or limiting their ability to carry them in public, are violations of the Second Amendment because they “infringe” the right of ordinary citizens (ie, the people) to go armed.
