Bill of Rights: The 2nd Amendment

The Second Amendment

- Bill of Rights -

General info

Bill of Rights: first 10 articles (Amendments) of the Constitution, that guarantee the Citizens' rights

How was the Bill of Rights born?

1787

1789

1791

1689

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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.

Bill of Rights, 2nd Amendment

Nowadays

Two different sides:

The United States has the highest homicide rate: 7.8 per 100,000 population in 2020

• People wanting to control weapon possessions
• Conservatives - that see weapon possession as a "inalienable" right

(as "normal" murders weren't alarming enough)

Alarming consequences:

Is reaching a compromise possible?

• Mass shootings
• "Accidental" shootings

A brief comparison

The USA

Italy

Forbidden to own a weapon without a license and to carry it in public places

Permission to own a weapon as long as one's over 18

This depends on

each State's laws, too

Indiana first introduced the issue of regolamentation

US civilians own 393 million firearms, and 35% to 42% of households in the country have at least one gun

Some stats

The US has the highest estimated number of weapons per person in the world (120.5 guns every 100 people)

Peaks in Texas, California and Florida for weapon possession

588,696 firearms registered in Texas in 2017

Thank you

for the attention!

Done by:

Alicia Milletti

Chiara Tirocchi

Desiree Guidi

Gabriella Gentile