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A Small Amendments Survey- a project for socials studies
I have a project to do for social studies class and my partner and I have to survey a few people, over the age of 18. The survey is about the amendments, because right now we are learning about the constitution. We would like to have the opinion of many people and not just specific people we survey, so if you dont mind could you please answer these questions.
Also if you have a job that involves government or if you are majoring in that, could you please state that. If your not over 18 that is fine, because we want the opinion of all who know what they are talking about.
I. The Bill of Rights contains ten amendments to the constitution. Which one do you believe is the most important and why?
II. The original intent of the Second Amendment was to prevent the Nation Government from disarming a militia. Today it is used to justify indivisual gun ownership without government interference. What argument could you make again the Second Amendment (gun ownership) ?
III. How would you interpret Amendments NIne and Ten ?
Thank you.
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I think the most important amendment is the 10th, as it clearly says that the power should be with the states, and not with the federal government; this is what the founding fathers originally intended. Of course, this amendment has been ignored.
I can't argue against the second amendment, because people should be allowed to have guns. If the government bans owning guns, then isn't the original intention of the amendment gone? The people won't be able to form a militia if there aren't any guns. Note they didn't say "army", they said "militia". There was an army at the time of the bill of rights, but they saw there was a need for a "militia" of the people.
Amendment 9 says that the bill of rights supersedes the original constituion. Amendment 10 gives state governments greater power than the federal government.
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