Revisiting The Constitution

Cassandra Maldonado

Assignment Due 10/10

POL 166

Revisiting the Constitution: Do We Really Need the Second Amendment?

The quote I chose is from Melynda Price; it states, “This nation was constructed and reconstructed in the aftermath of violent and bloody conflicts. Still, the Framers believed that not only the Constitution, but also the peaceful way the document was created, would penetrate the Americans' minds and change they engaged.” 

            The meaning of this quote is, aside from the nation being built on violence and bloody conflict, the framers believed that because of how the document was created in a peaceful way and because it’s a part of the constitution, it would change the minds of the Americans. They believed that because it was written on paper and it was written by higher authority and Americans are expected to follow it, that it would be successful enough for Americans to stop the violence and bloody conflicts. They’re wrong.

            There is an increase in society today when it comes to violence and bloody conflicts. That is the reason I chose this quote. It can be written on paper by higher authority, but that doesn’t mean that people are going to follow it. People look at it as a piece of paper and don’t take it serious until they have to suffer the consequences for their wrong doing. With the document being created, more actions should be taken so that there can be a decrease in violence and bloody conflict in our society. A change has to be made, this pattern has to be broken. If this nation was constructed and reconstructed, then it should be reconstructed again to put an end to the violence and bloody conflicts.