Rewrite the Bill of Rights, One through Three - 0910a

 

Do A and B:

 

A. 1-8 Restate the eight individual rights laid out in the first 3 amendments.  Put each right in your own words, explained clearly.

 

B. How should heavy weapons, handguns, and rifles be regulated by the government?  What should be restricted and what should be legal?  Explain.

 

 

1st Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

 

2nd Amendment: 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.

 

3rd Amendment: No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner; nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.