Abstract
The Second Amendment is accepted as protecting a right, but it is commonly accepted
that the right is not unrestricted. I will explore the most commonly suggested restrictions
proposed by gun control advocates and show why these restrictions to the Second
Amendment are unjustifiably high, especially when compared with restrictions we
accept for other Constitutional rights. I argue that these restrictions violate a central
function of the Second Amendment—to enable the people to protect themselves against
a tyrannical government. The three restrictions I will be discussing are: (1) licensing
requirements for gun ownership, (2) gun tracing with a national database of gun
owners, and (3) concealed carry restrictions.