Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Social Science:Public Administration, Law and International Relations (SSPALIR 2021)

A Controversial Right: Study on the Ambiguity of the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States

Authors
Jie Li, Zhongni Zeng
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Jie Li
Available Online 16 September 2021.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.210916.016How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Constitution of the U.S, The Second Amendment, Ambiguity, Gun rights, Gun culture
Abstract

While the Second Amendment remains an essential constitutional basis for the gun rights in America, its ambiguity has led to different interpretations of gun rights, thus making gun rights controversial in American society. Focusing on this unique ambiguity, this paper analyses its manifestations in the text of the Second Amendment. By investigating the conflicts between the historical context of the Founding Era and the realistic concerns in the contemporary American society, this paper explains the causes of this ambiguity. Finally, from political and cultural perspectives, this paper further examines the consequences of the ambiguity. This paper argues that the tensions of this ambiguity have cultivated American gun culture while perpetuating an irreconcilable confrontation between gun rights and gun control in the shadow of gun violence, and thus acting as a hidden peril that divides and polarizes the American society.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Social Science:Public Administration, Law and International Relations (SSPALIR 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
16 September 2021
ISBN
978-94-6239-431-5
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.210916.016How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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