As a gun owner and strong Second Amendment supporter, I strongly oppose attempts to limit the rights of law-abiding gun owners. EVERY SINGLE ONE of those firearms existed before the writing of the second amendment.The Lorenzoni flintlock was first made in the 1680's. The Second Amendment (Amendment II) to the United States Constitution protects the right to keep and bear arms. It was ratified on December 15, 1791. , THE RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS (Comm. The Second Amendment was a commitment to citizen participation in public life and a way to keep military power under civil control. 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. The second amendment was put in the place to defend the country against hostile foreign and internal actors. The Second Amendment sanctioned the right to own and carry a gun except in the rarest of circumstances.