An act amending titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous articles. 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 Amendment of Foreign Registration shall be effective upon filing in the Department of State. It simply recognizes our right to defend our lives and liberty against any threat, foreign or domestic. In this Essay, I argue that the Second Amendment is uniquely derived from the political inequality embedded in the American constitutional framework. 1982), a computer print-out was held to be admissible. Why didn't the Second Amendment also state that right in the same straightforward manner? He had served in the Pennsylvania Assembly when it ratified the Bill of Rights. In this Essay, I argue that the Second Amendment is uniquely derived from the political inequality embedded in the American constitutional framework.