 the purpose of the second amendment yesterday president obama announced his plans to restrict gun ownership in response to the tragedy in newtown connecticut there has been a lot of chatter about why do people need certain kinds of weapons but is that what the second amendment is about what did the founders intend when they wrote these provisions take a moment to learn the history behind the second amendment  wwwredstatecom 20130115 thepurposeofthesecondamendment  