The second amendment Codifies the God-given right of self-defense to every person. The authorities are obligated to secure the scene and the assailant if the evidence warrants it. In too many areas, the authorities go against the second amendment and the individual’s rights like the Army sergeant in Houston right, not far away, that was arrested and tried for murder when he obviously shot in self-defense when a man pointed an AK-47 at him during a riot, that he got stuck in without knowing what he was getting into.