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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, along with nine other articles of the Bill of Rights. [ 1][ 2][ 3] In District of Columbia v.
In the United States, the right to keep and bear arms is a fundamental right [ 1][ 2][ 3] protected by the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution, part of the Bill of Rights, and by the constitutions of most U.S. states. [ 4] The Second Amendment declares:
The United States Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.Proposed following the often bitter 1787–88 debate over the ratification of the Constitution and written to address the objections raised by Anti-Federalists, the Bill of Rights amendments add to the Constitution specific guarantees of personal freedoms and rights, clear limitations on the ...
Here’s what Second Amendment actually says: “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 ...
Opinion: The Second Amendment originally banned the federal government from regulating guns, and states could regulate almost as much as they desired.
The right to keep and bear arms (often referred to as the right to bear arms) is a legal right for people to possess weapons (arms) for the preservation of life, liberty, and property. [ 1] The purpose of gun rights is for self-defense, as well as hunting and sporting activities. [ 2]: 96 [ 3] Countries that guarantee a right to keep and bear ...
As the Supreme Court explained in an 1847 decision, the police power “is not susceptible of an exact limitation.”. As “new and vicious indulgences” emerged, they required “restraints ...
Miller v. Texas (1894) McDonald v. City of Chicago, 561 U.S. 742 (2010), was a landmark [ 1] decision of the Supreme Court of the United States that found that the right of an individual to "keep and bear arms", as protected under the Second Amendment, is incorporated by the Fourteenth Amendment and is thereby enforceable against the states.