Constitutional Amendments
The Second Amendment to the US Constitution is the part of the United States Bill of Rights that protects a right to keep and bear arms… More »
Ratified: December 15, 1791
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Seeks to promote a better understanding of firearms rights through educational and legal action. Editorials, publications, and news. ... Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution...
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Second Amendment - Bearing Arms ... After reciting the original provisions of the Constitution dealing with the militia, the Court observed that ''[w]ith obvious purpose to assure the continuation and render possible the effectiveness of such forces the declaration and guarantee of the Second Amendment were made.
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The Second Amendment: No Right to Keep and Bear Arms ... The Second Amendment is the most misunderstood provision contained in the Bill of Rights. The purpose of the Second Amendment is to guarantee the states' ability to maintain independent militias composed of state residents available to be called upon to defend...
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Comprehensive presentation of gun control and Second Amendment issues; analysis of firearms statistics, research, and gun control policies. ... Until the Second Amendment is treated as normal constitutional law, this web site will always be under construction...; If you learn only one thing from GunCite, let this be it.
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Valparaiso U. Law Review; The History of the Second Amendment, by David E. Vandercoy ... Long overlooked or ignored, the Second Amendment has become the object of some study and much debate.
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Enforcement of Federal firearms laws from the perspective of the Second Amendment ... Does the Second Amendment mean what it says?, by David J. Steinberg, executive director, National Council for a Responsible Firearms policy.
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A Practicing Attorney's Look At The Second Amendment ... Women Against Gun Control (311k PDF) and Second Amendment Sisters (330k PDF) ... Professor Robin West of the Georgetown University Law Center thinks the 2nd Amendment guarantees the right of mutual disarmament; and that this is...
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The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors ... The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, (chosen by the Legislature thereof,) (The preceding words in parentheses superseded by 17th Amendment,
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