The Second Amendment provides U.S. citizens the right to bear arms. Ratified in December 1791, the amendment says: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the ...

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. —Amendment II Modern debates about the meaning ...

President of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law Michael Waldman talks about the original intent of the Second Amendment as it relates to militias and the right to bear arms.

What is the Second Amendment and why can the 'right to bear arms' cause so much argument and debate? The amendment has become increasingly more controversial since it was adopted in 1791 ...

March 20, 2007 Yes, the Second Amendment Guarantees an Individual Right to Bear Arms By Pierre Atlas. On March 9, the Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued a groundbreaking ...

Attorney Alan Gura provides historical perspective on the people's right to bear arms. Global Search Search In. Quick Guide. Search. Schedule TV Networks Radio ...

The Second Amendment provides that “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.” ...

“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.”—The Second Amendment to the US Constitution ...

What today’s Second Amendment activists forget: The right to not bear arms. As militias gather and march, they exercise a super-sized version of a right invented by gun advocates, not the Founders.

The Right to Bear Arms : Throughline In April 1938, an Oklahoma bank robber was arrested for carrying an unregistered sawed-off shotgun across state lines. The robber, Jack Miller, put forward a ...

When it comes to the “right to bear arms,” which the Second Amendment protects, many people fall into one of two camps. Folks in the first camp views those rights as absolute, or close to it.

As part of the National Constitution Center's 27 Amendments (In 27 Days) project, each day we will look at a constitutional amendment. Today, we look at the Second Amendment, which protects ...