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AMENDMENT 2 - FREEDOM OF MILITIA AND TO BEAR ARMS

Short Summary

Freedom of militia and to bear arms 

Actual text

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 Sample of Landmark U.S. Supreme Court Cases on the Second Amendment

District of Columbia v. Heller (2008)