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“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 United States Constitution Adopted on December 15, 1791, along with the remaining nine amendments comprising the Bill of Rights.)Today, the Second Amendment is the subject of a great debate. Detractors claim it is no longer needed, that it is dangerous, that it is a relic from another time. Others, including Justices of our national Supreme Court, claim it has no meaning outside service in “the militia”. Advocates for the Amendment argue that it is the foundation for the remaining rights articulated in the Bill of Rights. Remove the Second Amendment, and there will be nothing to protect the remaining rights we have from being stripped away as well.What does the language mean? Where did it come from? How should it be interpreted? Does it create a right of average citizens to own and possess firearms? Can a government, intent upon subjugating the people, strip the right away? What is the “militia”? Does it still exist? Must we be members of such a militia in order to protect our ability to arm ourselves for pers

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Author

Jim Fleming

Publisher

Rivers Edge Productions, Inc.

Published

2016

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Law, Constitutional Law