It is no longer important in the way that the Amendment once meant.... to protect a state which had no formal army,and which was only newly independent. The possibility that the British might come back was a thought at the back of the mind when that Amendment was enacted - but now that there is a proper army, the "militia' mentioned is not required, and doesn't exist anyway.
right to bear arms
The 2nd amendment is the right to bear arms. Which means we have the right to own firearms. A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the Security of a free State, the right of the people To keep and bear Arms , as all not be infringed.
The second amendment permits citizens the right to have and to bear arms. It was made at a time when we were a number of colonies and the countries that sent people to here didn't want the colonist to have arms.
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Right to bear arms
The right to bear arms
The right to bear arms is guaranteed by the Second Amendment in the Bill of Rights.
This is the 2nd Amendment, in the Bill of Rights, the right to bear arms (guns).
2nd = right to bear arms
The right to bear arms
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the right to bear arms