What are the rights specified in the Second Amendment?

tom

The Second Amendment is basically taking powers from the federal government, rather than having specific rights. It is there to protect rights.

It does not protect the right to form militias, because the people do not have this right. They have the right to be in the milita, this is bearing arms. They have the right to keep weapons, the keep part.

The 2A exists in order to protect the militia, by giving individuals the protection needed to make the militia work. The militia needs weapons and personnel, nothing else is protected or needs to be protected.

The founding fathers made this clear, the supreme court has made this clear also.

The right to bear arms does not mean, the right to carry guns around with you, it does not mean all guns are protected. It means the US federal government cannot prevent individuals being able to get their hands on guns. So they can ban certain types and so on, as long as they do not artificially inflate prices and make it hard for individuals to get guns.

bigboy

The Second Amendment (Amendment II) to the United States Constitution is the part of the United States Bill of Rights that protects a right to keep and bear arms. The meaning and scope of this right has been described as among the most contested of the rights codified in the Bill of Rights

dlk

Our right to bear arms, become a militia to override a corrupt overtaking Gov't.............in times gone by, the militia meant any able bodied man.

Kaz

The 2nd Amendment was written as so "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." This protects a right to keep and bear arms.

Seth William's Mommy!

The second ammendment includes the rights of a well formed Militia, necessary to the protection of a free state, to keep and bear arms.

Steve

It's the right to keep and bear arms. The debate is over whether this was meant to be and individual right, or the right of the states to be able to raise their own militia against threats, maybe even the federal government.

I don't want to get into a gun control thing here, but i do not think the founders meant for the people of this nation to be able to own, sell, and freely carry guns, without any form of regulation. I'm sure all the NRA members out there will disagree, and the fight will continue.

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