“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.” Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
The Supreme Court has not conclusively interpreted the Second Amendment since its ratification in 1791. The basic issue is whether the amendment protects an individual’s right to own guns or whether that right is tied to service in a state militia.
The politicians who advocate that the individual has no right to own a gun (bear arms) mights sing a different tune if they weren’t allowed to have armed bodyguards. But, they think they are special…
