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Constitution Day 2017: The Constitution in the News

Second Amendment

Second Amendment: Bear Arms

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.

Two blue arrows facing one another. The left arrow states The right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. The right arrow states A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State

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