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Line 2: − − ==Does Not Create, but Protects, the Right to Bear Arms== − Contrary to popular belief, the 2nd Amendment was not a creation of the right to bear arms. That right was already in all thirteen states and had been mentioned in documents such as the Virginia Declaration of Rights. The 2nd Amendment is a limitation on the power of the government to impose restrictions on an already existing right, not the granting of a right by the government. − − The reason for this argument is that it says that "the right to bear arms shall not be infringed" rather than "this amendment hereby grants the people of the United States the right to bear arms."
Removed section as it was already there, to some degree.
The '''Second Amendment''' to the [[United States Constitution]] states:<ref>This is the most-often quoted form of this Amendment, but note later in this entry the significant objection to including three commas rather than just one.</ref>
The '''Second Amendment''' to the [[United States Constitution]] states:<ref>This is the most-often quoted form of this Amendment, but note later in this entry the significant objection to including three commas rather than just one.</ref>
{{cquote|'''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.'''}}
{{cquote|'''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.'''}}
== Individual or Collective Right? ==
== Individual or Collective Right? ==