<center>''See also the failed [[liberal]] approach of [[gun control]]''.</center>
<center>''See also the failed [[liberal]] approach of [[gun control]]''.</center>
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[[File:Minute Man Statue Lexington Massachusetts cropped.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|The American ideal of freedom and the right to self-defense helped to inspire the Second Amendment are partly symbolized by the [[minutemen]].]]
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.'''}}