"''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.''"
"''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.''"
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== Individual or Collective Right? ==
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[[Liberals]] interpret the [[Second Amendment]] as protecting merely a collective right of state militias, while [[conservatives interpret it as protecting an individual right.<ref>http://www.davekopel.com/2A/LawRev/35finalpartone.htm</ref>