Some interpret the Second Amendment as protecting merely a collective right of state militias, while most interpret it as protecting an individual right.<ref>http://www.davekopel.com/2A/LawRev/35finalpartone.htm</ref>
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Some interpret the Second Amendment as protecting merely a collective right of state militias, while most interpret it as protecting an individual right that, unlike the rest of the Bill of Rights, applies to the states as well as the federal government.<ref>http://www.davekopel.com/2A/LawRev/35finalpartone.htm</ref>