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"Hold on a second," one might say, "US citizens still have guns!  We can still buy them, sell them, keep them, bear them!  Can't we?"  The answer, of course, is absolutely not.   

"Hold on a second," one might say, "US citizens still have guns!  We can still buy them, sell them, keep them, bear them!  Can't we?"  The answer, of course, is absolutely not.   

Let's examine the Second Amendment in detail, shall we?

==The Meaning of the Second Amendment==

'''A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State"

'''A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State"

And just what kind of arms can citizens keep and bear?  Small pistols, rifles...  nothing that would be effective in a militia.  The founding fathers identified the role that the militias were meant to fill: national security.  That means that citizens have a second amendment right to bear arms that would be truly effective in defending from a foreign invasion.  Not only pistols and rifles, but anything that a US soldier might carry into battle in Iraq, a US citizen has a second amendment right to own.

And just what kind of arms can citizens keep and bear?  Small pistols, rifles...  nothing that would be effective in a militia.  The founding fathers identified the role that the militias were meant to fill: national security.  That means that citizens have a second amendment right to bear arms that would be truly effective in defending from a foreign invasion.  Not only pistols and rifles, but anything that a US soldier might carry into battle in Iraq, a US citizen has a second amendment right to own.