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This Amendment is very important for all of us because it is the ability to rebel against a tyrannical government. It also gives citizens the right to protect themselves, without restrictions from the government. The Second Amendment also allows us to protect ourselves from foreign and domestic attacks, if the government won't.

The Second Amendment codifies a pre-existing right. ...

The Second Amendment protects individual, not collective rights. ...

Every citizen is the militia. ...

There is no interest-balancing approach to the Second Amendment.

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How is the 2nd Amendment being used today?

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How is the 2nd Amendment being used today?

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With the exception of felons, some people deemed to have serious mental illness, “sensitive places” such as schools or courthouses, or “dangerous weapons,” the Second Amendment allows regular people to own firearms in their homes, he argued.

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What was the main focus of the 2nd Amendment?

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What was the main focus of the 2nd Amendment?

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The Founding Fathers felt that citizens should be able to protect themselves against the government and any other threat to their well being or personal freedom. The Second Amendment granted citizens that right — giving them the ability to defend themselves and their property.

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Heller, case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on June 26, 2008, held (5–4) that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to possess firearms independent of service in a state militia and to use firearms for traditionally lawful purposes, including self-defense within the home.

he court determined that handguns are "Arms" and concluded that thus they may not be banned by the District of Columbia.

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what would happen if the 2nd amendment didn't exist?

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what would happen if the 2nd amendment didn't exist?

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Without the 2nd Amendment, we would be at risk of losing our freedom and being forced into military service. Without the Second Amendment, states and the federal government would be able to regulate the manufacturing, sale and use of fire arms any way they like.

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in other words, the 8th Amendment aims to protect criminal defendants from unduly harsh or disproportionate treatment by restricting the federal government from issuing certain penalties.

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"The second Amendment to the united states constitution protects the right to keep and bear arms. It was ratified on December 15, 1791, along with nine other articles of the bill of rights