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The Evolution of the Second Amendment: The Right to Bear Arms Then and Now
Owning guns in America is a constitutional right. The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution says, "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." These twenty-seven words written into the Constitution have sparked a two-sided debate over the last 200 years. The interpretation of this amendment has raised heated debate between the groups supporting the Second Amendment
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Thomas Jefferson wrote: "What country can preserve its liberties if its ruler are not warned from time to time that its people preserve the right of resistance. Let them take arms."
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