THE individual right of citizens to own and carry firearms for self-defense and other lawful purposes is generally termed as the "right to bear arms."
The legal basis of the right to bear arms in the United States is primarily found in the Second Amendment to the US Constitution. The Second Amendment, which was ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, states: "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." This amendment has been interpreted by the US Supreme Court and lower courts to affirm an individual's right to possess firearms as inviolable.
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