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. Modern debates about the meaning of the Second ...

In 2008, the United States Supreme Court made it clear that the “right of the people to keep and bear arms” is not limited to members of a militia.

“The meaning of the provision undoubtedly is, that the people, from whom the militia must be taken, shall have the right to keep and bear arms; and they need no permission or regulation of law ...