Wolford v. Lopez · ¶17
The Second Amendment provides: “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.” For more than two centuries after the ratification of the Second Amendment, this Court had few occasions to examine its meaning. Such an occasion arose in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U. S. 570 (2008).Read in context ›
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