The Second Amendment right to bear arms was originally considered a collective guarantee of self-defense and only recently has been seen as an individual right.

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The Second Amendment was originally written and interpreted as a collective right for the purpose of maintaining a well-regulated militia, but in recent decades it has been reinterpreted by some to also protect an individual’s right to own and bear arms for self-defense purposes.

The Second Amendment Right to Bear Arms Was Originally Considered