The U.S.Supreme Court has ruled that there is a constitutional right to keep and bear arms based on the _____ Amendment.

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The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution reads, "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." The U.S. Supreme Court has interpreted this amendment to mean that individuals have the right to possess firearms for self-defense purposes. In District of Columbia v. Heller (2008), the Court held that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and that the District of Columbia's handgun ban and requirement that firearms in the home be kept nonfunctional violated this right.

The USSupreme Court Has Ruled That There Is a Constitutional Right