“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.” –2nd Amendment
Recent mass shooting tragedies have
renewed the national debate over the 2nd Amendment. Gun ownership and
homicide rates are higher in the U.S. than in any other developed
nation, but gun violence has decreased over the last two decades even as
gun ownership may be increasing. Over 200 years have passed since James
Madison introduced the Bill of Rights, the country has changed, and so
have its guns. Is the right to bear arms now at odds with the common
good, or is it as necessary today as it was in 1789?
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