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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">The <strong>Second Amendment</strong> (<strong>Amendment II</strong>) to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution" title="United States Constitution" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0645ad; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">United States Constitution</a> is the part of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bill_of_Rights" title="United States Bill of Rights" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0645ad; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">United States Bill of Rights</a> that protects the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_keep_and_bear_arms" title="Right to keep and bear arms" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0645ad; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">right of the people to keep and bear arms</a>. It was adopted on December 15, 1791, along with the rest of the Bill of Rights.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">In 2008 and 2010, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0645ad; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Supreme Court</a> issued two Second Amendment decisions. In <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_v._Heller" title="District of Columbia v. Heller" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0645ad; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">District of Columbia v. Heller</a></em> (2008), the Court ruled that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to possess a firearm, unconnected to service in a militia<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution#cite_note-0" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0645ad; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0645ad; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup> and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home. Additionally, the Court enumerated several longstanding prohibitions and restrictions on firearms possession that it found were consistent with the Second Amendment.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0645ad; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup> In <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald_v._Chicago" title="McDonald v. Chicago" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0645ad; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">McDonald v. Chicago</a></em> (2010), the Court ruled that the Second Amendment limits State and local governments to the same extent that it limits the federal government.<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes.com_3-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution#cite_note-nytimes.com-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0645ad; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
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