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Institute defends Second Amendment right to “bear” arms

Ever since the Supreme Court recognized that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms, the anti-gun folks have been trying to claim that the ruling only applies to keeping weapons in one’s home.  The text of the Second Amendment clearly protects the right to “bear” arms, though, not just to “keep” them.  Defending that important and common-sense proposition, the Institute’s Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence and Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership projects filed a brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Click here to read the brief: Download file DOWNLOAD PDF

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