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>>Could be. However, the second amendment gives a little more umph to the argument for bearing arms, doesn't it?
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>The Second Amendment:
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> 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.
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>So does it, don't think so <s>
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>A+
>jml

Yes, it does. That little paragraph is the ONLY reason most of the private citizens of the US are allowed to possess guns.