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The Second Amendment addresses what we now call arms. You should be aware that this was not done a few years ago but during the time of slavery. The real reason the Second Amendment was ratified, was to preserve the slave patrol militias in the southern states, which was necessary
to get Virginia's vote for the constitution.
Blacks outnumbered whites in large areas, and the state militias were used to both prevent and to put down slave uprisings.
"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."
Little did Madison realize that one day in the future weapons-manufacturing corporations, newly defined as "persons" by a Supreme Court (some have called dysfunctional), would use his slave patrol militia amendment to protect their "right" to manufacture and sell assault weapons used to murder schoolchildren.
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What amendment is the government confiscates all guns from citizens?
What are you asking? There is no amendment in the U.S. constitution that allows the government to confiscate guns. The 2nd amendment guarantees U.S. citizens the right to bear arms.
What guarantees in the bill of rights are not now covered by the 14th amendment's due process clause?
The only amendment in the Bill of Rights not covered by the 14th amendment's Due Process clause is the 2nd, right to bear arms.
What is the amendment that states right to bare arms?
That would be the 2nd amendment.
What amendment protects the right of people to keep bear arms?
The second amendment permits citizens the right to have and to bear arms. It was made at a time when we were a number of colonies and the countries that sent people to here didn't want the colonist to have arms.
The constitution guarantees the right to bear arms and the corresponding responsibility would be?
To arm bears!
