Chuck Schumer: Left Must 'Admit There Is Second Amendment' (VIDEO)

Early American settlers viewed the right to arms and/or the right to bear arms and/or state militias as important for one or more of these purposes: 

1. deterring undemocratic government;

2. repelling invasion;

3. suppressing insurrection;

4. facilitating a natural right of self-defense;

5. participating in law enforcement;

6. enabling the people to organize a militia system.

Which of these considerations they thought were most important, which of these considerations they were most alarmed about, and the extent to which each of these considerations ultimately found expression in the Second Amendment is disputed. Some of these purposes were explicitly mentioned in early state constitutions; for example, the Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776 asserted that, "the people have a right to bear arms for the defence of themselves and the state".

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