Second Amendment

noun

1. an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, guaranteeing the right to keep and bear arms as necessary to maintain a state militia.

Example Sentences

“They want the Second Amendment; I want the Second Amendment. They want Trump; I want Trump. I do recognize he can be very abrasive.”

From Slate

He points to one of his Second Amendment shirts.

From Slate

But a new analysis by the Trace of more than 1,600 Second Amendment rulings filed in the wake of Bruen found that, instead of limiting judges’ discretion as Kavanaugh and the other conservative justices predicted, the decision has made federal courts even more of a political battleground, where gun laws rise and fall along partisan lines.

From Slate

In an analysis published in July, three professors from the universities of Southern California and Virginia analyzed Second Amendment rulings and concluded that partisanship had risen markedly since Bruen.

From Slate

“We’re going to be back in a situation that is kind of untenable. It’s going to lead to a number of inconsistent Second Amendment rulings.”

From Slate