Second Amendment

American  

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.

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Example Sentences

An appeals court ruled that barring Hemani, a dual US-Pakistani national, from owning a gun violated his Second Amendment rights.

From Barron's

On Monday the Supreme Court will consider his argument that a new legal test for the Second Amendment has rendered this law unconstitutional.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Surely, the government does not mean to suggest that fortune-tellers and street performers may be deprived of their Second Amendment rights.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The laws that were supposed to protect Alex Pretti—the First Amendment, the Second Amendment, multiple state and local and national statutes on use of force—failed.

From Slate

When host Jonathan Karl pushed back, citing the Second Amendment, Bessent said, “I’ve been to a protest. Guess what, I didn’t bring a gun, I brought a billboard.”

From Salon