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The original passage relating to the bearing of arms in James Madison's proposed Bill of Rights
The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed; a well armed and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service in person.
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Gun Politics in the US »Gun Politics in the US
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Second Amendment to the United States Constitution »Second Amendment to the United States Constitution
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