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The Supreme Court and the right to bear arms: an explainer

ByAlex Rivenbark

/Jun 9, 2026

The Second Amendment (the right of the people to keep and bear arms) is spelled on a US flag above a display of firearms for sale in a gun store in Rio Rico, Santa Cruz County, Arizona on September 17, 2025.