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Court: Challenges to Federal Gun Laws Updated March 9, 2026 Ratified in 1791, the Second Amendment provides, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” For over two hundred years, the Supreme Court remained largely silent on the scope and meaning of the Second Amendment. In a series of relatively recent decisions, however, the Court has provided guidance on the substance of this constituti…