jul 9, 1999 - Gillespie v. City of Indianapolis

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The U.S. Const. amend. II provides that 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. U.S. Const. amend. II. The link that the amendment draws between the ability "to keep and bear Arms" and "a well-regulated Militia" suggests that the right protected is limited, one that inures not to the individual but to the people collectively, its reach extending so far as is necessary to protect their common interest in protection by a militia

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