The theater shooting Friday in Colorado has renewed gun control debate in the United States. The Colorado shooter was able to arm himself because gun ownership in the United States has been protected by the U.S. Constitution since 1791. At that time, the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments to the Constitution, were ratified to protect personal freedoms that had been curtailed by Britain, the recently defeated colonial power. The Second Amendment says, "A well regulated ...
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