Mecklenburg Co. Sheriff's Office stripping sober gun owners of their Second Amendment right. 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.Already, 13 bills related to gun control measures have been prefilled for voting in the 2020 session of the General Assembly. A federal judge will allow gun rights activists to proceed with a Second Amendment lawsuit against Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden. Multiple long guns may be purchased with a single pistol purchase permit; however, they must be purchased in a single transaction. Amendment Two to the Constitution was ratified on December 15, 1791. It protects the right for Americans to possess weapons for the protection of themselves. There is no corresponding prohibition against discharging BB guns in the. Mecklenburg County firearms ordinance. , THE RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS (Comm.