The bill's ban on ghost guns and the requirement of serialization will allow us to address what has become a scourge on our streets. 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.Over 40 people spoke at the hearing with most speaking in favor of making Middlesex a gun sanctuary. Second Amendment codifies a right of "the people," "pre-existing" the government that they created, to keep and bear arms. The trial court ruled that defendants could challenge the guncarry permit statute even though neither defendant had applied for a permit. 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. , THE RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS (Comm. Al's conduct falls outside the Second Amendment's pro tections. Middletown South 52, Rahway 33.