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. Second Amendment challenges to various New York gun laws have been rejected in recent years.For example, in the 2012 case Kachalsky v. SECOND AMENDMENT 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. 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. City of Chicago, the Supreme Court held in a 5–4 ruling that the Second Amendment applies to state and local governments in addition to the federal government. "…the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. The Second Amendment prevents the government from infringing on one's right to keep and bear arms. 1, 36 (1986) ("The documentary record of debates on the Bill of Rights consists . . .