The Second Amendment prevents the government from infringing on one's right to keep and bear arms. 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.The Second Amendment (Amendment II) to the United States Constitution protects the right to keep and bear arms. It was ratified on December 15, 1791. One of the most fraught amendments is the Second Amendment, which preserves the right to bear arms. The Second Amendment guarantees to "the people" the rights "to keep and bear arms. And his three children. 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. The right to keep and bear arms, codified in the Second Amendment, is said to be a pre-existing right inherited from English ancestors. OF RIGHTS 296 (Neil H. Cogan ed.