, THE RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS (Comm. 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. A new gun law banning untraceable "ghost guns" and enhancing the "Red Flag Law" went into effect earlier this month when Gov. A Declaration of the Rights of the Inhabitants of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. An Act modernizing firearm laws. Thus, our earlier historical analysis sufficed to show that the Second. 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. As compared to other states, yes.