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. 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. In District of Columbia v. These provisions indicate that the militia is of a size that will make complete. 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. Company returns, battalion returns, and brigade returns were nearly always filled out on standard printed forms when these were available. House of Representatives, On the Militia Bill, Dec. 17, 1790, reprinted in THE PENNSYLVANIA.