Subject to the 1996 Refunding Bonds Amendment, the 1996. 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 amendments that have been adopted are:. The Second Amendment protects a civilian's right to keep a handgun in his home for purposes of selfdefense. Unlike most other states, California has no provision in its state constitution that explicitly guarantees an individual right to keep and bear arms. Many believe it protects an individual right to bear arms. 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. GUN CONTROL AND AMERICANS' SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS; Congressional Record Vol. The contract amendment with San Bernardino.