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. If you can get a felony conviction reduced, you may be able to get your right to own or possess a firearm reinstated.The Ninth Circuit held that "the Second Amendment does not preserve or protect a right of a member of the general public to carry concealed firearms in public." Admissions which are not a product of alleged Fourth Amendment violations (e.g. , alleged violations of the Fifth and. 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. California gun control laws include a ban on magazines holding more than 10 rounds that now appears headed to the U.S. Supreme Court. While Democrats push a new round of gun control bills, California gun rights advocates are fighting back in a more hospitable venue: the federal judiciary. HOW Heller SHAPED SECOND AMENDMENT LAW.