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Why do you think the right to own a gun remains important to many Americans today?

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Having just used guns and other arms to ward off the English, the amendment was originally created to give citizens the opportunity to fight back against a tyrannical federal government. The U.S. Constitution guarantees the inalienable rights of citizen
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Its the second amendment in the constitution. Also 1/3 people in america own a gun.

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