Editing Right to keep and bear arms (section)

===North America===
====Guatemala====

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The right to own weapons for personal use, not prohibited by the law, in the place of inhabitation, is recognized. There will not be an obligation to hand them over, except in cases ordered by a competent judge.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/2nd-amendment-countries-constitutional-right-bear-arms-2017-10|title=Only 3 countries in the world protect the right to bear arms in their constitutions: the US, Mexico, and Guatemala|first=Brennan Weiss, James|last=Pasley|website=Business Insider}}</ref>
|source=Article 38 of Guatemala Constitution
|width=40%}} {{see also|Gun law in Guatemala}}

While protecting the right to keep arms, Guatemalan constitution specifies that this right extends only to "weapons not prohibited by law".

====Honduras====
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Every person, in the exercise of their civil rights, may request a maximum of five (5) license for the possession and carrying of up to five (5) firearms by submitting an application with the following information<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/citation/quotes/9262|title=Licences to Possess and Carry Firearms (Licencias para la Tenencia y Portación de Armas de Fuego) |website=www.gunpolicy.org}}</ref> {{hidden|(...)| (1) Form with personal information and residence; (2) Brand, model, serial number, identification of modification of calibre, if any; as well as any other characteristics of the weapon; (3) Proof of having undertaken a ballistic test; (4) Payment of municipal matriculation and criminal background check; and, (5) Identification documents.}}
|source=Article 27 of Decree No. 69-2007, Modifying the Act on the Control of Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives and Other Related Materials (Honduras)
|width=40%}} The constitution of [[Honduras]] does not protect the right to keep and bear arms.

Although not explicitly mentioned in the legislation, every person is entitled to receive a license to keep and carry arms by Honduran Statute law, provided that they fulfill the conditions required.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/honduras|title=Guns in Honduras – Firearms, gun law and gun control|website=www.gunpolicy.org|access-date=2019-08-23}}</ref>

====Mexico====
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The inhabitants of the United Mexican States have the right to possess arms within their domicile, for their safety and legitimate defense, except those forbidden by Federal Law and those reserved for the exclusive use of the Army, Militia, Air Force and National Guard. Federal law shall provide in what cases, conditions, under what requirements and in which places inhabitants shall be authorized to bear arms.<ref name="auto">{{cite web
 | url= http://www.ordenjuridico.gob.mx/Constitucion/articulos/10.pdf
 | title= Mexican Constitution (As amended)
 |pages= Article 10}}</ref>
|source=Article 10 of [[Mexican Constitution]]
|width=40%}} {{See also|Gun politics in Mexico}}

The Mexican constitution of 1857 first included the right to be armed. In its first version, the right was defined in similar terms to those in the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution. The [[Firearms regulation in Mexico#Constitution of 1917|Mexican Constitution of 1917]] revised the right, stating that its utilization must align with local police regulations.

Another change was included in the 1917 Constitution. Since then, Mexicans have the right to be armed only within their homes, and further utilization of this right is subject to [[Gun politics in Mexico|statutory authorization in Federal law]].

====United States====
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| quote = 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=U.S. Senate: Constitution of the United States|url=https://www.cop.senate.gov/civics/constitution_item/constitution.htm#amdt_2_(1791)|access-date=2021-12-30|website=www.cop.senate.gov}}</ref>
| source = [[Second Amendment to the United States Constitution]]
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}} {{Main|Right to keep and bear arms in the United States}}
{{further|Second Amendment to the United States Constitution}}

In the [[United States]], which has an English [[common-law]] tradition, a longstanding common-law right to keep and bear arms was practiced before the creation of a written national constitution.<ref name=McAffeeQuinlan>{{cite journal |last1=McAffee |first1=Thomas B. |last2=Quinlan |first2=Michael J. |year=1997 |title=Bringing Forward The Right To Keep And Bear Arms: Do Text, History, or Precedent Stand In The Way? |url=http://scholars.law.unlv.edu/facpub/512/ |journal=Scholarly Works |volume=Paper 512 |issue= |pages= }}</ref> Today, this right is specifically protected by the [[United States Constitution]] and many [[State constitution (United States)|state constitutions]].<ref name=Volokh2008>{{cite web |url=http://www2.law.ucla.edu/volokh/beararms/statecon.htm |title=State Constitutional Right to Keep and Bear Arms Provisions |last=Volokh |first=Eugene |date=2008 |website=law.ucla.edu |publisher= |accessdate= }}</ref>