Editing Right to keep and bear arms (section)

====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>
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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>