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Quotation from District of Columbia v. Heller by Supreme Court of the United States
“There seems to us no doubt, on the basis of both text and history, that the Second Amendment conferred an individual right to keep and bear arms.”
District of Columbia v. Heller, Opinion of the Court (Scalia, J.), Part II-A (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
The majority states its conclusion after surveying founding-era meaning and the English and state-constitutional background.
Citation: "There seems to us no doubt, on the basis of both text and history, that the Second Amendment conferred an individual right to keep and bear arms." — Supreme Court of the United States, District of Columbia v. Heller, Opinion of the Court (Scalia, J.), Part II-A (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id district-of-columbia-v-heller-q2)
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