Complete the sentence.
The Second Amendment says that people have the right to own ().
A: weapons
B: private roads
C: enslaved people
D: homes
The Second Amendment says that the American people have the right to own weapons. In particular, it says that people can own "arms." The authors understood "arms" to include the type of weapons we now call guns. The complete text of the Second Amendment is below. According to the text, why is it important for Americans to have the right to own weapons? 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.