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Something I am unsure of about America

I have read this:
"The right to bear arms" is the right to possess and carry weapons, a concept rooted in English history and enshrined in the United States as the Second Amendment, which allows people to have arms for self-defense and other purposes, subject to regulations.

What are the regulations? I ask because if someone can just gun down a thirty one years old as they disagree with his rhetoric how are guns and the right to bear arms working? Surely the fact the Framers didn’t include it in the Original Constitution means they didn’t want people killing other people adhoc.

Here in Italy 🇮🇹 I am privileged to have a concealed weapon because of whom my father is. But it is PURELY for self defence, and the defence of my daughter who is still a minor.

I read somewhere too that the police in one town went on strike and everyone wore a gun and they say crime was almost non existent. When the Amendment was added was this historically the thought of the legislators because there were a spate of killings?
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The best way to explain it is our founders started a country by forcing the crown to give up their rule by force

and without the second amendment none of the other rights we have would exist.
Ximenajacoba · 26-30, F
@FreeSpirit1 Was it written that way in the amendment ?
@Ximenajacoba it’s quite short and direct. “ 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”. The part about us not having other rights without the second amendment is just my commentary, without the means to resist tyranny the state would do what it likes. That’s how the founders were able to fight the crown. One of The first things King George tried to do when he smelled rebellion is try to limit the people from having weapons