The Second Amendment protects the right to bear arms and to form a militia.

• A. Second Amendment
• B. Third Amendment
• C. First Amendment
• D. Fifth Amendment

Answer: (A)

The right to bear arms and to form a militia is secured by the amendment that ties individual gun ownership to the idea of a well-regulated militia for the security of a free state. This is the Second Amendment, which states that the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed and that a well regulated Militia is necessary to the security of a free State. The other amendments cover different rights—quartering soldiers, freedoms of speech and religion, and due process—so they don’t address arms or militia.