which federal constitutional amendment pertains to the right to bear arms?
The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution reads: 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.. Such language has created considerable debate regarding the Amendment's intended scope. On the one hand, some believe that the Amendment's phrase the right of the people to keep and bear Arms creates an individual constitutional right for citizens of the United States.
1 First Amendment [Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, Petition (1791)] (see explanation) 2  Second Amendment [Right to Bear Arms (1791)] (see explanation)  Third Amendment [Quartering of Troops (1791)] (see explanation)