Uncovering Gun Control in America

"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. On the other hand, some scholars point to the prefatory language 'a well regulated Militia' to argue that the Framers intended only to restrict Congress from legislating away a state's right to self-defense," writes the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University Law School. (Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)