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... preserving the right to own firearms. The second clause, granting "the right of the people to keep and bear arms" applies to our nation on the individual level. We have the right to own guns for recreational purposes, such as hunting, and for self defense against intruders, or corrupted governments. It is our duty as citizens of the United States to exercise this right. If not for legal gun ownership, the conception as well as the success of the American Revolution may have been jeopardized. In 1775, when the British government knocked down American citizens' doors demanding them to disarm, we refused. We came together, with the aid of guns, to overthrow the tyrannical British government which wrongfully attempted to deprive us of our freedom. As a result, our nation was created on the foundation of individuals' freedom and God given human rights. These rights are expressed in the Bill ...