The likes of Jon Tester, a new senator in Montana, and Heath Shuler, a North Carolina congressional freshman, did much bragging about their lifelong gun ownership and support for the second amendment.

• 而反对持枪的人指出，那条修正案的一个前提性限定是：“有组织的民兵是维护自由国度的安全的必要条件”，他们解释说，宪法框架里根本没有意思说美国要由一伙私人持有私枪的民众来建立。