The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states: “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.” Imagine that the federal government banned the production, possession, and use of semi-automatic weapons. On the matter of whether such a ban is constitutional, how might the opinion of a Supreme Court justice that supports the collective-right theory of the Second Amendment differ from the opinion of a Supreme Court justice that supports the individual-right theory of the Second Amendment? Be sure to explain how your answers flow out of the collective-right and individual right theories, respectively.

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