Section: N/A ReadChanges --- URL: https://theconversation.com/why-the-second-amendment-protects-a-well-regulated-militia-but-not-a-private-citizen-militia-162489 type: webpage title: Why the Second Amendment protects a ‘well-regulated militia’ but not a private citizen militia author: - given: Eliga family: Gould abstract: A recent federal court ruling appeared to expand Second Amendment rights to private citizen militias, which a historian of early America explains is not what the founders intended. language: en container-title: The Conversation --- is an article about the recent decision by a California judge to strike down the state's 32-year old ban on assault weapons [@Tx7B7303]. It was written by Eliga Gould, Professor of History at the University of New Hampshire, and published by the The Conversation. ## Details [Benitez asserts | Benitez asserts that citizens have a right to own a private assault weapon]. [@Ix8836]: [the Constitution is clear]. [@Tx9A35C4]: ## Reference ReadChanges
