TY - JOUR PY - 2009// TI - Handguns, health, and the second amendment JO - New England journal of medicine A1 - Glantz, L. H. A1 - Annas, George J. SP - 2360 EP - 2365 VL - 360 IS - 22 N2 - The right to possess firearms by private citizens has been a major political issue in the United States since the founding of the country. James Madison, for example, argued that there need be no concern about forming a federal government because state militias would protect the people from any threat that a federal government would usurp their individual rights.

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