国家来福枪协会势力强大财力雄厚，影响着每届总统竞选和每次枪支管制的法案的辩论，是主要的禁枪反对者。其台面上的理由就是该条文简单的第二法案：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
