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ssal

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Which statement explains why the interpretation of the Second Amendment as an individual right to bear arms is controversial?
 
  a. Most of the other rights in the Bill of Rights are collective rights.
  b. The text of the amendment refers only to well-regulated militias.
  c. Guns were relatively new inventions at the time the amendment was written.
  d. Several of the original thirteen states never ratified by the Second Amendment.

Question 2

Which statement explains why framing can be a source of considerable influence?
 
  a. The most powerful group always gets to frame the issue.
  b. Framing generates most of the revenue earned by mainstream media outlets.
  c. Framing guides subsequent media coverage and shapes public discourse on the issue.
  d. Once an issue has been framed by the president, the public tends to accept that perspective.



ryansturges

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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

c



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