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The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is just 27 words long.

But what those words mean to gun owners and gun control advocates has been debated for more than two centuries.

Recent landmark decisions from the Supreme Court seem to clarify the Second Amendment, defining the constitutional role of guns in America.

For more information watch on Monday, Feb. 18.

Interactives

Check out our gun regulation and firearm death map and see if regulation prevents gun deaths.

Click through our interactive timeline to explore the evolution of the Second Amendment throughout history.

View how gun regulations differ in industrialized nations worldwide.

See the number of firearms and comparable firearm homicides in various countries here.

With the debate over gun control heating up, learn more about this controversial issue here.

Defining the Second Amendment, Supreme Court decisions add clarity