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In reading the Constitution and opinions re: the second amendment. A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the PEOPLE to keep and bear arms. Other writings reads the Constitution protects the rights of AMERICANS or CITIZENS to keep and bear arms. Does the Constitution protect illegal aliens rights to bear arms or was the Constitution meant to protect American/Citizen's rights?
The Supreme Court has not explicitly considered whether noncitizens have the right to bear arms. One might note, however, that noncitizens served in state militias in 1789 and that most of the provisions of the Bill of Rights apply to both citizens and non-citizens. Given the emphasis on Supreme Court opinions on self-defense, I suspect the answer is that non-citizens have the right to bear arms.
