The development of an understanding of the self becomes evident between the first and second years of life and shows rapid elaboration in subsequent years.

对自我理解的发展在生命的头一两年间变得明显，在随后的几年里快速地变得详尽。

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The high court ruling says the right to have a handgun for self defense is a fundamental right under the Second Amendment to the U.S.Constitution and applies to state and local jurisdictions.

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

In 2008,the Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms for the purpose of self-defense, striking down a Washington,D.C.law that banned the possession of handguns in the home.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

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The second is the illusion of national self-containment, the belief that, since the Norman Conquest, English experience has unfolded within its own unique parameters, separating it radically from the continent.

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At the time the Second Amendment was written, the common law view of the right of self-defense inherited from England was very limited.

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