The Constitution of the United States: Amendment 2 (Second Amendment – Right to Bear Arms)
The Constitution of the United States: Amendment 2 (Amendments 1-10 are known as the Bill Of Rights) (2nd Amendment)
Amendment II. (Right to Bear Arms)
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.
Penn & Teller on the 2nd Amendment
More
- The Constitution of the United States: Amendments 1-10 are known as the Bill Of Rights, from The National Archives
- Second Amendment – CRS Annotated Constitution
- Second Amendment – Wikipedia
- Second Amendment – Findlaw
- The Constitution of the United States: A Transcription – The National Archives
- United States Constitution: Texts, Commentaries, Historical Texts and Judicial Decisions – Law Library of Congress
- The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation – FDsys
- “Federalism and the Constitution: Limits on Congressional Power,” CRS Report RL30315
- Bill of Rights Card, from Two Seas Media
- “Gun Control Legislation,” CRS Report RL32842, March 2, 2012 (84-page PDF
) - ATF gunwalking scandal – Fast and Furious
- “Federal Gun Control Laws: The Second Amendment and Other Constitutional Issues,” CRS Report 95-220
- “Gun Control Legislation,” CRS Report RL32842
- “Gun Control: Statutory Disclosure Limitations on ATF Firearms Trace Data and Multiple Handgun Sales Reports,” CRS Report RS22458
- “Long-Range Fifty Caliber Rifles,” CRS Report RS22151
- “Guns” – Reason Magazine

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