Original Sources Underlying the Second Amendment

Original Sources Underlying the Second Amendment
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2008_03_16-2008_03_22.shtml#1205796441

   With Heller about to be argued, a lot of folks are debating what the Second Amendment really says. But what does the historically record really show?
A really cool (and useful) [1]website is Consource, which is free, fully-indexed online library of constitutional sources. Apparently the lawyers (on both sides) have been using ConSource to track down historical references.
The website not only has an image of the Constitution posted on it, but also lots of useful related sources (e.g., the Federalist Papers and ratification debates).
Here are the gun-related documents on ConSource related to the Second Amendment:

   [2]The Second Amendment

   [3]Federalist 4

   [4]Federalist 29

   [5]The Dissent of the Minority of thePennsylvania Convention (Dec. 18, 1787)

   [6]Virginia Ratification Debates

   [7]Massachusetts Ratification Debates

   [8]Pennsylvania Ratification Debates

   [9]Madison's Resolution for Amendments to the Constitution

   [10]House Committee Report

   [11]Amendments Proposed by the Virginia Convention (June 27, 1789)

   [12]Articles of Amendments as agreed to by the Senate (Sept. 14, 1789)

   [13]Amendments to the Constitution (Sept. 28, 1789)

   [14]House Debates (Aug. 17, 1789)

   [15]House Debates (Aug. 21, 1789)

   There are also some interesting secondary sources, specifically letters of the Framers:

   [16]John Randolph to St. George Tucker (Sept. 11, 1789)

   [17]George Mason to John Lamb (June 9, 1788)

   [18]Jeremy Belknap to Paine Wingate (May 29, 1789)

   [19]Fisher Ames to Thomas Dwight (June 11, 1789)

   [20]Fisher Ames to George R. Minot (June 12, 1789)

   I can't say I've made a fully study of every bit of evidence. But there is lots of ammunition for the individual rights proponents in here.

References

   1. http://www.ConSource.org/
   2. http://www.consource.org/index.asp?bid=582&documentid=13524
   3. http://www.consource.org/index.asp?bid=582&documentid=717
   4. http://www.consource.org/index.asp?bid=582&fid=600&documentid=706&ssug=1
   5. http://www.consource.org/index.asp?bid=582&documentid=851
   6. http://www.consource.org/index.asp?bid=582&fid=600&documentid=5148&ssug=1
   7. http://www.consource.org/index.asp?bid=582&documentid=5063
   8. http://www.consource.org/index.asp?bid=582&documentid=2051
   9. http://www.consource.org/index.asp?bid=582&documentid=9506
10. http://www.consource.org/index.asp?bid=582&documentid=9507
11. http://www.consource.org/index.asp?bid=582&documentid=9524
12. http://www.consource.org/index.asp?bid=582&documentid=9518
13. http://www.consource.org/index.asp?bid=582&documentid=9505
14. http://www.consource.org/index.asp?bid=582&documentid=9700
15. http://www.consource.org/index.asp?bid=582&documentid=9708
16. http://www.consource.org/index.asp?bid=582&documentid=9665
17. http://www.consource.org/index.asp?bid=582&documentid=995
18. http://www.consource.org/index.asp?bid=582&documentid=9570
19. http://www.consource.org/index.asp?bid=582&documentid=9580
20. http://www.consource.org/index.asp?bid=582&documentid=9581

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ORIGINAL SOURCES UNDERLYING THE SECOND AMENDMENT