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Second
Amendment
Proposed
on September 25, 1789. Ratified on December 15, 1791.
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.
Order
of State Ratification
| New
Jersey |
Nov
20, 1789 |
Maryland |
Dec
19, 1789 |
| North
Carolina |
Dec
22, 1789 |
South
Carolina |
Jan
19, 1790 |
| New
Hampshire |
Jan
25, 1790 |
Delaware |
Jan
28, 1790 |
| New
York |
Feb
24, 1790 |
Pennsylvania |
Mar
10, 1790 |
| Rhode
Island |
Jun
7, 1790 |
Vermont |
Nov
3, 1791 |
| Virginia |
Dec
15, 1791 |
Massachusetts |
Mar
2, 1939 |
| Georgia |
Mar
18, 1939 |
Connecticut |
Apr
19, 1939 |
| Denotes
last state required for ratification. |
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References
and Articles |
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The
Second Amendment: What Every Kid Should Know
Gun
Controland the Constitution of the United States
A
Case for Gun Control
The
Embarrassing Second Amendment
The
Right to Keep and Bear Arms: The Legacy of
Republicanism vs.
Absolutism
The
Right to Keep and Bear Arms: Report of the
Subcommittee on the
Constitution of the United States
Senate
What
the Framers Intended: A Linguistic Analysis of the
Right to "Bear
Arms"
Gun
Control and the Federal Government
Legal
and Historical Aspects of the Militia
The
Relevance of the Framers' Intent
Under
Fire: The New Consensus on the Second Amendment
Toward
a Functional Framework for Interpreting
the Second Amend.
Restoring
the Balance: The Second Amendment Revisited
Is
the True Meaning of the Second Amendment Really Such
a Riddle?
Tracing the Historical "Origins of
an Anglo-American Right"
Encroachments
of the Crown on the Liberty of the Subject:
Pre-Revolutionary Origins of the Second Amendment
The
Second Amendment and the Historiography of
the Bill of Rights
The
Second Amendment: A Dialogue
The
Sullivan Principles: Protecting the Second Amendment
from Civil
Abuse
A
Critical Guide to the Second Amendment
The
Ideological Origins of the Second Amendment
The
Second Amendment as Teaching Tool in Constitutional
Law
Classes
Sources
on the Second Amendment and Rights to Keep and Bear
Arms in State Constitutions
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