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The Right to Keep and Bear Arms

This chapter covers everything related to the right to bear arms including the 2nd amendment.

Questions

How did George Washington feel about our right to bear arms?
George Washington said the following: "Firearms stand next in importance to the constitution itse...

How did James Madison feel about our right to bear arms?
"The said Constitution [shall] be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liber...

How did Tench Coxe feel about our right to bear arms?
The Constitution preserves "the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people o...

How did Thomas Jefferson feel about our right to bear arms?
"[A]rms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as w...

What does the text of The Second Amendment say?
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people t...

What is the Legal Theory of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms?
There is considerable confusion about the legal theory underlying the "right to keep and bear arms."...