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"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." Fact checking modern opinions and assertions regarding Second Amendment history and development by direct comparison with Founding Era facts - the original understanding of its purpose, meaning, and intent.

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David E. Young
David E. Young is a recognized authority on Founding Era Second Amendment developmental history and documents. Alan Gura, winning attorney for individual rights in the 2008 U.S. Supreme Court Heller case, wrote in 2014 while discussing "the Second Amendment's history" that "the authoritative books on the subject are David E. Young’s The Founders' View of the Right to Bear Arms: A Definitive History of the Second Amendment and The Origin of the Second Amendment." The Founders' View of the Right to Bear Arms is the first complete fully documented book length treatment of the Second Amendment. The Origin of the Second Amendment: A Documentary History of the Bill of Rights in Commentaries on Liberty, Free Government and an Armed Populace 1787-1792 is a massive Founding Era document collection cited in the Emerson, Parker, and Heller decisions.
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Links To My Other 2nd Amendment Historical Writings

  • The American Revolutionary Era Origin Of The Second Amendment's Clauses
  • Critical Commentary On Historians' Heller Amicus Brief - History News Network
  • Critical Commentary On Professional Linguists' Heller Amicus Brief
  • Critical Commentary On Chicago's Heller Amicus Brief
  • Critical Commentary On Civic Organizations' Heller Amicus Brief
  • The Second Amendment Un-Spun

Reviews of My Historical Books

  • Alan Gura's Blog: "the authoritative books" on Second Amendment History
  • David Kopel in America's 1st Freedom
  • Joe Tartaro in Gun Week
  • Robert VerBruggen in American Spectator

Books Available at Amazon.com

  • The Founders' View of the Right to Bear Arms
  • The Origin of the Second Amendment - Paperback
  • The Origin of the Second Amendment - Hardcover

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All posts on this site are copyright © by David E. Young. An individual post may be freely posted elsewhere on the net under the following circumstances: 1) the individual post is not edited without my permission, and 2) both full attribution and a direct link to the individual post on this blog are provided. Allowance for publication of collected posts or this entire blog is not provided under circumstances 1) and 2) above. Check My Complete Profile for contact information.

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For ease of access, this page provides a list of linked post titles published at On Second Opinion Blog that document significant historical points or arguments. Included are random single posts and series of related historical materials.
NOTE: Series posts documenting errors in the professional historians' Heller and McDonald briefs and the Heller dissent are not listed here. They are indexed on the Fisking Index Page, which is designed to simplify sequential access to each part of the series.


Post Index

The Authoritative Books On Second Amendment History Amazon Promotion

The Meaning Of 'A Well Regulated Militia'

The Meaning Of 'Shall Not Be Infringed'

The American Revolutionary Era Origin of the Second Amendment's Clauses

The Purpose of the Second Amendment - What was the Original Language, Who Wrote It, and Why?

Error as Foundation for the Mother of All Ideological Divides

Challenge to Supporters of the Heller Dissent

Commas and the "Original" Version of the Second Amendment


A Thoughtful Bill of Rights Day to Everyone 

The Mason Triad Context of Second Amendment Development and Purpose 

The Second Amendment and Founding Era Arms Mantras
Federalist Arms Mantras: Noah Webster, Tench Coxe, Zachariah Johnson
Anti-Federalist Arms Mantras: Federal Farmer, A Landholder, George Mason 

Bill O'Reilly Is Killing The Second Amendment

 
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