U.S. Constitution / Second Amendment

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.

Second Amendment entry at Wikipedia

Federalist Paper No. 29 "Concerning The Militia"
written by Alexander Hamilton [1757-1804], published on 9 January 9 1788 under the pseudonym Publius
entry at Wikipedia • full text online at Yale University's Avalon Project

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A  Few  Important  Dates

since 1996: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been prohibited from using government funds to investigate gun violence. 2020: 45,000 Americans were killed by guns during the year, a level of gun deaths not seen in decades. Gun deaths increased 15% nationwide from 2019 to 2020. 'Our gun violence epidemic got worse through the pandemic': 120 Americans on average were killed by guns every single day in 2020 — as reported by The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Fall 2021. 2020: The first time that guns were the leading cause of death for kids and teens, per April 2022 report. 2022 Sunday June 12: "Bipartisan Framework on Gun Safety" initial proposal announced by U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich [Dem-NM], as a member of the bipartisan group of senators that negotiated the legislative package for reducing gun violence. Sen. Heinrich was interviewed on the matter next day on NBC News "Meet The Press NOW" [7:05]. The bill passed in the Senate on June 23 with votes from 15 Republicans. 2023 Jan 23: Senate Bill 25 “Assault Weapons Ban of 2023” was introduced by Sen. Dianne Feinstein [Dem-CA] and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary; the bill is to "regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes". The bill has not yet been referred to the full Senate for a vote. 2024 July: People in a handful of small towns can now buy gun ammunition 24/7 from vending machines in grocery stores from American Rounds, a one-year-old Dallas, Texas-based company. CEO Grant Magers said that the federally-approved automated touch-screen dispensers verify customers’ ages by scanning their photo IDs & faces and using A.I. to match the two. People 21 and older can tap to buy shotgun, rifle, and handgun rounds like they’re using a McDonald’s order kiosk. Magers said that he has received 200+ store requests for the vending machines, but right now only six are up and running: four in Super C Mart [est. 1959] locations in Oklahoma, one in a Fresh Value grocery in Alabama, and one in a Lowe’s Market in Texas.

U.S Bill of Rights approved 25 September 1789; ratified 15 December 1791 14"x16" poster from Amazon for $12.00 18"x24" parchment poster from Amazon for $14.95

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Books About The U.S. Bill of Rights

	"The Bill of Rights: A User's Guide" [1991] by Linda R. Monk Close Up Publng pb 4th edition [2/2004] out of print/used author's website
	"Original Meanings: Politics & Ideas In The Making of The Constitution" [1996] by Jack N. Rakove book won the Pulitzer Prize for History Kindle Edition from Knopf Group E-Books [4/2010] for $13.99 Vintage 8x5 pb [5/97] for $12.13 Knopf 9½x6½ hardcover [3/96] out of print/many used
	"The Bill of Rights: Creation & Reconstruction" [1998] by Akhil Reed Amar Yale Univ Press 8¼x5½ pb [4/2000] for $12.89 Yale Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [8/98] for $49.49 author's homepage at Yale
	"Origins of The Bill of Rights" [1999] by {Pulitzer-winner} Leonard W. Levy Yale Univ Press 7¾x5 pb [3/2001] for $11.96 Yale Univ Press 8½x5¾ hardcover [7/99] for $48.00
	"The War On The Bill of Rights and The Gathering Resistance" [2003] by Nat Hentoff Seven Stories Press 8¼x5½ pb [10/2004] for $11.16 Seven Stories Press 8½x5¾ hardcover [9/2003] for $12.60
	"America's Constitution: A Biography" [2005] by Akhil Reed Amar Random House hardcover [9/2005] for $19.77 author's homepage at Yale

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“[The N.R.A.'s interpretation of the Second Amendment] is one of the greatest pieces of fraud – I repeat
the word 'fraud' – on the American public by special interest groups that I have ever seen in my lifetime.”
— Warren Burger [1907-95] - U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 1969-86
(on PBS-TV's "The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour" 16 December 1991)

“In the [XXth] Century, more Americans died in murders than in wars.”
— columnist L.M. Boyd [1927-2007]

“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger
and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.” — President Dwight D. Eisenhower [1890-1969]

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Books About The Second Amendment

	"Outgunned: Up Against The N.R.A. – The First Complete Insider Account of The Battle Over Gun Control" [2002] by Peter Harry Brown & Daniel G. Abel Free Press hardcover [12/2002] for $18.20
	"The Founders' Second Amendment: Origins of The Right To Bear Arms" [2008] by Stephen P. Halbrook Kindle Edition from Ivan R. Dee [2008 edition] for $13.19 Ivan R. Dee/Independent Institute 9x6 pb [3/2012] for $21.59 Ivan R. Dee/Independent Institute 9½x6½ hardcover [4/2008] out of print/used

"Lethal Logic: Exploding the Myths That Paralyze American Gun Policy" [6/2009] by Dennis A. Henigan
http://www.amazon.com/Lethal-Logic-Exploding-Paralyze-American/dp/B002YX0FCO/

"The Second Amendment: A Biography" [5/2014] by Michael Waldman
http://www.amazon.com/The-Second-Amendment-A-Biography/dp/147674744X/

"Enough: Our Fight To Keep America Safe From Gun Violence" [2014] by Gabrielle Giffords & Mark Kelly Congresswoman Gabrielle 'Gabby' Giffords was shot in the head by a crazed gunman at a political rally in Arizona in January 2011, and is still recovering. She and husband astronaut Mark Kelly have become very active in prevention of civilian gun violence in America and elsewhere. Kindle Edition from Simon & Schuster Digital Sales [9/2014] for $11.04 Scribner 8½x5¾ hardcover [9/2014] for $18.63

"Do Guns Make Us Free?: Democracy and The Armed Society" [2015] by Firmin DeBrabander Kindle Edition from Yale Univ Press [5/2015] for $14.99 Yale Univ Press 8½x5¾ hardcover [5/2015] for $24.93 Yale Univ Press hardcover [5/2015] out of print/used

Other Publications

	"Shooter's Bible®: The World's Bestselling Firearms Reference" [orig 1920] Edited by Jay Cassell Kindle Edition from Skyhorse Publng [107th edition] for $19.37 Skyhorse Publng 107th edition 10½x8 pb [10/2015] for $20.39 Skyhorse Publng 104th edition 10½x8 pb [10/2012] for $20.76 Skyhorse Publng 103rd edition 10½x8 pb [10/2011] out of print/used
	Guns & Ammo Magazine [est. 1958] published by Integrated Media Outdoor Sportsman Group subscribe at Amazon: 12 issues/year for $12.97 magazine website • entry at Wikipedia
	"The Illustrated History of Firearms: In Association With The National Firearms Museum" [2011] by Jim Supica, Doug Wicklund & Philip Schreier with over 1,500 photographs Chartwell Books 9x11½ hardcover [9/2011] for $17.99 Chartwell Books 9x11½ hardcover [9/2011] out of print/used Chartwell Books black cover 9x11¼ hardcover [8/2012] for $22.50
	"Shooter's Bible® Guide To Extreme Iron: An Illustrated Reference To Some of The World’s Most Powerful Weapons, From Hand Cannons To Field Artillery" [2014] by Stan Skinner Kindle Edition from Skyhorse Publng [8/2014] for $9.99 Skyhorse Publng 10½x8 pb [8/2014] for $15.55
	"The Way of The Gun: A Bloody Journey Into The World of Firearms" [2016] by Iain Overton Kindle Edition from HarperCollins Publrs [3/2016] for $12.99 Harper 9x6 hardcover [3/2016] for $20.26
	"History of The Gun In 500 Photographs" [2016] from TIME-LIFE Books Kindle Edition from Time Inc. Books [5/2016] for $14.99 TIME-LIFE 9¾x7¾ pb [5/2016] for $12.20
	"Guns" anthology [2016] Edited by Gerald Hausman Kindle Edition from Speaking Volumes [12/2016] for $6.99 Speaking Volumes 9x6 pb [11/2016] for $15.95 Contributors include Bob Arnold (2), B.A. Botkin (Blackbeard), J.W. Buel ('Wild Bill' Hickok), Alice Carney, Peter Eichstaedt, Clyde H. Farnsworth, Mariah Fox, Michael Gibbons, Rebecca Godfrey-Poe, Brigham Hausman, editor Hausman, Hilary Hemingway, Jonathan Huntress, Frances Bonney Jenner (Billy the Kid x 2), George Kolb, Khadijah Lacina, Andrew Lam, Peter Lauritzen, Avril Little, Jane Lindskold, Mike Luster, N. Scott Momaday (Billy the Kid), Elisavietta Ritchie (2), Aram Saroyan (2), Jim Terr, Jan Weiner, Bill Worrell, and Trent Zelazny

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School Shootings

"Rampage: The Social Roots of School Shootings" [2004] by Katherine S. Newman, Cybelle Fox, Wendy Roth & Jal Mehta
http://www.amazon.com/Rampage-Social-Roots-School-Shootings/dp/0465051049/

"Why Kids Kill: Inside The Minds of School Shooters" [1/2009] by Peter F. Langman
http://www.amazon.com/Why-Kids-Kill-Inside-Shooters/dp/0230608027/

	"Columbine" [2009 NY Times bestseller] by Dave Cullen The Columbine High School massacre occurred on 20 April 1999 in Jefferson County, Colorado. Two senior students murdered twelve students and one teacher and wounded 21 others, then killed themselves; the two killers were armed with a double-barreled shotgun (fired 12 times), a pump-action shotgun (fired 25 times), a 9mm carbine (fired 96 times), and a semi-automatic handgun (fired 55 times). Journalist Cullen distills 10 years of research on the shooting into a true crime narrative said to be reminiscent of Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood" [1966]; Cullen's book won many awards. Kindle Edition from Twelve/Hachette [4/2009] for $11.99 Twelve/Grand Central 9x6 pb [3/2010] for $13.52 Twelve/Grand Central 9¼x6½ hardcover [4/2009] out of print/100+ used
	"No Easy Answers: The Truth Behind Death At Columbine High School" [2002] by Brooks Brown & Rob Merritt Kindle Edition from Lantern Books [10/2002] for $7.01 Lantern Books 9¾x5¾ pb [10/2002] for $11.10
	"Newtown: An American Tragedy" [2013] by Matthew Lysiak Kindle Edition from Simon & Schuster Digital Sales [12/2013] for $11.99 Gallery Books 8¾x5¾ pb [10/2014] for $12.95 Gallery Books 9x6 hardcover [12/2013] for $7.85
	"Columbine: A True Crime Story - How One School Stopped A Mass Shooting" [2014] by Jeff Kass, Foreword by Douglas Brinkley Kindle Edition from Conundrum Press [2/2014] for $8.99 Conundrum Press 9x6 pb [2/2014] for $12.97

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Other Media About Second Amendment Issues

"Bowling For Columbine" documentary
[Dog Eat Dog/United Artists Oct 2002]

The highest-grossing documentary feature film, until beaten by Moore's own "Fahrenheit 9/11" in 2004; Moore sets out to explore the reasons why America has an astounding number of deaths by firearms (compared to other countries) and finds answers in the bigotry and anger and fear rampant in a nation with widespread gun ownership, a situtation fanned into recurring violence by corporate greed. Co-produced, written, directed & narrated by Michael Moore; featuring footage of John Ashcroft, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Bill Clinton, N.R.A. officer Charlton Heston, John Kerry, Joseph Lieberman, Timothy McVeigh, Terry Nichols, Oliver North, Augusto Pinochet, Pat Robert-son, Chris Rock, Donald Rumsfeld, Prince Charles Windsor, and students & staff & parents from Columbine High School in Jefferson County, Colorado; won Oscar for Best Documentary Feature M.G.M. Video widescreen color DVD [8/2003] out of prodn/many used Las Ganadoras Region 1&4 Spanish subtitles widescreen color DVD [2003] for $12.99 M.G.M. Video widescreen color DVD [8/2003] for $18.69 M.G.M. Video color VHS [8/2003] for 48¢ }sic} full credits from IMDb • official movie website

"Is That A Gun In Your Pocket?" comedy [indep Sept 2016]

Based on the Greek tale of Lysistrata; after an accidental shooting at the local high school, girlfriends and wives and grandmothers join in a protest denying sex to their men until all guns are removed from town. Co-produced, written & directed by Matt Cooper; starring Andrea Anders, Matt Passmore, Cloris Leachman, Katherine McNamara, John Michael Higgins, Horatio Sanz, Lauren Bowles, John Heard, Christine Estabrook, Kevin Conway, David Denman, Fernanda Romero, Max Lloyd-Jones DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDb • official movie site watch 8/2016 official trailer [1:59] at YouTube

"U.S. Guns: The Awful, Shocking Truth!" from gunwar.org
watch 8/2012 video short [2:51] online at YouTube

watch John Bolton 2013 video speaking to Russians about America's Second Amendment [3/2018 upload; 3:17] online at YouTube

Netflix special performance (in Boston) of Australian standup comedian Jim Jeffries destroying American gun rights dogma
watch 6/2015 live segment [16:37] online at YouTube

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Personalities

Gabby Giffords's Americans For Responsible Solutions PAC [est. 1/2013] is now

activist David Hogg [b. 2000]
student survivor of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in February 2018
founder of the March for Our Lives Action Fund in March 2018
wrote "#NeverAgain: A New Generation Draws The Line" [July 2018] with his sister Lauren Hogg, a New York Times bestseller

N.R.A. spokesperson Wayne LaPierre is based in Virginia
hired as CEO & Executive VP in 1991
browse books at Amazon • official website • Wikipedia

cute but hostile Dana Loesch is based in Dallas, Texas
former spokesperson for the N.R.A. (2017-2019) including her own show on the defunct NRA-TV;
later in 2019 she has been touring a free lecture "Saving The 2nd with Dana Loesch"
browse books at Amazon • official website • Wikipedia

NRA's creepy Dana Loesch threatens outright violence against those who oppose Donald Trump.
watch 10/2017 ad [1:00] online at YouTube

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Links About Second Amendment Issues

  Gun Policy News [est. 1997] at the University of Sydney in Australia
'End the ban on federal gun violence research' action page at the Credo website

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