The Federalist Papers are a series of 85 essays published in late 1777 and early 1778 by John Jay, James Madison and Alexander Hamilton, all using the pseudonym Publius, explaining, expounding and seeking to persuade New York to ratify, the Constitution. To my knowledge they have nothing whatsoever to do with the 2nd amendment because that was written by the first congress, after ratification, in 1789.
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The 2nd amendment has a infamous words "A well regulated Militia" which many of the left wing gun control activist interpret to mean the military or national guard, the federalist papers explain what the found fathers, authors of the 2nd amendment, considered a "Militia" that being "all able bodied men" not a government power or agency. The Concerns layout out in the Federalist papers show that the 2nd amendment was including as the last line of defense against a over powered central government, ensuring the freedom of the people was never taken away.
So the federalist papers do play a fairly big role in understanding the 2nd amendment
James Madison wrote the actual amendment in response to states concern over a federal military coup. He also wrote the Federalist Papers.
The Federalist Papers
you worded that wrong...there arnt amendments is amendments...
The Federalists wrote a series of editorials and had them published in newspapers across the country, and as pamphlets, which argued for the ratification of the Constitution. Historians now call these The Federalist Papers.
The second Amendment.
The Federalist Papers were not written during the Revolutionary War; they were written after the Constitution -- the second independent US government -- was signed and sent to the states for ratification, between October 1787 and June 1788. This was more than ten years after the Revolution. The first US government was organized under the Articles of Confederation in 1781, following the Revolutionary War.
Quite a variety of 'good subjects to argue about' can be found in regard to 'anti-federalist and federalist' matters. Put in question-form, two of the most important (and controversial) are the following: First, at what point does federal power move from 'reasonable' to 'tyrannical'? Second, do states have the right to secede from the Union?
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The Second Amendment
It took seven years for the second amendment to be ratified.
No, he did not. Jefferson did write a similar, shorter version for the Virginia Constitution in 1776, but James Madison included the right of citizens to bear arms in his list of 12 proposed amendments, ten of which were adopted as our Bills of Rights. Jefferson, who had no direct involvement in writing the Constitution, addressed the importance of a Bill of Rights, eventually convincing a reluctant Madison, and he repeatedly mentioned freedom of religion, freedom of the press, the right of habeas corpus, not keeping a standing army, and no monopolies, but he himself never mentioned the right to bear arms, as he evidently didn't consider it of great enough importance.
In Search of the Second Amendment was created on 2006-12-19.