The Second Amendment. Right to keep and bear arms

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.

Individual rightsProposed 1789Ratified December 15, 1791

What it does: 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.
Time to ratify: 2 years from proposal to ratification.
Era: The founding (1787–1800)
Source: National Archives: the amendment’s text and ratification

Around 1791. What else was in the record.

Decisions and events within six years of ratification.

1787

Rights and powers · September 17, 1787 · Founding

Thirty-nine delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia sign the proposed Constitution and send it to the states for ratification.

1788

Rights and powers · June 21, 1788 · Founding

With nine of thirteen states, the threshold set by Article VII is met and the Constitution is established among the ratifying states.

1789

Rights and powers · September 24, 1789 · Founding

Congress establishes the federal court system and sets the Supreme Court at six Justices.

1789

Rights and powers · September 25, 1789 · Expansion of rights

The First Congress sends twelve amendments to the states; ten are ratified in 1791 as the Bill of Rights.

1793

Landmark cases · 2 U.S. 419 (1793) · 4–1

Yes. Federal judicial power extended to suits brought against a state by a citizen of another state.