What were the events that lead up to the Second Amendment?

Basically, this: Battles of Lexington and Concord - Wikipedia Most all of the amendments strongly correlate to some abuse by the British, and this was the one that created the second. read more

The second amendment was based on existing constitutional protections in several of the existing states, all of which shared language that was broadly similar. The intent of the 2nd, from the perspective of the states, was to keep the federal government out of the business in the states, entirely. read more

Increasingly serious clashes between the colonists and the British authorities, examined in Chapters 1 to 4, led the Founders to adopt the Second Amendment. In 1768, the Redcoats began to occupy Boston and the patriots spread the alarm that, among other deprivations, the inhabitants were to be disarmed. read more