"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them." (Richard Henry Lee)With this quote begins THE RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS, REPORT OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY (hereinafter REPORT OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE), an exhaustively researched study of the Second Amendment. Bearing the imprimatur of the U.S. Senate, it is one of the more important and definitive analyses and interpretations of Second Amendment rights affirming individual gun rights.The booklet printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary from which this Kindle reproduction has been rendered contained a section after the Subcommittee Report entitled OTHER VIEWS OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT—which included eight additional non-public domain articles. This section has been omitted. This section was intended to allow groups who might have opinions contrary to the REPORT OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE to have a say. Some of the articles may be dated in light of recent Supreme Court decisions in DC v. Heller and McDonald v. City of Chicago.