Second Amendment to the United States Constitution

1791 amendment protecting the right to keep and bear arms
Legislation constitutional_amendment Q210645
Second Amendment to the United States Constitution
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Second Amendment to the United States Constitution

Summary

Second Amendment to the United States Constitution is a constitutional amendment[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of constitutional_amendment entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,463 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Second Amendment to the United States Constitution is in the country of United States[3].
  • Second Amendment to the United States Constitution's instance of is recorded as constitutional amendment[4].
  • Second Amendment to the United States Constitution's part of the series is recorded as list of amendments to the United States Constitution[5].
  • Second Amendment to the United States Constitution is part of United States Bill of Rights[6].
  • Second Amendment to the United States Constitution's Commons category is recorded as Second Amendment to the United States Constitution[7].
  • Second Amendment to the United States Constitution's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • Second Amendment to the United States Constitution was released on December 15, 1791[9].
  • Second Amendment to the United States Constitution's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as United States[10].
  • Second Amendment to the United States Constitution's legal citation of this text is recorded as U.S. Const. am. 2[11].
  • Second Amendment to the United States Constitution's legal citation of this text is recorded as US Const amend II[12].
  • Second Amendment to the United States Constitution's described by source is recorded as The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation[13].
  • Second Amendment to the United States Constitution's described by source is recorded as Red Blue Translator[14].
  • Second Amendment to the United States Constitution's hashtag is recorded as 2A[15].
  • Second Amendment to the United States Constitution's hashtag is recorded as 2ndAmendment[16].
  • Second Amendment to the United States Constitution's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Human rights[17].

Why It Matters

Second Amendment to the United States Constitution ranks in the top 6% of constitutional_amendment entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,463 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . allsides.com. allsides.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . twitter.com. Retrieved . twitter.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25d ago · Ha2772a · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country United States
    Effective date +1791-12-15T00:00:00Z
    Publication date +1791-12-15T00:00:00Z
    Legislated by Q162932
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P577]]: 15 December 1791"
  2. 25d ago · Ha2772a · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ratified by ['Q1408', 'Q1391', 'Q1454', 'Q1456', 'Q759', 'Q1393', 'Q1384', 'Q1400', 'Q1387',
    Instance of constitutional amendment
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31562|batch #31562]]"
  3. 25d ago · Ha2772a · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb
    Part of series
    Language of work or name English
    Applies to jurisdiction United States
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q53463]]"
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