March 11, 2007 3:41PM # More on the Second Amendment Ruling By [Tim Lynch](https://www.cato.org/people/tim-lynch) --- SHARE The *Washington Post* has a [story](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/10/AR2007031001412.html) today on the plaintiffs in the landmark Second Amendment lawsuit. Among the plaintiffs interviewed is Cato’s [Tom Palmer](https://www.cato.org/people/palmer.html), who once had to use a firearm in self-defense. Cato associate policy analyst, [David Kopel](https://www.cato.org/people/kopel.html), recently did a Second Amendment literature [survey](http://davekopel.com/2A/Mags/10-on-the-Second.pdf) \[pdf\]. Take the list and go directly to Amazon! Buy some for your friends as well. Come to think of it, it’s the perfect graduation gift for third year law students-especially those who will be going to work as clerks on the Supreme Court next year! For those interested in a shortcut through all the legal and historical material, I suggest you listen to this [Cato briefing](https://www.cato.org/events/030415pf.html)–featuring the key players who masterminded last week’s legal victory. For more legal posts on last week’s ruling and the Second Amendment generally, visit [Instapundit](http://www.instapundit.com/), [How Appealing](http://howappealing.law.com/), and the [Volokh Conspiracy](http://volokh.com/posts/chain_1173454696.shtml). For related Cato work, go [here](https://www.cato.org/ccs/2nd-amendment.html). ##### Related Tags [General](https://www.cato.org/general), [Constitutional Law](https://www.cato.org/constitutional-law), [Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies](https://www.cato.org/robert-levy-center-constitutional-studies) [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).