Minuteman University project

Skills & Resources for 2A Advocates

The Second Amendment, studied, explained and defended.

Minuteman University.com is a free, open library for gun owners who want to do more than own a gun. Learn the laws, the history, the people and the arguments, then build the skills to carry the message forward in your community, online and at the statehouse.

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1392A Activists126Gun Rights Groups115Manufacturers56Firearm Instructors512A Authors60+Law Topics
The 2A HisTREE poster mapping the history of the Second Amendment

The 2A HisTREE: the roots of the right to keep and bear arms. Explore 2A History
NFA items in 2026 chart

The NFA changed more in 2026 than in the 90 years before it. See what changed
2A Resource and Skills handbooks

Two handbooks in one site: Resources and Skills. Start with Skills
Pistol brace timeline

How the pistol brace fight played out, start to finish. Read the timeline

Where to Start

Firearm Law in the USAFederal and state laws, court cases, carry permits, the NFA and what has changed, in plain English.2A HistoryFrom the Militia Acts to Heller and Bruen: how the right was won, tested and defended.Gun Rights LobbyNational and state gun rights organizations, policy conferences and the people behind them.2A ActivistsProfiles of the founders, authors, researchers, attorneys and everyday advocates of the movement.Gun Debate LibraryFacts, scrutiny standards and arguments to answer common gun control claims with confidence.Creating Gun ContentWebsites, video, photography, live shows and funding: tools to build a 2A project of your own.Firearm IndustryManufacturers, instructors, schools, ranges, competition shooters and firearm history.CommunicationVerbal judo, the language of guns and the technology to get the message out.

Faces of the Second Amendment

Every right has defenders. This gallery rotates through 177 of the people profiled here, from 19th-century pioneers to today’s instructors and advocates. Hover to pause, click any face to read the profile.

Portrait of Harriet TubmanHarriet TubmanPortrait of Annie OakleyAnnie OakleyPortrait of Ida B. WellsIda B. WellsPortrait of Otis McDonaldOtis McDonaldPortrait of Dick HellerDick HellerPortrait of Marion P. HammerMarion P. HammerPortrait of Joyce Lee MalcolmJoyce Lee MalcolmPortrait of Elmer KeithElmer KeithPortrait of Jeff CooperJeff CooperPortrait of Massad AyoobMassad AyoobPortrait of Kathy JacksonKathy JacksonPortrait of Rick EctorRick Ector

Meet all 2A Activists ›   Meet the Instructors ›

Thank You

Minuteman University.com exists because of people who give their time, talent and courage to protect a fundamental right. Thank you to:

  • 2A activists and organizers who show up at rallies, hearings and statehouses
  • Firearm instructors who train responsible, capable citizens
  • Authors, researchers and historians who document the facts
  • 2A attorneys who fight in the courts and win
  • Podcasters, radio hosts, bloggers and gun channels who keep the community informed
  • Gun rights organizations, national and state, and their members
  • Patreon supporters who keep this library free and online
  • Every reader who learns something here and passes it on

Minuteman University.com is part of the Gun Websites Firearms Network, along with sister projects Every 2nd Matters.com and 2A Summit.com.

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