A not so recent article - but one that IMO contains a number of interesting and helpful observations regarding interpretation of the 2A.
A Primer on the Constitutional Right to Keep and Bear Arms
by Nelson Lund, J.D., Ph.D.
©2002 by the Virginia Institute for Public Policy, Potomac Falls, Virginia, No. 7, June 2002
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. - The Second Amendment
"The Second Amendment is among the most misunderstood provisions of the U.S. Constitution. That is not because it is particularly difficult to understand. On the contrary, for more than a hundred years after it was adopted, hardly anyone seemed the least bit confused about what it meant. The confusion, and some serious mistakes, only became widespread in the twentieth century, when influential people began to think it was a good idea to disarm the civilian population. Because the plain meaning of the Second Amendment rather obviously creates an obstacle to these disarmament schemes, the temptation to misinterpret this provision of the Constitution became very strong."
http://www.virginiainstitute.org/pub...n_const.php#c2
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