The Constitution of the United States: Background material for the original, esp. the Bill of Rights?
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The minutes of the Constitutional Convention were suppressed; the participants agreed to never reveal what was said. Some people took notes, and some have survived. The best source is probably the Federalist papers, closely followed by the notes taken at the state ratifying conventions.
More than one representative opposed enumeration of rights. The chief opponent was Madison, who was also the man who proposed the Bill of Rights. That is the kind of story that happens only in history.
The best source I've found to combine and summarize all this is
Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution - a deep and insightful analysis of who said and thought what.
There is also a nice set of audio lectures by Jack Rakove available on iTunes; the last third of the lectures and the panel discussion touch on the topics you're interested in.
I don't remember a thorough discussion of the second amendment - the topic doesn't interest me. But that would be the place to start.
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