The founders' Second Amendment : origins of the right to bear arms /
Halbrook, Stephen P.
The founders' Second Amendment : origins of the right to bear arms / Stephen P. Halbrook. - Chicago : Oakland, Calif. : Ivan R. Dee ; In association with the Independent Institute, 2008. - x, 425 p. ; 24 cm. - Independent studies in political economy .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-392) and index.
"The inhabitants to be disarmed" -- From the tea party to the powder alarm -- The arms embargo and search and seizure at the neck -- A shot heard 'round the world and "a cruel act of perfidy" -- "Times that try men's souls" -- "That the people have a right" -- "A musket to defend these rights" -- A constitution with no bill of rights? -- The "dissent of the minority" -- Virginia tips the scales -- "A majority that is irresistible" -- Mr. Madison's amendments -- The Bill of Rights in the states -- The great militia debate -- Old founders never die, they just fade away -- What does the Second Amendment say?
9781566637923 (cloth : acidfree paper) 1566637929 (cloth : acid-free paper)
2008001451
United States. 2nd Amendment Constitution --History.
Firearms--Law and legislation--History.--United States
Constitutional history--United States.
KF3941 / .H3492 2008
344.7305/33
The founders' Second Amendment : origins of the right to bear arms / Stephen P. Halbrook. - Chicago : Oakland, Calif. : Ivan R. Dee ; In association with the Independent Institute, 2008. - x, 425 p. ; 24 cm. - Independent studies in political economy .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-392) and index.
"The inhabitants to be disarmed" -- From the tea party to the powder alarm -- The arms embargo and search and seizure at the neck -- A shot heard 'round the world and "a cruel act of perfidy" -- "Times that try men's souls" -- "That the people have a right" -- "A musket to defend these rights" -- A constitution with no bill of rights? -- The "dissent of the minority" -- Virginia tips the scales -- "A majority that is irresistible" -- Mr. Madison's amendments -- The Bill of Rights in the states -- The great militia debate -- Old founders never die, they just fade away -- What does the Second Amendment say?
9781566637923 (cloth : acidfree paper) 1566637929 (cloth : acid-free paper)
2008001451
United States. 2nd Amendment Constitution --History.
Firearms--Law and legislation--History.--United States
Constitutional history--United States.
KF3941 / .H3492 2008
344.7305/33