Armed citizens : the road from ancient Rome to the Second Amendment /
Shusterman, Noah,
Armed citizens : the road from ancient Rome to the Second Amendment / Road from ancient Rome to the Second Amendment. Noah Shusterman. - viii, 273 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-264) and index.
Introduction: The Long Road to the Second Amendment -- 1. Julius Caesar Crosses the Rubicon -- 2. Niccolò Machiavelli Retires to His Estate -- 3. The Fall of La Rochelle -- 4. England's Parliament Debates the Militia Act -- 5. Bacon's Rebels Burn Jamestown to the Ground -- 6. Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun Publishes A Discourse of Government with Relation to Militias -- 7. The Stono Rebels Head for Florida -- 8. The Minutemen Turn Back the Redcoats at Concord Bridge -- 9. Hamilton, Madison, and Jay Publish The Federalist -- 10. Congress Amends the Constitution -- Epilogue: The Long Road from the Second Amendment -- Notes -- Index.
"Although much has changed n the United States since the eighteenth century, our framework for gun laws still largely relies on the Second Amendment and the patterns that emerged in the colonial era. America has long been a heavily armed and racially divided society, yet few citizens understand either why militias appealed to the founding fathers or the role that militias played in North American rebellions, in which they often functioned as repressive - and racist - domestic forces" -- dust jacket.
0813944619 9780813944616
2020024971
United States. 2nd Amendment Constitution. --History.
Firearms ownership--History.
Firearms--Law and legislation--History.
Firearms--Law and legislation--History.--United States
Gun control--History.
Gun control--History.--United States
KF3941 / .S58 2020
Armed citizens : the road from ancient Rome to the Second Amendment / Road from ancient Rome to the Second Amendment. Noah Shusterman. - viii, 273 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-264) and index.
Introduction: The Long Road to the Second Amendment -- 1. Julius Caesar Crosses the Rubicon -- 2. Niccolò Machiavelli Retires to His Estate -- 3. The Fall of La Rochelle -- 4. England's Parliament Debates the Militia Act -- 5. Bacon's Rebels Burn Jamestown to the Ground -- 6. Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun Publishes A Discourse of Government with Relation to Militias -- 7. The Stono Rebels Head for Florida -- 8. The Minutemen Turn Back the Redcoats at Concord Bridge -- 9. Hamilton, Madison, and Jay Publish The Federalist -- 10. Congress Amends the Constitution -- Epilogue: The Long Road from the Second Amendment -- Notes -- Index.
"Although much has changed n the United States since the eighteenth century, our framework for gun laws still largely relies on the Second Amendment and the patterns that emerged in the colonial era. America has long been a heavily armed and racially divided society, yet few citizens understand either why militias appealed to the founding fathers or the role that militias played in North American rebellions, in which they often functioned as repressive - and racist - domestic forces" -- dust jacket.
0813944619 9780813944616
2020024971
United States. 2nd Amendment Constitution. --History.
Firearms ownership--History.
Firearms--Law and legislation--History.
Firearms--Law and legislation--History.--United States
Gun control--History.
Gun control--History.--United States
KF3941 / .S58 2020