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The founders' Second Amendment : origins of the right to bear arms /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Halbrook, Stephen P.
Corporate Author: Independent Institute (Oakland, Calif.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : Oakland, Calif. : Ivan R. Dee ; In association with the Independent Institute, 2008.
Series:Independent studies in political economy.
Subjects:
United States. > Constitution. > 2nd Amendment > History.
Firearms > Law and legislation > United States > History.
Constitutional history > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • "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?