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Guns, democracy, and the insurrectionist idea /

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And when gun enthusiasts talk about Constitutional liberties guaranteed by the Second Amendment, they are referring to freedom in a general sense, but they also have something more specific in mind---freedom from government oppression. Guns, Democracy, and the Insurrectionist Idea reveals that the p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Horwitz, Joshua, 1963-
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors: Anderson, Casey, 1968-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2009]
Subjects:
Civil rights > United States.
Gun control > United States.
Firearms > Law and legislation > United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Civil Rights.
Civil rights.
Firearms > Law and legislation.
Gun control.
United States.
Kontrolle.
Waffenrecht.
Waffenbesitz.
USA.
Political Science
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • What is the insurrectionist idea?
  • What is the insurrectionist agenda?
  • Who are the insurrectionists?
  • The founding
  • The Civil War and Reconstruction
  • The rise of the Third Reich
  • The meaning of freedom
  • One gun, one vote?
  • Democracy and the monopoly on force
  • Insurrectionism and individual rights
  • Effective democratic institutions.