A well-regulated militia : the founding fathers and the origins of gun control in America
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Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0195341031
ISBN 13
9780195341034
DDC
344.7305
Category
American Law
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Publication Year
2008
Publisher
Pages
xvi, 270 pages
Subject
American Constitutional Law
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Abstract
"Includes information on Aymette v. State, Barron v. Baltimore, Bliss v. Commonwealth, Dred Scott v. Sanford, Houston v. Moore, Luther v. Borden, State v. Buzzard, U.S. v. Avery, U.S. v. Cruikshank, U.S. v. Emerson, U.S. v. Miller, U.S. v. Mitchell, U.S. v. Tot, duels, Fourteenth Amendment, gun control, gun rights, Thomas Jefferson, Ku Klux Klan, Fries, s Rebellion, Shays's Rebellion, Whiskey Rebellion, Bill of Rights, Second Amendment, etc." - Voila
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Content:
Preface -- Introduction -- ch. 1. English tyranny versus American liberty : bearing arms in revolutionary America -- ch. 2. A well regulated militia : the origins of the Second Amendment -- ch. 3. "The true palladium of liberty" : Federalists, Jeffersonians, and the Second Amendment -- ch. 4. Militias, mobs, and murder : testing the limits of the right to bear arms -- ch. 5. Rights, regulations, revolution : the antebellum debate over guns -- ch. 6. Individual or collective right : the Fourteenth Amendment and the origins of the modern gun debate -- Conclusion : A new paradigm for the Second Amendment -- Notes -- Index.
Preface -- Introduction -- ch. 1. English tyranny versus American liberty : bearing arms in revolutionary America -- ch. 2. A well regulated militia : the origins of the Second Amendment -- ch. 3. "The true palladium of liberty" : Federalists, Jeffersonians, and the Second Amendment -- ch. 4. Militias, mobs, and murder : testing the limits of the right to bear arms -- ch. 5. Rights, regulations, revolution : the antebellum debate over guns -- ch. 6. Individual or collective right : the Fourteenth Amendment and the origins of the modern gun debate -- Conclusion : A new paradigm for the Second Amendment -- Notes -- Index.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-261) and index.
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