A well-regulated militia the founding fathers and the origins of gun control in America

Americans are deeply divided over the Second Amendment. This book shows that the Founders understood the right to bear arms as a civic right - an obligation citizens owed to the state to arm themselves so that they could participate in a well regulated militia. It also charts how we have arrived at...

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Main Author: Cornell, Saul
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2006, 2006
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Americans are deeply divided over the Second Amendment. This book shows that the Founders understood the right to bear arms as a civic right - an obligation citizens owed to the state to arm themselves so that they could participate in a well regulated militia. It also charts how we have arrived at our modern impasse over guns
Physical Description:xvi, 270 p. ill
ISBN:9780199788644