Whose Right to Bear Arms Did the Second Amendment Protect?

Name: Whose Right to Bear Arms Did the Second Amendment Protect?
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ISBN: 9780312240608

ISBN-10: 0312240600

ISBN-13: 9780312240608

Edition: 2000

Authors: Saul Cornell, Robert E. Shalhope

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Exploring how late-18th century Americans understood the right to bear arms, this selection exposes students to scholarly debates over this topic, providing an entry into a number of the most important issues in early American historiography.

Book details

List price: $17.99
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Bedford/Saint Martin's
Publication date: 4/7/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 188
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Foreword


Preface


A Note for Students



The Document


Constitutional Amendments Proposed to and Ratified by the States, Including the Second Amendment



Introduction


"To Keep and Bear Arms"


The Militia, the People, and the Problem of Rights in Revolutionary America


Scholars and the Second Amendment



Some Current Questions



Did the Second Amendment protect an individual's right to own guns?


The Armed Citizen in the Early Republic




Was the Second Amendment intended to protect the people's right to maintain a well-regulated militia?


A Well-Regulated Militia: The Origins and Meaning of the Second Amendment, From The Bill of Rights: A Lively Heritage




Does the Standard Model of the Second Amendment favored by some legal scholars distort the original understanding of the right to bear arms?


To Keep and Bear Arms, With Letters in Rebuttal from Sanford Levinson, David C. Williams, and Glenn Harlan Reynolds




Was the Second Amendment primarily about the struggle between Federalists and Antifederalists over the nature of federalism?


The Federalized Militia Debate: A Neglected Aspect of Second Amendment Scholarship




How did the reality of the militia differ from the ideal of the militia in Revolutionary America?


The People in Arms: The Invincible yeoman, From Inventing the People: The Rise of Popular Sovereignty in England and America




Was the Second Amendment an outgrowth of America's gun culture?


The Origins of Gun Gulture in the United States, 1760-1865



Making Connections


Suggestions for Further Reading