Guns, Democracy, and the Insurrectionist Idea

Name: Guns, Democracy, and the Insurrectionist Idea
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ISBN: 9780472033706

ISBN-10: 0472033700

ISBN-13: 9780472033706

Edition: 2009

Authors: Joshua Horwitz, Casey Anderson

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The NRA steadfastly maintains that the 30,000 gun-related deaths and 300,000 assaults with firearms in the United States every year are a small price to pay to guarantee freedom. As former NRA President Charlton Heston put it, "freedom isn't free."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. They argue that the only way to keep federal authority in check is to arm individual citizens who can, if necessary, defend themselves from an aggressive government.In the past decade, this view of the proper…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Publication date: 4/29/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 296
Size: 5.87" wide x 8.90" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Joshua Horwitz is the cofounder and publisher of Living Planet Books in Washington, DC, which specializes in books by thought leaders in science, medicine, and psychology.



Introduction



The Insurrectionists



What Is the Insurrectionist Idea?



What Is the Insurrectionist Agenda?



Who Are the Insurrectionists?


The NRA


Allied Gun Groups


The Gun Show Circuit


The Gun Rights Grassroots and the Blogosphere


Liberal Law Professors and D.C. v. Heller


Dissenters and Enforcement of the Insurrectionist Orthodoxy



History According to the Insurrectionists



The Founding


Guns and the Revolution


The Articles of Confederation


The Constitution


The Founders and Insurrection



The Civil War and Reconstruction


The Civil War


Reconstruction and "Redemption"



The Rise of the Third Reich


German Gun Laws and the Holocaust


Gun Control and the Nazis


A Dangerously Weak State


Overwhelming Private Violence


Democracies and Genocide



Insurrectionism, Democracy, and Freedom



The Meaning of Freedom



One Gun, One Vote?



Democracy and the Monopoly on Force



Insurrectionism and Individual Rights


Property Rights and Guns at Work


The Right of Redress and Immunity for the Firearm Industry


Due Process and "Shoot First" Laws



Effective Democratic Institutions


Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography


Index