Founders' Second Amendment Origins of the Right to Bear Arms

Name: Founders' Second Amendment Origins of the Right to Bear Arms
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ISBN: 9781566639712

ISBN-10: 1566639719

ISBN-13: 9781566639712

Edition: N/A

Authors: Stephen P. Halbrook

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Book details

List price: $27.00
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher
Publication date: 3/8/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English



Preface


Introduction


Disarming the Colonists



"The Inhabitants to Be Disarmed"



From the Tea Party to the Powder Alarm



The Arms Embargo and Search and Seizure at the Neck



A Shot Heard 'Round the World and "a Cruel Act of Perfidy"


Of Revolution and Rights



"Times That Try Men's Souls"



"That the People Have a Right"



"A Musket to Defend These Rights"


The Constitution and Compromise



A Constitution with No Bill of Rights?



The "Dissent of the Minority"



Virginia Tips the Scales



"A Majority That Is Irresistible"


"To Keep and Bear Their Private Arms"



Mr. Madison's Amendments



The Bill of Rights in the States



The Great Militia Debate



Old Founders Never Die, They Just Fade Away


Conclusion



What Does the Second Amendment Say?


Notes


Index


A Note on the Author