The mythic meanings of the Second Amendment taming political violence in a constitutional republic /

The mythic meanings of the Second Amendment taming political violence in a constitutional republic /

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Main Author: Williams, David C., 1960-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2003.
Subjects:
United States. > Constitution. > 2nd Amendment > History.
Firearms > Law and legislation > United States > History.
Political violence > United States > History.
Government, Resistance to > United States > History.
United States > Militia.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • The background of the framers' thinking
  • The history of the Second Amendment
  • The original legal meaning of the Second Amendment and the military provisions of the constitution
  • Antirevolutionists
  • Libertarians and populists
  • The militia movement's theory of the Second Amendment
  • Outgroups and the Second Amendment
  • The silent crisis
  • Redeeming the people.

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