What is the Second Amendment?

The Origins of An Anglo-American Right

by Malcolm, Joyce Lee

Book - 1994

Joyce Malcolm illuminates the historical facts underlying the current passionate debate about gun-related violence, the Brady Bill, and the NRA, revealing the original meaning and intentions behind the individual right to "bear arms." Joyce Malcolm illuminates the historical facts underlying the current passionate debate about gun-related violence, the Brady Bill, and the NRA, revealing the original meaning and intentions behind the individual right to "bear arms." Show less

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The Second Amendment in Law and History

Historians and Constitutional Scholars on the Right to Bear Arms

Book - 2000

This lucid 10-essay collection by historians and legal scholars soberly takes on the entire revisionist anti-gun control project. Setting the stage, Bogus and Robert Spitzer analyze its history of logic and legal scholarship. This lucid 10-essay collection by historians and legal scholars soberly takes on the entire revisionist anti-gun control project. Setting the stage, Bogus and Robert Spitzer analyze its history of logic and legal scholarship. Show less

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The Founders' Second Amendment

Origins of the Right to Bear Arms

by Halbrook, Stephen P

Book - 2008

Halbrook, a research fellow at the Independent Institute in California, investigates the nature of the ideas underlying the Second Amendment during the Revolutionary generation. Halbrook, a research fellow at the Independent Institute in California, investigates the nature of the ideas underlying the Second Amendment during the Revolutionary generation. Show less

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Gunfight

The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America

by Winkler, Adam

Book - 2011

Winkler, a professor of constitutional law at UCLA, mines 400 years of debate over gun control in America to analyze the Supreme Court's landmark 2008 decision in District of Columbia v. Heller in this timely and persuasive history. Winkler, a professor of constitutional law at UCLA, mines 400 years of debate over gun control in America to analyze the Supreme Court's landmark 2008 decision in District of Columbia v. Heller in this timely and persuasive history. Show less

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The Second Amendment

A Biography

by Waldman, Michael

Book - 2014

Though not likely to end controversial debates, Waldman (My Fellow Americans), president of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, delivers a balanced review of the history of Second Amendment politics and jurisprudence. Though not likely to end controversial debates, Waldman (My Fellow Americans), president of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, delivers a balanced review of the history of Second Amendment politics and jurisprudence. Show less

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The Law of the Land

A Grand Tour of Our Constitutional Republic

by Amar, Akhil Reed

Book - 2015

An expert guide to America's constitutional landscape, Amar sheds new light on American history and politics and shows how America's legal tradition unites a vast and disparate land. An expert guide to America's constitutional landscape, Amar sheds new light on American history and politics and shows how America's legal tradition unites a vast and disparate land. Show less

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Loaded

A Disarming History of the Second Amendment

by Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne

Book - 2018

In Loaded, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz peels away the myths of gun culture to expose the true historical origins of the Second Amendment, revealing the racial un...Show more In Loaded, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz peels away the myths of gun culture to expose the true historical origins of the Second Amendment, revealing the racial undercurrents connecting the earliest Anglo settlers with contemporary gun proliferation, modern-day policing, and the consolidation of influence of armed white nationalists. Show less

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The Hidden History of Guns and the Second Amendment

by Hartmann, Thom

Book - 2019

Thom Hartmann, the most popular progressive radio host in America, looks at the real history of guns in America and what we can do to limit both their lethal impact and the power of the gun lobby. Thom Hartmann, the most popular progressive radio host in America, looks at the real history of guns in America and what we can do to limit both their lethal impact and the power of the gun lobby. Show less

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The Second

Race and Guns in A Fatally Unequal America

by Anderson, Carol

Book - 2021

Emory University history Anderson (White Rage) takes an illuminating look at how U.S. laws and customs around gun ownership have been used to subjugate Black Americans. Emory University history Anderson (White Rage) takes an illuminating look at how U.S. laws and customs around gun ownership have been used to subjugate Black Americans. Show less

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