The mythic meanings of the Second Amendment [electronic resource] : taming political violence in a constitutional republic / David C. Williams.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2003.Description: x, 397 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 344.73/0533 21
LOC classification:
  • KF4558 2nd .W55 2003eb
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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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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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