Title: That every man be armed : the evolution of a constitutional right /
Authors: Halbrook, Stephen P.
Year: 2013
Subjects: Firearms Law and legislation United States; Firearms Law and legislation; United States
Abstract: "A revised and updated edition of Halbrook's 1984 book discussing the Second Amendment and the individual right to bear arms"--Provided by publisher.
Contents: Introduction : firearms prohibition and constitutional rights -- The elementary books of public right -- The common law of England -- The American revolution and the Second amendment -- Antebellum interpretations -- Freedmen, firearms, and the Fourteenth amendment -- The Supreme Court speaks -- State and federal judicial opinions.