The founders' Second Amendment
Subtitle: origins of the right to bear arms
By: Stephen P. Halbrook.
Contributors: Independent Institute (Oakland, Calif.)
Series: [Independent studies in political economy]
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee, published in association with the Independent Institute
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 425
ISBN-13: 9781566637923
Subjects: United States. -- History; Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History; Constitutional history -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-392) and index.
Table of contents: title: "The inhabitants to be disarmed"; title: From the tea party to the powder alarm; title: The arms embargo and search and seizure at the neck; title: A shot heard 'round the world and "a cruel act of perfidy"; title: "Times that try men's souls"; title: "That the people have a right"; title: "A musket to defend these rights"; title: A constitution with no bill of rights?; title: The "dissent of the minority"; title: Virginia tips the scales; title: "A majority that is irresistible"; title: Mr. Madison's amendments; title: The Bill of Rights in the states; title: The great militia debate; title: Old founders never die, they just fade away; title: What does the Second Amendment say?