The founders' Second Amendment
By: Stephen P. Halbrook.
Contributors: Independent Institute (Oakland, Calif.)
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780804756815
Subjects: United States. -- History; Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History; Constitutional history -- United States
Notes: "Published in association with The Independent Institute."

Includes bibliographical references 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?