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Record Nr.

UNINA9910265239603321

Autore

Horwitz Joshua <1963->

Titolo

Guns, democracy, and the insurrectionist idea / / Joshua Horwitz and Casey Anderson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , c2009

ISBN

0-472-90088-9

1-282-42281-2

9786612422812

0-472-02199-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (286 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AndersonCasey <1968->

Disciplina

323.4/3

Soggetti

Civil rights - United States

Gun control - United States

Firearms - Law and legislation - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-259) and index.

Nota di contenuto

What is the insurrectionist idea? -- What is the insurrectionist agenda? -- Who are the insurrectionists? -- The founding -- The Civil War and Reconstruction -- The rise of the Third Reich -- The meaning of freedom -- One gun, one vote? -- Democracy and the monopoly on force -- Insurrectionism and individual rights -- Effective democratic institutions.

Sommario/riassunto

Does the gun lobby threaten the democratic institutions safeguarding individual liberty in America?