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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462691103321

Autore

Halbrook Stephen P

Titolo

That every man be armed [[electronic resource] ] : the evolution of a constitutional right / / Stephen P. Halbrook

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albuquerque, : University of New Mexico Press, 2013

ISBN

1-283-95995-X

0-8263-5299-5

Edizione

[Rev. and updated ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (338 p.)

Disciplina

344.7305/33

Soggetti

Firearms - Law and legislation - United States

Electronic books.

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"A revised and updated edition of Halbrook's 1984 book discussing the Second Amendment and the individual right to bear arms"--Provided by publisher.