LEADER 03501nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910452257603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-74098-5 010 $a9786611740986 010 $a0-300-12755-3 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300127553 035 $a(CKB)1000000000471887 035 $a(StDuBDS)BDZ0022171408 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000207680 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11183685 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000207680 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10238708 035 $a(PQKB)11691851 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000158239 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420191 035 $a(DE-B1597)485052 035 $a(OCoLC)1024012430 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300127553 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420191 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10170882 035 $a(OCoLC)923590597 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000471887 100 $a20020718d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe mythic meanings of the Second Amendment$b[electronic resource] $etaming political violence in a constitutional republic /$fDavid C. Williams 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (1 online resource (x, 397 p.)) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-09562-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe background of the framers' thinking -- The history of the Second Amendment -- The original legal meaning of the Second Amendment and the military provisions of the constitution -- Antirevolutionists -- Libertarians and populists -- The militia movement's theory of the Second Amendment -- Outgroups and the Second Amendment -- The silent crisis -- Redeeming the people. 330 $aThe Second Amendment, which concerns the right of the people to keep and bear arms, has been the subject of great debate for decades. Does it protect an individual's right to arms or only the right of the states to maintain militias? In this book David C. Williams offers a new reading of the Second Amendment: that it guarantees to individuals a right to arms only insofar as they are part of a united and consensual people, so that their uprising can be a unified revolution rather than a civil war.Williams argues that the Second Amendment has been based on myths about America-the Framers' belief in American unity and modern interpreters' belief in American distrust and disunity. Neither of these myths, however, will adequately curb political violence. Williams suggests that the amendment should serve not as a rule of law but as a cultural ideal that promotes our unity on the use of political violence and celebrates our diversity in other areas of life. 606 $aFirearms$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aPolitical violence$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aGovernment, Resistance to$zUnited States$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xMilitia 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aFirearms$xLaw and legislation$xHistory. 615 0$aPolitical violence$xHistory. 615 0$aGovernment, Resistance to$xHistory. 676 $a344.73/0533 700 $aWilliams$b David C.$f1960-$01049391 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452257603321 996 $aThe mythic meanings of the Second Amendment$92478357 997 $aUNINA