The founders' Second Amendment : origins of the right to bear arms /: origins of the right to bear arms. ([2019?])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Stephen P. Halbrook ; foreword by Nelson Lund and a new preface by the author.
• Other Names: Halbrook, Stephen P; Independent Institute (Oakland, Calif.)
• Contents: "The inhabitants to be disarmed" -- From the tea party to the powder alarm -- The arms embargo and search and seizure at the neck -- A shot heard 'round the world and "a cruel act of perfidy" -- "Times that try men's souls" -- "That the people have a right" -- "A musket to defend these rights" -- A constitution with no bill of rights? -- The "dissent of the minority" -- Virginia tips the scales -- "A majority that is irresistible" -- Mr. Madison's amendments -- The Bill of Rights in the states -- The great militia debate -- Old founders never die, they just fade away -- What does the Second Amendment say?
• Edition: Updated edition
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (456 pages)
• Subjects: 344.730533; Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History; Constitutional history -- United States; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781538129678; 1538129671
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.