Halbrook, Stephen P.

That every man be armed the evolution of a constitutional right / [electronic resource] : Stephen P. Halbrook. - Rev. and updated ed. - Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2013. - xxiii, 312 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.






Firearms--Law and legislation--United States.


Electronic books.

KF3941 / .H35 2013eb

344.7305/33

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