The mythic meanings of the Second Amendment [electronic resource] : taming political violence in a constitutional republic / David C. Williams.
By: Williams, David C.
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Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2003Description: x, 397 p. ; 25 cm.Subject(s): United States. Constitution. 2nd Amendment -- History | Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History | Political violence -- United States -- History | Government, Resistance to -- United States -- History | United States -- MilitiaGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 344.73/0533 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The 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.
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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.