Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Halbrook, Stephen P. frey50

That every man be armed : the evolution of a constitutional right / Stephen P. Halbrook. - Revised and updated edition. - xxiii, 312 pages ; 23 cm

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.

9780826352989 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0826352987 ((pbk. : alk. paper) 9780826352989 0826352995 (ebk.) 9780826352996 (ebk.)

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Firearms--Law and legislation--United States.

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