That Every Man be Armed: The Evolution of a Constitutional RightThis is an authoritative study of the second amendment, using history and current-day analysis. It is one of the only scholarly works on the subject, but has proven widely accessible. Halbrook traces the origins of the Second Amendment back to ancient Greece and Rome, and then through the “freemen” movement in 18th-century England and France. He demonstrates that the framers of the Constitution were conscious of such history when they drafted the Second Amendment, and that the Second Amendment was clearly intended to allow possession of firearms not just for defense of personal life and property but also to prevent government infringement of human liberties. His meticulous, thorough scholarship demonstrates that the right to bear arms is as fundamental a right under the Constitution as freedom of speech and freedom of religion. |
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... infringed , curtailed or broken in upon , in the smallest degree ; and all this for the important end to be attained ... infringe upon or impair it , because it is above the law , and indepen- dent of the law - making power . 38 The ...
... infringed , curtailed or broken in upon , in the smallest degree ; and all this for the important end to be attained ... infringe upon or impair it , because it is above the law , and indepen- dent of the law - making power . 38 The ...
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... infringed . . . . However , the same court narrowed this language two years later in stating that " free persons of color have never been recognized as citizens of Georgia ; they are not entitled to bear arms . ... 134 The postwar ...
... infringed . . . . However , the same court narrowed this language two years later in stating that " free persons of color have never been recognized as citizens of Georgia ; they are not entitled to bear arms . ... 134 The postwar ...
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... infringed by a state requirement of a license for private armed marches or even if it did not apply to the states , nevertheless , a right to keep and bear arms existed for " all citi- zens capable of bearing arms , " and this right ...
... infringed by a state requirement of a license for private armed marches or even if it did not apply to the states , nevertheless , a right to keep and bear arms existed for " all citi- zens capable of bearing arms , " and this right ...
Contents
Arms Militia and Penal Reform in EighteenthCentury | 32 |
From Coke to Blackstone | 49 |
The American Revolution and the Second Amendment | 55 |
Copyright | |
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