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The mythic meanings of the Second Amendment : taming political violence in a constitutional republic

Author

Williams, David C., 1960-

Title

The mythic meanings of the Second Amendment : taming political violence in a constitutional republic / David C. Williams.

Format

Book

Published

New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2003.

Description

x, 397 p. ; 25 cm.

Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-380) and index.

Contents

• 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.

Subject headings

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--Militia.

ISBN

0300095627 (alk. paper)