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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 : Yale University Press, c2003.
- Description
- x, 397 p. 25 cm.
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-380) and index. Library copy 2 signed by author.
- Contents
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- 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)