The mythic meanings of the Second Amendment : taming political violence in ...
| LC Control No.: |
2002011549
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| Type of Material: | Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.) |
| Personal Name: | Williams, David C., 1960- |
| Main Title: |
The mythic meanings of the Second Amendment :
taming political violence in a constitutional republic /
David C. Williams.
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| Published/Created: |
New Haven :
Yale University Press,
c2003.
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| Description: |
x, 397 p. ;
25 cm.
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| ISBN: |
0300095627 (alk. paper)
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| 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.
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| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Subjects: |
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. |
| LC Classification: |
KF4558 2nd
.W55 2003
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| Dewey Class No.: |
344.73/0533
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| Geographic Area Code: |
n-us---
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