Halbrook, Stephen P.

That every man be armed the evolution of a constitutional right / Stephen P. Halbrook. - Rev. and updatedition. edition. - Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (pages cm.)

Includes bibliographies and index.

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.



9780826352996


Firearms--Law and legislation--United States.


Electronic Books.

KF3941 / .T438 2013