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.