The mythic meanings of the Second Amendment [electronic resource] : taming political violence in a constitutional republic / David C. Williams.
Material type: TextPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2003Description: x, 397 pSubject(s): 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 -- MilitiaGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 344.73/0533 LOC classification: KF4558 2nd | .W55 2003Online resources: Click to ViewIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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