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Books on: "right to bear arms" OR "second amendment"

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Freedmen, the Fourteenth Amendment, and the Right to Bear Arms, 1866-1876

Book by Stephen P. Halbrook; Praeger Publishers, 1998

Subjects:

Civil Rights--United States--History, Firearms--Law And Legislation--United States--History, State Rights--History, United States--Constitution--14th Amendment--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...37-38, 43; and right to bear arms, 58, 73; Second Amendment and, 38 Duncan, B...Reconstruction, 196; Second Amendment and types of, 93...keep and bear arms; Second Amendment First Amendment, 31...
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A Right to Bear Arms: State and Federal Bills of Rights and Constitutional Guarantees

Book by Stephen P. Halbrook; Greenwood Press, 1989

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Firearms--Law And Legislation--United States--States--History

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...of the federal Second Amendment. 75 This language...the individual right to bear arms was interpreted...by the federal Second Amendment. 80 The Georgia...including the Second Amendment. 82 The postwar...
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Gun Control on Trial: Inside the Supreme Court Battle over the Second Amendment

Book by Brian Doherty; Cato Institute, 2008

Subjects:

Firearms--Law And Legislation--United States, Firearms--Law And Legislation--United States--Cases, Gun Control--United States, United States--Constitution--2nd Amendment, United States--Supreme Court

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...insisted were not in the Second Amendment, which was solely concerned...that he didnt think the Second Amendment right to bear arms was, any more than any...still able to practice a right to bear arms. This was a surprise...
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For the Defense of Themselves and the State: The Original Intent and Judicial Interpretation of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms

Book by Clayton E. Cramer; Praeger Publishers, 1994

Subjects:

Firearms--Law And Legislation--United States--History, United States--Constitution--2nd Amendment--Interpretation And Construction

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...paragaphs consist of the Second Amendment, and the Washington Constitutions right to bear arms provision.162 The...cautious approach to the Second Amendment: Ambivalent feelings toward the right to bear arms Second Amendment reveal a gap in the...
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A Matter of Interpretation: Federal Courts and the Law : an Essay

Book by Antonin Scalia, Amy Gutmann, Gordon S. Wood, Laurence H. Tribe, Mary Ann Glendon, Ronald Dworkin; Princeton University Press, 1997

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Constitutional Law--United States, Judge-Made Law--United States, Law--United States--Interpretation And Construction

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...Redfield, C. J., 4 remedial statutes, 28 right to bear arms Second Amendment , 43 , 71 , 136 37n.13 right to die, 39 Roe...safeguards Fourth Amendment , 71 Second Amendment right to bear arms , 43 , 69 , 136 37n.13 Sedition Act 1798...

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Journal Articles on: "right to bear arms" OR "second amendment"

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Fundamental Rights and the Right to Bear Arms

Journal article by Cynthia A. Stark; Criminal Justice Ethics, Vol. 20, 2001

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Gun control--Analysis, Right to bear arms--Analysis

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Fundamental rights and the right to bear arms. by Cynthia A. Stark Part of what...control is the nature and status of the right to bear arms. Opponents of gun control tend to see the right to bear arms as, in some sense, fundamental...
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The Second Amendment "right to Bear Arms" and United States V. Emerson

Journal article by Robert J. Spitzer; St. John's Law Review, Vol. 77, 2003

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Constitutional law, Federal court decisions, Firearm laws & regulations, United States

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The Second Amendment "right to Bear Arms" and United...possess a Second Amendment-based constitutional right to bear arms in connection...even if the Second Amendment did protect an individual right to bear arms outside of...
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Is the Second Amendment an Individual or a Collective Right: United States V. Emerson's Revolutionary Interpretation of the Right to Bear Arms

Journal article by Michael Busch; St. John's Law Review, Vol. 77, 2003

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Bill of Rights-US, Civil liberties, Constitutional law, Firearms, United States

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...Emersons Second Amendment rights...construed the right to bear arms as an individual...Wording of the Second Amendment The controversy...whether the right to bear arms is collective...105 If the Second Amendment really protected...individual right to bear arms, then the...
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St. George Tucker and the Second Amendment: Original Understandings and Modern Misunderstandings

Journal article by Saul Cornell; William and Mary Law Review, Vol. 47, 2006

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Constitutional interpretation--Evaluation, Constitutional law--Evaluation, Constitutional law--Interpretation and construction, Militias--Laws, regulations and rules, Right to bear arms--Laws, regulations and rules, United States Constitution--U.S. Const. amend. 2

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...discussion of the Second Amendment that used the right to bear arms as a means...See whose right to bear arms did the second amendment protect? 17...reprinted in WHOSE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS DID THE SECOND AMENDMENT PROTECT...
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Commonplace or Anachronism: The Standard Model, the Second Amendment, and the Problem of History in Contemporary Constitutional Theory

Journal article by Saul Cornell; Constitutional Commentary, Vol. 16, 1999

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Constitutional history--Analysis, Right to bear arms--Laws, regulations, etc., United States Constitution--U.S. Const. amend. 2

Collections: History, Entire Library

...RIGHT: THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS AS A CHECK...function of the Second Amendment was intended...complex as the right to bear arms.(92...Consensus on the Second Amendment, 45 Emory...From the Right to Bear Arms and the Second Amendment, 29 Akron...

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Magazine Articles on: "right to bear arms" OR "second amendment"

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The Founders on Firearms: Stephen Halbrook's New Book on the Right to Bear Arms Is an Excellent Resource That Explains the Meaning, Application, and Reason Behind the Second Amendment

Magazine article by Kurt Williamsen; The New American, Vol. 24, September 1, 2008

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Books--Book reviews, The Founders' Second Amendment: Origins of the Right to Bear Arms (Book)--Book reviews

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...Reason Behind the Second Amendment. by Kurt Williamsen The Founders Second Amendment: Origins of the Right to Bear Arms, by Stephen P...book The Founders Second Amendment: Origins of the Right to Bear Arms. The book is a study...
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A Mainstream Freedom Fighter Defends the Right to Bear Arms

Magazine article by Stephen Goode; Insight on the News, Vol. 13, February 3, 1997

Subjects:

Gun control--Social aspects, LaPierre, Wayne--Interviews, National Rifle Association--Officials and employees, Right to bear arms--Social aspects

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A mainstream freedom fighter defends the right to bear arms by Stephen Goode Wayne LaPierre is executive vice...NRA represents millions of Americans who believe in Second Amendment rights to won a firearm, just like our Founding Fathers...
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Second Amendment Sisters

Magazine article by Robert W. Lee; The New American, Vol. 18, April 22, 2002

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Activists--Political activity, Associations, Caywood, Christie--Political activity, Political activists--Political activity, Right to bear arms, Second Amendment Sisters--Political activity, Women

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Second Amendment Sisters. by Robert W. Lee The...defense advocacy organization Second Amendment Sisters (SAS) was formed in December...awareness of the vital role that the Second Amendment plays in protecting the basic human...
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Bush Administration Isn't Gun-Shy in Debate over Second Amendment

Magazine article by Don Feder; Insight on the News, Vol. 17, August 20, 2001

Subjects:

Constitutional amendments--Interpretation and construction, Gun control--International aspects, Right to bear arms--Laws, regulations, etc., United Nations--Conferences, meetings, seminars, etc., United States Constitution. 2d Amendment

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...respectively, the Second Amendment protects an...constitutional right to bear arms." Bolton...argued that the Second Amendment guarantees...interpretation of the Second Amendment. In his 1999...explained that the right to bear arms derived from...
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Is the Right to Bear Arms Just a Myth

Magazine article by Andrew Stephen; New Statesman, Vol. 4456, September 27, 1999

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Bradley, Bill--Political activity, Bush, George W.--Political activity, Gore, Albert, Jr.--Political activity, Politicians--Conduct of life, United States--Politics and government

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Is the right to bear arms just a myth by Andrew Stephen "Bush v Gore? Lets not be too...less keen on guns. And the mantra of the gunslingers - that the Second Amendment of the US Constitution gives every American an inviolable right...

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Newspaper Articles on: "right to bear arms" OR "second amendment"

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The Right to Bear Arms; Concealed-Carry Lawsuits Challenge Illinois Anti-Gun Laws

Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), May 20, 2011

Subjects:

Gun control--Cases, National Rifle Association--Cases, Right to bear arms--Cases, Second Amendment Foundation--Cases

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

The Right to Bear Arms; Concealed-Carry Lawsuits Challenge...week succeed in arguing that the Second Amendment right to keep and bear Arms means...Rifle Association (NRA) and Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) are looking...
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D.C. Cleans Up Its Gun Ban; District Realizing Its Second Amendment Restrictions Go Too Far

Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), January 19, 2012

Subjects:

Firearms industry and trade--Laws, regulations and rules, Firearms industry--Laws, regulations and rules, Firearms--Laws, regulations and rules, Gun control--Laws, regulations and rules, Right to bear arms--Laws, regulations and rules, Second Amendment Foundation

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Its Gun Ban; District Realizing Its Second Amendment Restrictions Go Too Far. Byline...required in the process of exercising her Second Amendment right to keep arms. One of these...requirements similar to the Districts. The Second Amendment Foundation and Illinois State Rifle...
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Americans Defend Right to Bear Arms

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), April 17, 2007

Subjects:

Firearms, Gun control

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Americans Defend Right to Bear Arms. Despite numerous fatal shootings in schools...stricter gun controls is a controversial one. The "right to bear arms" is enshrined in the Second Amendment of the US Constitution, and is one which pressure...
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The Right to Bear Arms

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 29, 2007

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Gun control

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

The Right to Bear Arms. Byline: THE...sense of the Second Amendment," Nov. 19...citizens of the right to bear arms Because todays...words, the Second Amendment has been overtaken...That is why the Second Amendment was written...Framers saw the right to bear arms as relevant...
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The Individual Right to Bear Arms

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 10, 2002

Subjects:

Olson, Theodore B.

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

The individual right to bear arms Byline: THE WASHINGTON...governments case that the Second Amendment does, in fact...is that the Second Amendment more broadly protects...position - that the Second Amendment guarantees only...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: "right to bear arms" OR "second amendment"

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Constitution of the United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...years (see president ; electoral college ). The Twenty-second Amendment (1951) provides that no person may be elected President...as essentially an individual right is guaranteed by the Second Amendment, while freedom from quartering soldiers in a house without...
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President

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...must be a native-born citizen, over 35 years old, and at least 14 years resident in the United States. The Twenty-second Amendment (1951) limits a president to two four-year terms. For a list of U.S. presidents, see Presidents of the United...
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National Rifle Association of America

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...firearms. It also lobbies vigorously against gun control legislation and gun registration, basing its position on the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution; this position is disputed by most legal scholars. See E. F. Leddy, Magnum Force Lobby...
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National Guard

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...appointment of officers and the training of the militia were reserved to the states. Further provisions were made in the Second Amendment. In peacetime the National Guard is placed under state jurisdiction and can be used by governors to quell local disturbances...

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