Title The mythic meanings of the Second Amendment : taming political violence in a constitutional republic / David C. Williams.

Publication Info.	New Haven : Yale University Press, [2003]
	©2003

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Description	1 online resource (x, 397 pages)
Physical Medium	polychrome
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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.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	David Williams offers a new reading of the Second Amendment suggesting that it guarantees to individuals a right to arms only insofar as they are part of a united & consensual people so that their uprising can be a unified revolution rather than a civil war.
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Subject	United States. Constitution. 2nd Amendment -- History.
	United States.
	United States (2 Amendment.
	États-Unis. Constitution. 2nd Amendment.
	Constitution (United States)
	Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History.
	Firearms -- Law and legislation.
	History.
	Political violence -- United States -- History.
	Political violence.
	Government, Resistance to -- United States -- History.
	Government, Resistance to.
	United States -- Militia.
	Militia.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Computer network resources.
	History.
	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Williams, David C., 1960- Mythic meanings of the Second Amendment. New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2003 0300095627 9780300095623 (DLC) 2002011549 (OCoLC)50228532
ISBN	9780300127553 (electronic book)
	0300127553 (electronic book)
	1281740985
	9781281740984
	9780300095623
	0300095627

Title The mythic meanings of the Second Amendment : taming political violence in a constitutional republic / David C. Williams.

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