Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-223) and index.
Contents
1. A people armed -- 2. Bearing arms through war and revolution -- 3. The dissidents disarmed -- 4. The gentleman's game -- 5. Enforcement of arms restrictions -- 6. James II and control of firearms -- 7. Arms for their defence: the making of a "true, ancient, and indubitable right" -- 8. The Second Amendment and the English legacy.
Note
First Harvard University Press paperback edition, 1996