Title To keep and bear arms : the origins of an Anglo-American right / Joyce Lee Malcolm.

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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	KF4558 2nd .M35 1996 1996	Available	---

Description	xii, 232 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography	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
Subject	Constitutional amendments -- United States.
	Constitutional amendments.
	United States.
	Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History.
	Firearms -- Law and legislation.
	History.
	Constitutional history -- United States.
	Constitutional history.
	Firearms -- Law and legislation -- England -- History.
	England.
Indexed Term	Firearms Law History
	United States
Subject	Constitutional law -- United States -- Amendments -- 2nd.
	Constitutional history -- United States.
ISBN	0674893069 acid-free paper
	0674893077 paperback