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To Keep and Bear Arms : The Origins of an Anglo-American Right
Overview
Joyce Malcolm illuminates the historical facts underlying the current passionate debate about gun-related violence, the Brady Bill, the NRA, revealing the original meaning and intentions behind the individual right to bear arms. Few on either side of the Atlantic realize that this extraordinary, controversial, and least understood liberty was a direct legacy of English law. This book explains how the Englishmen's hazardous duty evolved into a right, and how it was transferred to America and transformed into the Second Amendment.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780674893078
- ISBN-10: 0674893077
- Publisher: Harvard University Press
- Publish Date: February 1996
- Dimensions: 9.21 x 6.1 x 0.59 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.72 pounds
- Page Count: 254
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