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The right to bear arms: rights and liberties under the law
2001, ABC-CLIO
in English
1576073475 9781576073476
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Table of Contents
Origins : the British heritage
The colonial experience
The Constitution
The Bill of Rights
The decline of the old militia system
Supreme Court rulings
Other court rulings
The textbook view
Twentieth-century issues : alternate views
The "right of revolution"
Spreading arguments in the media
Seeking shelter under the Fourteenth Amendment
The Second Amendment and politics
Rights talk
The twenty-first century : the Brady Law, the assault weapons ban, and beyond
The new militia movement
Recent court actions
Escalating Second Amendment rhetoric
Key people, cases, and events
Documents : the Calling Forth Act of 1792
The Uniform Militia Act of 1792
United States v. Cruikshank (1876)
Presser v. Illinois (1886)
United States v. Miller (1939)
Quilici v. Village of Morton Grove (1982)
State right-to-bear-arms provisions
Major party platform statements on gun control.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-256) and index.
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