TY  - BOOK
AU  - Halbrook,Stephen P.
ED  - Independent Institute (Oakland, Calif.)
TI  - The founders' Second Amendment: origins of the right to bear arms 
SN  - 9781566637923 (cloth : acidfree paper)
AV  - KF3941 .H3492 2008
U1  - 344.7305/33 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Chicago, Oakland, Calif.
PB  - Ivan R. Dee, In association with the Independent Institute
KW  - United States
KW  - Constitution
KW  - 2nd Amendment
KW  - History
KW  - Firearms
KW  - Law and legislation
KW  - Constitutional history
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-392) and index; "The inhabitants to be disarmed" -- From the tea party to the powder alarm  -- The arms embargo and search and seizure at the neck -- A shot heard 'round the world and "a cruel act of perfidy" -- "Times that try men's souls"  -- "That the people have a right" -- "A musket to defend these rights" -- A constitution with no bill of rights? -- The "dissent of the minority" -- Virginia tips the scales -- "A majority that is irresistible" -- Mr. Madison's amendments -- The Bill of Rights in the states -- The great militia debate -- Old founders never die, they just fade away -- What does the Second Amendment say?
ER  -