Williams, David C.,  1960- <br/><br/>
The mythic meanings of the Second Amendment :  taming political violence in a constitutional republic / 
David C. Williams. 
 - New Haven :  Yale University Press,  c2003. 
 - x, 397 p. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>The background of the framers' thinking -- The history of the Second Amendment -- The original legal meaning of the Second Amendment and the military provisions of the constitution -- Antirevolutionists -- Libertarians and populists -- The militia movement's theory of the Second Amendment -- Outgroups and the Second Amendment -- The silent crisis -- Redeeming the people. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0300095627 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002011549 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. 2nd Amendment  Constitution. --History.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Firearms--Law and legislation--History.--United States<br/>Political violence--History.--United States<br/>Government, Resistance to--History.--United States
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Militia.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KF4558 2nd  / .W55 2003 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>344.73/0533