| Physical Description |
555 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-539) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- "In guns we trust": bearing arms in America today -- The antecedents of the Second Amendment -- American Constitutionalism and the Second Amendment -- The transformative nineteenth century -- The gun-rights movement develops -- the NRA commandeers the gun-rights movement -- Gun rights under fire -- the birth of the gun-rights golden age -- Epilogue. |
| Summary |
This study traces the transformation of the right to arms from its inception in English and colonial American law to today's impassioned gun-control debate. Patrick J. Charles shows, what the right to arms means to Americans, as well as what it legally protects, has changed drastically since its first appearance in the 1689 Declaration of Rights. Armed in America explores how and why the right to arms transformed at different points in history. |
| Subject |
Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History.
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Gun control -- United States -- History.
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