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Guns, democracy, and the insurrectionist idea /

When gun enthusiasts talk about constitutional liberties guaranteed by the Second Amendment, they are referring to freedom in a general sense, but they also have something more specific in mind--freedom from government oppression. They argue that the only way to keep federal authority in check is to...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Horwitz, Joshua, 1963-
Autres auteurs: Anderson, Casey, 1968-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2009.
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Table des matières:
  • What is the insurrectionist idea?
  • What is the insurrectionist agenda?
  • Who are the insurrectionists?
  • The founding
  • The Civil War and Reconstruction
  • The rise of the Third Reich
  • The meaning of freedom
  • One gun, one vote?
  • Democracy and the monopoly on force
  • Insurrectionism and individual rights
  • Effective democratic institutions.