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"Weapons have been a source of political and legal debate for centuries. Aristotle considered the possession of arms a fundamental source of political power and wrote that tyrants "mistrust the people and deprive them of their arms." Today ownership of weapons -- whether handguns or m...

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Other Authors: Umphrey, Martha Merrill (Editor), Douglas, Lawrence (Editor), Sarat, Austin (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
United States. > Constitution. > 2nd Amendment.
Constitution (United States)
Gun control.
Firearms > Law and legislation.
LAW > Essays.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Armes à feu > Contrôle > États-Unis.
Gun control > United States.
Firearms > Law and legislation > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; An Introduction: The Contested Legal Meanings of Guns; Chapter 1. The Changing Meaning of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms: 1688-1788: Neglected Common Law Contexts of the Second Amendment Debate; Chapter 2. The Expressive Second Amendment; Chapter 3. Guns, Interpretation, and Executive Branch Constitutionalism; Chapter 4. The Hard, Simple Truth about Gun Control; Chapter 5. Merely Regulation?: How Gun Law Matters for Public Law Enforcement
  • Chapter 6. Good Moms with Guns: Individual and Relational Rights in the Home, Family, and SocietyContributors; Index; Back Cover

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