Title:
Gun rights : interpreting the constitution / Philip Wolny.
Author:
Wolny, Philip, author.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Rosen Publishing Group, Inc., 2015.
Call Number:
KF3941 .W65 2015
Abstract:
"The gun rights issue has been among the most contentious debates since the founding of the United States. This instructive volume offers close but comprehensible readings of the Second Amendment set against the backdrop of fluctuating social and political contexts. Additionally, it documents the evolution of arguments for and against "the right to bear arms." Readers will understand why this provocative issue has continued to rage in the courts and among politicians through the years and may do so for years to come" -- provided by publisher.
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9781477775165
Series:
Understanding the United States Constitution
Understanding the United States Constitution.
Physical Description:
112 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
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Contents:
Guns in revolutionary-era America -- Gun rights and race in Civil War-era America -- Crime fighting and gun control -- The 1960s : interpreting the Second Amendment in a time of upheaval -- "Gun nuts" and "gun grabbers" : the modern gun rights debate -- From Columbine to Sandy Hook and beyond.
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