To Keep and Bear Arms; The Origins of an Anglo-American Right

Abstract: Traces the development of the American right to keep and bear arms as embodied in the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution from the body of English Common Law having its origin in the seventeenth century.

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Title: To Keep and Bear Arms; The Origins of an Anglo-American Right Author: Joyce Lee Malcolm Publisher: Harvard University Press Date Published: April 1996 ISBN: 0674893077

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CONTENTS

Preface

Chapter 1: A People Armed

Chapter 2: Bearing Arms through War and Revolution

Chapter 3: The Dissidents Disarmed

Chapter 4: The Gentleman's Game

Chapter 5: Enforcement of Arms Restrictions

Chapter 6: James II and Control of Firearms

Chapter 7: Arms for Their Defense: The Making of a 'True, Ancient, and Indubitable Right'

Chapter 8: The Second Amendment and the English Legacy

Afterword

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