For the Defense of Themselves and the State: The Original Intent and Judicial Interpretation of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms

by Clayton E. Cramer

Book Overview

This book] provides the kind of scholarly resource that educated citizens need to think for themselves, a rich digest of primary sources documenting--in their own words--the views, motives, and intentions of the Framers, historic commentators, legislators, and judiciary who have debated the right to keep and bear arms from the origins of our republic. Preston K. Covey, Carnegie Mellon University

Beginning with its origins in the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275949133
• ISBN13: 9780275949136
• Release Date: May 1994
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.6"