To Keep and Bear Arms

Joyce Malcolm illuminates the historical facts underlying the debate about gun-related violence, the Brady Bill, and the NRA, revealing the original meaning and intentions behind the individual right to "bear arms". Few on either side of the Atlantic realize that this liberty was a direct legacy of [...]
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Joyce Malcolm illuminates the historical facts underlying the debate about gun-related violence, the Brady Bill, and the NRA, revealing the original meaning and intentions behind the individual right to "bear arms". Few on either side of the Atlantic realize that this liberty was a direct legacy of English law. This book explains how the Englishmen's duty evolved into a right, and how it was transferred to America and transformed into the Second Amendment.