The right to bear arms? : the contested role of history in contemporary debates on the Second Amendment

"The history of firearm use and possession is a topic of considerable contemporary debate. Yet, what do we actually know about firearms in the Anglo-American tradition? How is the history of firearms taught and remembered? In recent years historians and legal scholars have examined different th...

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Main Author: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
Format: BOOK
Language:ENGLISH
Published: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press 2019
Series:A Smithsonian Contribution to Knowledge
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