01460cam a2200265 i 4500 545763388 TxAuBib 120808s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780826352989 pbk. : alk. paper 0826352987 pbk. : alk. paper (OCoLC)3099 DLC eng rda DLC YDXCP HHO BWX EDK CDX VP@ CGU OCLCF TxAuBib rda Halbrook, Stephen P. That every man be armed : the evolution of a constitutional right / Stephen P. Halbrook. Revised and updated edition. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2013. xxiii, 312 pages ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-299) and index. Introduction : firearms prohibition and constitutional rights -- The elementary books of public right -- The common law of England -- The American Revolution and the Second Amendment -- Antebellum interpretations -- Freedmen, firearms, and the Fourteenth Amendment -- The Supreme Court speaks -- State and federal judicial opinions. Publishers description: A revised and updated edition of Halbrooks 1984 book discussing the Second Amendment and the individual right to bear arms. Firearms Law and legislation United States.