Gun rights : interpreting the constitution

Summary: "The gun rights issue has been among the most contentious debates since the founding of the United States. This instructive volume offers close but comprehensible readings of the Second Amendment set against the backdrop of fluctuating social and political contexts. Additionally, it documents the evolution of arguments for and against "the right to bear arms." Readers will understand why this provocative issue has continued to rage in the courts and among politicians through the years and may do so for years to come" --

Item details

ISBN: 9781477775165 (library bound)
ISBN: 1477775161 (library bound)
Physical Description: print
112 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Rosen Publishing Group, Inc., 2015.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 100-107) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Guns in revolutionary-era America -- Gun rights and race in Civil War-era America -- Crime fighting and gun control -- The 1960s : interpreting the Second Amendment in a time of upheaval -- "Gun nuts" and "gun grabbers" : the modern gun rights debate -- From Columbine to Sandy Hook and beyond.