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Author: James Ostrowski Publisher: ISBN: 9780974925332 Category : Languages : en Pages :
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Second Amendment attorney James Ostrowski argues that the right to bear arms has been under sustained attack because its true purposes have been misunderstood and its record distorted by irrational ideologues. Its main and interrelated purposes are to preserve a republican form of government and deter various forms of government tyranny. He argues that the Second Amendment has been a magnificent success in those regards as the United States is one of the world's oldest functioning constitutional republics and has avoided many of the tragedies that have befallen other countries when the population has been disarmed including democide, the mass murder of civilians by the state. A well-armed civilian population also deters coups d'etat and helps protect civil liberties such as free speech and public assembly. Ostrowski notes the frequency of coups and the shooting of unarmed demonstrators in countries which lack the right to bear arms. Ostrowski argues that the Second Amendment has also fulfilled its secondary mission, to allow Americans to protect themselves from criminals when the police are absent, which is almost always. He argues that crime is lowest in areas where the population is well-armed and that any impression to the contrary is the result of ideological propaganda and studies funded by opponents of thy right to bear arms. he urges that the Second Amendment movement adopt new strategies and tactics and better present its case to the public and to groups such as young people who have only heard the gun control side of the argument in school and through the media.
Author: James Ostrowski Publisher: ISBN: 9780974925332 Category : Languages : en Pages :
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Second Amendment attorney James Ostrowski argues that the right to bear arms has been under sustained attack because its true purposes have been misunderstood and its record distorted by irrational ideologues. Its main and interrelated purposes are to preserve a republican form of government and deter various forms of government tyranny. He argues that the Second Amendment has been a magnificent success in those regards as the United States is one of the world's oldest functioning constitutional republics and has avoided many of the tragedies that have befallen other countries when the population has been disarmed including democide, the mass murder of civilians by the state. A well-armed civilian population also deters coups d'etat and helps protect civil liberties such as free speech and public assembly. Ostrowski notes the frequency of coups and the shooting of unarmed demonstrators in countries which lack the right to bear arms. Ostrowski argues that the Second Amendment has also fulfilled its secondary mission, to allow Americans to protect themselves from criminals when the police are absent, which is almost always. He argues that crime is lowest in areas where the population is well-armed and that any impression to the contrary is the result of ideological propaganda and studies funded by opponents of thy right to bear arms. he urges that the Second Amendment movement adopt new strategies and tactics and better present its case to the public and to groups such as young people who have only heard the gun control side of the argument in school and through the media.
Author: Stephen P. Halbrook Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 1538129671 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 449
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Stephen P. Halbrook's The Founders' Second Amendment is the first book-length account of the origins of the Second Amendment, based on the Founders' own statements as found in newspapers, correspondence, debates, and resolutions. Mr. Halbrook investigates the period from 1768 to 1826, from the last years of British rule and the American Revolution through to the adoption of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, and the passing of the Founders' generation. His book offers the most comprehensive analysis of the arguments behind the drafting and adoption of the Second Amendment, and the intentions of the men who created it.
Author: Saul Cornell Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan ISBN: 9780312228187 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 188
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This intriguing book examines how late-eighteenth-century Americans understood the right to bear arms. The selections expose readers to ongoing scholarly debates over this topic, providing insight into a number of the most important issues in early American historiography: the controversy over republicanism and liberalism, the tension between states' rights and individual rights, and the place of rights and revolution in the American constitutional experience.
Author: Joseph Blocher Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1107158699 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 217
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Provides the first comprehensive post-Heller account of the Second Amendment as constitutional law - dispelling many myths along the way.
Author: Fredrick E. Ayres Publisher: Harvard University Press ISBN: 0674241096 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 257
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How ordinary Americans, frustrated by the legal and political wrangling over the Second Amendment, can fight for reforms that will both respect gun owners’ rights and reduce gun violence. Efforts to reduce gun violence in the United States face formidable political and constitutional barriers. Legislation that would ban or broadly restrict firearms runs afoul of the Supreme Court’s current interpretation of the Second Amendment. And gun rights advocates have joined a politically savvy firearm industry in a powerful coalition that stymies reform. Ian Ayres and Fredrick Vars suggest a new way forward. We can decrease the number of gun deaths, they argue, by empowering individual citizens to choose common-sense gun reforms for themselves. Rather than ask politicians to impose one-size-fits-all rules, we can harness a libertarian approach—one that respects and expands individual freedom and personal choice—to combat the scourge of gun violence. Ayres and Vars identify ten policies that can be immediately adopted at the state level to reduce the number of gun-related deaths without affecting the rights of gun owners. For example, Donna’s Law, a voluntary program whereby individuals can choose to restrict their ability to purchase or possess firearms, can significantly decrease suicide rates. Amending Red Flag statutes, which allow judges to restrict access to guns when an individual has shown evidence of dangerousness, can give police flexible and effective tools to keep people safe. Encouraging the use of unlawful possession petitions can help communities remove guns from more than a million Americans who are legally disqualified from owning them. By embracing these and other new forms of decentralized gun control, the United States can move past partisan gridlock and save lives now.
Author: Jennifer Carlson Publisher: Princeton University Press ISBN: 0691205868 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 296
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An urgent look at the relationship between guns, the police, and race The United States is steeped in guns, gun violence—and gun debates. As arguments rage on, one issue has largely been overlooked—Americans who support gun control turn to the police as enforcers of their preferred policies, but the police themselves disproportionately support gun rights over gun control. Yet who do the police believe should get gun access? When do they pursue aggressive enforcement of gun laws? And what part does race play in all of this? Policing the Second Amendment unravels the complex relationship between the police, gun violence, and race. Rethinking the terms of the gun debate, Jennifer Carlson shows how the politics of guns cannot be understood—or changed—without considering how the racial politics of crime affect police attitudes about guns. Drawing on local and national newspapers, interviews with close to eighty police chiefs, and a rare look at gun licensing processes, Carlson explores the ways police talk about guns, and how firearms are regulated in different parts of the country. Examining how organizations such as the National Rifle Association have influenced police perspectives, she describes a troubling paradox of guns today—while color-blind laws grant civilians unprecedented rights to own, carry, and use guns, people of color face an all-too-visible system of gun criminalization. This racialized framework—undergirding who is “a good guy with a gun” versus “a bad guy with a gun”—informs and justifies how police understand and pursue public safety. Policing the Second Amendment demonstrates that the terrain of gun politics must be reevaluated if there is to be any hope of mitigating further tragedies.
Author: Charles E Cobb Jr. Publisher: Basic Books ISBN: 0465080952 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 322
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Visiting Martin Luther King Jr. at the peak of the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott, journalist William Worthy almost sat on a loaded pistol. "Just for self defense," King assured him. It was not the only weapon King kept for such a purpose; one of his advisors remembered the reverend's Montgomery, Alabama home as "an arsenal." Like King, many ostensibly "nonviolent" civil rights activists embraced their constitutional right to selfprotection -- yet this crucial dimension of the Afro-American freedom struggle has been long ignored by history. In This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed, civil rights scholar Charles E. Cobb Jr. describes the vital role that armed self-defense played in the survival and liberation of black communities in America during the Southern Freedom Movement of the 1960s. In the Deep South, blacks often safeguarded themselves and their loved ones from white supremacist violence by bearing -- and, when necessary, using -- firearms. In much the same way, Cobb shows, nonviolent civil rights workers received critical support from black gun owners in the regions where they worked. Whether patrolling their neighborhoods, garrisoning their homes, or firing back at attackers, these courageous men and women and the weapons they carried were crucial to the movement's success. Giving voice to the World War II veterans, rural activists, volunteer security guards, and self-defense groups who took up arms to defend their lives and liberties, This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed lays bare the paradoxical relationship between the nonviolent civil rights struggle and the Second Amendment. Drawing on his firsthand experiences in the civil rights movement and interviews with fellow participants, Cobb provides a controversial examination of the crucial place of firearms in the fight for American freedom.
Author: Hana Bajramovic Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR) ISBN: 1250224276 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 256
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Discover the truth about the Second Amendment, the NRA, and the United States’ centuries-long fight over guns in this first-of-its-kind book for middle grade readers. "A compelling, clear analysis of one of our country’s oldest dilemmas: how to balance gun rights with public safety. It tells the full and true story of the Second Amendment, and points to a way to bring sanity to our gun laws. A remarkable primer for all ages." —Michael Waldman, author of The Second Amendment: A Biography For the majority of the United States’ history, the right to own a gun belonged to a “well regulated militia.” That changed in 2008 with the historic District of Columbia v. Heller case, which ruled that the Second Amendment protected an individual’s right. In the years since, the debate over gun legislation has reached a crescendo. And the issue grows ever relevant to children across America, with an estimated three million exposed to shootings every year. From metal detectors to see-through backpacks to shooting drills, kids face daily reminders of the threat of guns. Hana Bajramovic's Whose Right Is It? The Second Amendment and the Fight Over Guns reveals how a once obscure amendment became the focus of daily heated debate. Filled with historical photos and informative graphics, the book will show young readers how gun legislation has always been a part of American history and how money, power, and systemic racism have long dictated our ability to own guns. A Junior Library Guild Selection "Hana Bajramovic provides readers with a compelling overview on the history of guns in the United States and the changing, conflicting interpretations of the Second Amendment certain to stimulate conversation and thinking on the part of future generations." —Award-winning author Doreen Rappaport
Author: Allan J. Lichtman Publisher: Macmillan + ORM ISBN: 1250244412 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 162
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A radical case for the repeal of the 2nd Amendment as the only way to control gun violence in America There's an average of one mass shooting per day in the United States. Given the ineffectiveness of the gun control lobby, it's time for a strategy with spine. In Repeal the Second Amendment, Allan J. Lichtman has written the first book that uses history, legal theory and up-to-the-minute data to make a compelling case for the amendment’s repeal in order to create a clear road to sensible gun control in the US. Repeal the Second Amendment explores both the true history and current interpretation of the Second Amendment to expose the NRA’s blatant historical manipulations and irresponsible fake news releases. Lichtman looks at the history of firearms and gun regulations from colonial times to the present to explain how a historically forgotten sentence in the Constitution has become a flash point of recent politics that benefits only the gun industry, their lobbyists, and the politicians on their payroll. He probes court decisions and the effective lobbying and public relations strategies of the gun lobby as well as the ineffectiveness of the gun control movement for lessons in doing better. What emerges is a clear and cogent plan--repeal and replace the Second Amendment without taking guns away from anyone who has them now--to make the US a safer place. It's time to Repeal the Second Amendment, and Allan Lichtman is the man to bring this radical plan to America.
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