To Keep and Bear Arms

出版者:Harvard Univ Pr

作者:Malcolm, Joyce Lee

页数:254

出版时间:1996-2

价格:$ 29.95

装帧:Pap

isbn号码:9780674893078

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.