Background to the Second amendment, : "A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."

Research into the background of the Second Amendment is hampered by its relationship to the current highly emotional debate over gun control. Many otherwise useful secondary sources either ignore the issue completely or give accounts which reflect the controversies of the twentieth century rather th...

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Main Author: Nichols, John Thomas
Format: Others
Published: PDXScholar 1977
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Online Access:https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/2866
https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3873&context=open_access_etds