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9780195147865
Americans are deeply divided over the Second Amendment. This book shows that the Founders understood the right to bear arms as a civic right - an obligation citizens owed to the state to arm themselves so that they could participate in a well regulated militia. It also charts how we have arrived at our modern impasse over guns.Cornell, Saul is the author of 'Well-Regulated Militia The Founding Fathers And the Origins of Gun Control in America', published 2006 under ISBN 9780195147865 and ISBN 0195147863.
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