The Founders' Second Amendment

Origins of the Right to Bear Arms, Updated Edition

Stephen P. Halbrook

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.

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 456 • Trim: 6 x 9

978-1-5381-2966-1 • Paperback • January 2019 • $36.00 • (£30.00)

978-1-5381-2967-8 • eBook • January 2019 • $34.00 • (£25.00)

Subjects: History / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), History / United States / 19th Century, Political Science / History & Theory

The Founders' Second Amendment

Origins of the Right to Bear Arms, Updated Edition

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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.

Details

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 456 • Trim: 6 x 9

978-1-5381-2966-1 • Paperback • January 2019 • $36.00 • (£30.00)

978-1-5381-2967-8 • eBook • January 2019 • $34.00 • (£25.00)

Subjects: History / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), History / United States / 19th Century, Political Science / History & Theory

Author

Stephen P. Halbrook is Research Fellow at The Independent Institute and received his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and a Ph.D. in social philosophy from Florida State University. His other books include That Every Man Be Armed: The Evolution of a Constitutional Right; Freedmen, the Fourteenth Amendment, and the Right to Bear Arms; Firearms Law Deskbook; and A Right to Bear Arms.

Features

7/22/20: Book featured in two major gun collector outlets, GunMag.com and Hunting Insider ; “Renown Second Amendment Author’s Landmark Book Updated.”
Link: http://www.thegunmag.com/halbrooks-book-on-2a-origins-updated-reissued/

The Founders' Second Amendment

Origins of the Right to Bear Arms, Updated Edition

Stephen P. Halbrook

The Founders' Second Amendment

Origins of the Right to Bear Arms, Updated Edition

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