That Every Man Be Armed
That Every Man Be Armed

That Every Man Be Armed

The Evolution of a Constitutional Right

HISTORY

275 Pages, 6 x 9

Formats: Paperback

Paperback, $19.95 (US $19.95) (CA $29.95)

Publication Date: March 1994

ISBN 9780945999386

Price: $19.95
 
 

Overview

This is an authoritative study of the second amendment, using history and current-day analysis. It is one of the only scholarly works on the subject, but has proven widely accessible. Halbrook traces the origins of the Second Amendment back to ancient Greece and Rome, and then through the “freemen” movement in 18th-century England and France. He demonstrates that the framers of the Constitution were conscious of such history when they drafted the Second Amendment, and that the Second Amendment was clearly intended to allow possession of firearms not just for defense of personal life and property but also to prevent government infringement of human liberties. His meticulous, thorough scholarship demonstrates that the right to bear arms is as fundamental a right under the Constitution as freedom of speech and freedom of religion.

Reviews

“The definitive book on the historical and legal development of the Second Amendment and our right to bear arms.” —Senator Orrin G. Hatch

Author Biography

Stephen P. Halbrook has taught philosophy and law at Tuskegee Institute, Georgetown University, Howard University, and George Mason University. He has won three cases he argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, including Printz v. United States, which overturned portions of the “Brady Bill” requiring local police to enforce federal gun control regulations.

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