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Whose Right to Bear Arms Did the Second Amendment Protect? (Historians at Work)
Whose Right to Bear Arms Did the Second Amendment Protect - Historians at Work Author:Saul Cornell Whose right to bear arms did the Second Amendment protect? This intriguing question is explored here. Examining how late-eighteenth-century Americans understood the right to bear arms, the selections expose students to ongoing scholarly debates over this topic, providing insight into a number of the most important issues in early American histo... more »riography: the controversy over republicanism and liberalism, the tension between states' rights and individual rights, and the place of rights and revolution in the American constitutional experience.« less