Gun Control: Threat to Liberty or Defense Against Anarchy?
Federal restrictions on the sale and possession of some firearms were introduced during Prohibition when illegal rumrunners battling for territorial rights commonly used machine guns to destroy the opposition. More sweeping legislation was not passed until 1968, and from that time on the struggle has been between pro- and anti-control forces, with more controls created at state and local levels than at the federal level. However, the mood in Washington has turned, and the question now is how...
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A carefully documented, easy-to-read history of public laws and attitudes toward gun ownership from colonial times to the present. The subject comes alive with the debate between pro- and anti-control advocates, especially in their dispute over the meaning of the Second Amendment. Booknews Examines the origins of American notions of personal liberty and the purpose of government, as well as the development of constitutional and municipal laws relating to the private possession of guns and the striking change in public attitudes and social conditions that has occurred, in the US and abroad, over the past 50 years. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1Our European Heritage12Guns and the Constitution113The Militia - Then and Now254Guns and the Law375What the Courts Have Said576What the Public Thinks697The Practice in Other Countries798The Propaganda Campaign, Pro and Con: Phase 1979Propaganda: Phase 211110What Are the Alternatives?141Notes159Bibliography175Index181
\ BooknewsExamines the origins of American notions of personal liberty and the purpose of government, as well as the development of constitutional and municipal laws relating to the private possession of guns and the striking change in public attitudes and social conditions that has occurred, in the US and abroad, over the past 50 years. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
