{"product_id":"a-right-to-bear-arms-state-and-federal-bills-of-rights-and-constitutional-guarantees-hardcover","title":"A Right to Bear Arms: State and Federal Bills of Rights and Constitutional Guarantees - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephen P. Halbrook\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe right to keep and bear arms was considered a fundamental, individual right in the original 14 states (the 13 colonies and Vermont) from the pre-Revolutionary period through the adoption of the federal Bill of Rights in 1791. \u003ci\u003eA Right to Bear Arms\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to demonstrate the deprivation of this right as a causal factor to the American Revolution. The book also examines the significance of the right to bear arms in each of the first states and the state influences on the adoption of the Second Amendment to the federal Constitution. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the first book ever published on the immediate origins of the right to bear arms in the state and federal bill of rights. The work relies primarily on original sources such as period newspapers, constitutional convention debates, and the writings of the framers of the first state constitutions. The epilogue, Constitutional Conventions in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, accounts for changes in the bills of rights that have affected the issue of the right to bear arms. Considering the bicentennial of the federal Bill of Rights, being celebrated in 1989-1991, and the current gun control controversy, this book is a valuable source to historians, political scientists, law libraries, and special interest groups.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSTEPHEN P. HALBROOK, an attorney at law, is a member of the Virginia and D.C. Bars, the U.S. Supreme Court Bar, and several federal appellate court bars. His previous books include: \u003ci\u003eThat Every Man Should Be Armed: The Evolution of a Constitutional Right and Social Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e. Halbrook has written articles that appeared in the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Air Law and Commerce\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGeorge Mason University Law Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVermont Law Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLaw and Contemporary Problems\u003c\/i\u003e, and various Congressional reports.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 173\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 9.59 x 6.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 24, 1989\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45333102657638,"sku":"9780313265396","price":194.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/aHNkdkY1bE5hcHJLVTZXVlZ5R29xQT09.webp?v=1774428549","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/a-right-to-bear-arms-state-and-federal-bills-of-rights-and-constitutional-guarantees-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}