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Thread: Books on the 2nd Amendment
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July 29th, 2010, 12:21 AM #1
Books on the 2nd Amendment
Alright, I'm trying to gather together a small library on well-written books, studies, and other published works, relating to the 2nd Amendment, and I'd like to hear the recommendations of forum members.
Specifically, I'm trying to put together a library that covers a wide range of firearms topics specifically.
1) History, both on the drafting of the second amendment and on the history of gun-legislation in the US (and/or other countries as well), especially looking for a good text about firearms law after the civil war
2) Guns & Religion, always an interesting topic (includes basic self-defense and religion)
3) Anti-gun books, looking for the most "respected" of the opposition
4) Collaborations on firearms statistics, any works that publish and discuss more than 1 statistical study (respected studies mainly, and the studies need to be the focus of the work)
5) legislative specific texts (published works relating to one specific type of firearms law)
6) Respected texts or published works on crimes committed with firearms
This is all for a "project" I'm working on, that I'd like to have 50 or so respected texts to read, review and study, and cite from. Some of you may be able to figure out what I'm doing, but I will neither confirm nor deny what this project is until a later point in time.
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July 29th, 2010, 02:48 AM #2Banned
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July 29th, 2010, 03:23 AM #3
Re: Books on the 2nd Amendment
ironsight,
this is a good book:
They Came for Our Guns, They Came for Our Freedom
http://www.amazon.com/They-Came-Guns.../dp/0984296301
says amazon doesn't have any...at the 2A rally, they were giving them away for free.Peace, Prosperity, and Liberty
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July 29th, 2010, 05:48 AM #4Grand Member
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Re: Books on the 2nd Amendment
The Federalist Papers. Most of which can be found on the internet for free. It gives a lot of background on many issues, among them, the 2A.
ETA= Was it John Lott that did a study that turned out to be pro firearms? It's a good study anyway whether it is the one I am thinking or not. I was thinking he started slightly believing anti stance regarding more guns=more crime but saw it wasn't so.Last edited by TaePo; July 29th, 2010 at 05:53 AM.
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July 29th, 2010, 09:55 AM #5Grand Member
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Re: Books on the 2nd Amendment
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The Founders' Second Amendment: Origins of the Right to Bear Arms by Stephen Halbrook
To Keep and Bear Arms, the Origin of an Anglo-American Right by Joyce Lee Malcolm
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Gun Violence: The Real Costs, by Cook and Ludwig
Check out Cook's views on alcohol control, too.
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July 29th, 2010, 10:14 AM #6
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July 29th, 2010, 05:47 PM #7
Re: Books on the 2nd Amendment
we actually have all the federalist and anti-federalist papers available online:
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http://www.parevolution.com/educatio...eralist-papers
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http://www.parevolution.com/educatio...eralist-papersPeace, Prosperity, and Liberty
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