| User's Guide to the Second Amendment Contributor(s): Dittmer, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798555100955 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $25.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2012 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Constitutional - Law | Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice |
| Dewey: 344.730 |
| Physical Information: 1.65" H x 7.99" W x 10" (3.55 lbs) 830 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the abridged version of the book. The complete version of the book is normally available in eBook form on Kindle. The most comprehensive collection of source documents mostly excerpts due to the volume of such documents] from the founders, constitutional law scholars, and the courts on the second amendment and the individual civilian right to keep and bear arms.-------------------Editorial Reviews: Library Journal: Dittmer, a citizen expert who is not a historian or legal scholar, has collected here historical documents, philosophical treatises, and legal opinions pertaining to the origins and history of the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, the right to bear arms. Dittmer's coverage extends from the 17th century to recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions. In his commentary, Dittmer takes an expansive view of the amendment. He ranks the right to bear arms as fundamental and places it in the context of the First, Tenth, and 14th amendments. As the right is an individual and collective privilege, Dittmer argues, it should not be subject to restriction by taxation or regulation. He plainly espouses the libertarian, "pro" view that the amendment protects every individual's right to own guns for all legal uses in and outside the home. VERDICT This title will appeal to gun rights advocates and those interested in immersing themselves in the documentary background of the Second Amendment debate.-Mark Jones, Mercantile Lib., Cincinnati-- |
