Armed in America : a history of gun rights from colonial militias to concealed carry / Patrick J. Charles.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781633883130
- ISBN: 1633883132
- Physical Description: 555 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-539) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | "In guns we trust" : bearing arms in America today -- The antecedents of the Second Amendment -- American Constitutionalism and the Second Amendment -- The transformative nineteenth century -- The gun-rights movement develops -- The NRA commandeers the gun-rights movement -- Gun rights under fire -- The birth of the gun-rights golden age -- Epilogue. |
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Genre: | History. |
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Patrick J. Charles is the author of Historicism, Originalism and the Constitution: The Use and Abuse of History in American Jurisprudence and The Second Amendment: The Intent and Its Interpretation by the States and the Supreme Court as well as numerous articles in law journals. His writings on the history of the Second Amendment have been cited by Second, Fourth, Seventh, Ninth, and DC Circuit Courts of Appeals, and his book The Second Amendment was cited by Justice Stephen Breyer in the landmark Supreme Court decision McDonald v. City of Chicago. Charles currently serves as a senior historian for United States Special Operations Command, located at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. In 2016 and 2014, Charles was awarded the Allan S. Major Award, and is the only two-time recipient of the award. The Major Award is given annually to recognize the top history program out of the over 170 wings and groups in the United States Air Force. Additionally, in 2008, Charles received the Judge John R. Brown Award for Excellence in Legal Writing. The Judge Brown award is given annually to recognize the top law school student note, article, or unpublished paper in the United States.