Gerber, Larry

Summary: Looks at the Second Amendment to the U.S. constitution, examining the state of the world before it was passed, how it came to be passed, how the right to bear arms has been handled over the years, and the current controversy over gun regulation.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Central 2011

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Amar, Akhil Reed

Summary: "From Illinois to Alabama, and from Florida to Utah, our laws and legal debates arise from distinctive local settings within our vast and varied nation. As the renowned scholar Akhil Amar explains, Abraham Lincoln's argument against the legality of succession can be traced to his Midwestern upbringing, just as a close look at the Florida legislature and state Supreme Court reveals the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books, A Member of the Perseus Books Group 2015

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Summary: This look at how gun violence affects us today, how we got there and what we can do to reduce it features contributions from over a dozen experts and policymakers in the field.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Melville House 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.33 TOO

Winkler, Adam.

Summary: "Author Adam Winkler, a professor of Constitutional law, uses the landmark 2008 case District of Columbia v. Heller, which invalidated a law banning handguns in the nation's Capitol, as a springboard for a historical narrative of America's four-centuries-long political battle over gun control and the right to bear arms. From the Founding Fathers and the Second Amendment to the origins of the Ku...

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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Co. 2011

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Anderson, Carol (Carol Elaine)

Summary: Investigates the history and impact of the Second Amendment, how it was designed, and how it has been constructed from the start to keep African Americans powerless and vulnerable.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2021

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Lichtman, Allan J.

Summary: "A radical case for the repeal of the 2nd Amendment as the only way to control gun violence in America There's an average of one mass shooting per day in the United States. Given the ineffectiveness of the gun control lobby, it's time for a strategy with spine. In Repeal the Second Amendment, Allan J. Lichtman has written the first book that uses history, legal theory and up-to-the-minute data...

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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2020

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Waldman, Michael

Summary: "By the president of the prestigious Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, the life story of the most controversial, volatile, misunderstood provision of the Bill of Rights. At a time of renewed debate over guns in America, what does the Second Amendment mean? This book looks at history to provide some surprising, illuminating answers. The Amendment was written to calm public fear...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2014

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Adams, Les.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Pub. 2013

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Harris, Duchess

Summary: "The Thirteenth Amendment is one of the most important acts in the legal history of the United States. It is often said that the amendment abolished slavery. But its legacy is more complicated than that. The Thirteenth Amendment outlawed slavery except as a form of punishment. Southerners seized on this loophole. They unjustly arrested thousands of Black people. Black convicts were forced to do...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Publishing 2020

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J325.2609 HAR