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What the Framers Intended: A Linguistic Analysis of the Right to "Bear Arms"
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Pragmatic AnalysisConstitutional LawSecond Amendment PracticeLawCriminal LawSecond Amendment TheoryContemporary ProblemsHandgun ProhibitionCivil Rights ActionsA Constitutional RightCivil LibertyLegal TheoryLegal ProcessDiscourse AnalysisLanguage StudiesConflict Of LawSecond Amendment HistoryHuman RightsIndividual RightsPragmaticsFreedom Of SpeechPhilosophy Of LanguageConstitutional LitigationLegal HistoryBear ArmsLinguistic AnalysisFederal Constitutional LawLinguisticsSocial Justice
Copyright (c) 1986 by Law and Contemporary Problems. J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1978; Ph.D. (Philosophy), Florida State University, 1972. A practicing attorney with offices in Fairfax, Virginia, the author is a member of the bars of Virginia, the District of Columbia, and various federal courts. 1 R. FROTHINGHAM, HISTORY OF THE SIEGE OF BOSTON 95 (6th ed. 1903). 2 The Declaration, passed on July 6, 1775, is reprinted, among other places, in Connecticut Courant, July 17, 1775, at 2 (quote taken from col. 3). 3 Id. at 4, col. 1. 4 Kates, Handgun prohibition and the original meaning of the Second Amendment, 82 MICH. L. REV. 204, 267 (1983). [Copyright © 1986 Law & Contemporary Problems. Originally published as 49 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. 151-162 (1986). For educational use only. The printed edition remains canonical. For citational use please obtain a back issue from William S. Hein & Co., 1285 Main Street, Buffalo, New York 14209; 716-882-2600 or 800-828-7571. Dr. Halbrook is the author of THAT EVERY MAN BE ARMED: THE EVOLUTION OF A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT which may be obtained from www.amazon.com.]