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Madison's militia the hidden history of the Second Amendment /

In 'Madison's Militia', Carl Bogus illuminates precisely why James Madison and the First Congress included the right to bear arms in the Bill of Rights-and the reason will surprise readers. This gripping and wide-ranging history overturns the conventional wisdom about the Second Amend...

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Main Author: Bogus, Carl T.,
Other Authors: Oxford Scholarship Online.
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023.
Physical Description: 1 online resource.
Subjects:
Madison, James, -- 1751-1836 -- Influence.
United States. -- Constitution. -- 2nd Amendment.
Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Paramilitary forces -- Law and legislation -- United States -- States -- History -- 18th century.
Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Constitutional history -- United States -- 18th century.
United States -- Militia -- History -- 18th century.

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