Origins and Development of the Second Amendment

95, [1] pages. DJ has some wear, tears and soiling. Some edge soiling. David T. Hardy (born February 25, 1951), is an American private attorney and has practiced law since 1975. A graduate of the University of Arizona Law School, he previously served as an attorney with the U.S. Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C., for ten years and now lives in Tucson, Arizona, where he practices law. He is an ardent defender of the Second Amendment, as well as of the First Amendment, is a widely published author, primarily on Second Amendment issues, and a critic of the filmmaker Michael Moore. Hardy has also written numerous legal journal articles and books, on Second and Fourteenth Amendment issues as well as on the origins of gun control in America. His writings have figured prominently in numerous court cases, being commonly cited in amicus briefs and directly in the majority opinion and Clarence Thomas's concurrence in McDonald v. Chicago. He has also been cited in several court cases such as District of Columbia v. Heller, 128 S. Ct. 2783 - Supreme Court 2008 and Hardy v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms 631 F. 2d 653 - Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, 1980. The work is a masterpiece of concisely explaining the origin of the Second Amendment from a thousand years ago up to the present. It is must reading for any Second Amendment supporter. It shows the development of the right through English law. The book addresses: A thousand years developing: arms bearing before 1640 --The crucial half-century: 1639-1689 --An armed people: prologue to Revolution --Appeal to arms: the American Revolution--A national constitution: but no bill of rights --The drafting of the Bill of Rights --Contemporary discussions of the Second Amendment --The right to keep and bear arms in the courts.…