Les Adams

Autor(a) de The Second Amendment Primer: A Citizen's Guidebook to the History, Sources, and Authorities for the Constitutional Guarantee of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms

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Obras de Les Adams

The Bill of Rights Primer: A Citizen's Guidebook to the American Bill of Rights (2002) — Autor — 74 cópias

The American Freedoms Primer: A Citizen's Guidebook to the Most Celebrated Declarations of American Liberty (2004) 26 cópias

Shoot-Em-Ups: The Complete Reference Guide to Westerns of the Sound Era (1978) 9 cópias

Three Legends of Outlaws: the Lives, Deaths and Lives of Joaquin Murieta, Jesse James and John Wesley Hardin (part of… (2008) 5 cópias

District of Columbia V. Heller: An Anatomy of the Supreme Court's Landmark Second Amendment Decision (2008) 4 cópias

AMERICAN HERITAGE LIBRARY: SECOND AMENDMENT PRIMER (Leather) 2 cópias

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Nacionalidade: USA

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The Second Amendment Primer: A Citizens' Guidebook… de Les Adams

A good review of the history behind the Second Amendment. Adams compiles statements by Founders, thinkers, lawyers, Brits, Americans, Supreme Court justices, and anybody else to determine exactly what the enigmatic Second Amendment actually means. The verdict is a correct one: the people (that's everyone, the same thing "people" means in every other amendment) are the militia, and they are allowed to keep and bear arms for the public peace, self-defense, and as a check against tyranny. Nuff said.… (mais)