What are some must-read 2A books
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whistlersmother
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Gun Control in the Third Reich by Halbrook - not exactly 2A, but historical perspective is interesting
EarnestT
In the hollow
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PowPow
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This is a good one to get a perspective of the politics. It's packed with facts and statistics. It was put out by the Second Amendment Foundation in Dec 2019:
Gun Facts and Myths
https://www.amazon.com/Gun-Facts-Myths-Amendment-Foundation/dp/0936783702/
Gun Facts and Myths
https://www.amazon.com/Gun-Facts-Myths-Amendment-Foundation/dp/0936783702/
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hillbilly grandpa
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In my opinion THE two volumes that form the core of a library of 2A volumes are, first, The Founders' View of the Right to Bear Arms by David E. Young, and, second, his The Origin of the Second Amendment: A Documentary History of the Bill of Rights 1787-1792. The second volume is a compend of texts from primary documents cited in the first volume. These volumes aren't cheap, but they're worth it. Young was cited by 23 parties filing amicus briefs in Heller--on both sides of the issue! Young's discussion is deep and broad. The historical texts quoted are invaluable. These volumes are like buying high end optics--"buy the best, cry once."
A valuable secondary volume is Stephen P. Halbrook's The Founders' Second Amendment: Origins of the Right to Bear Arms.
A valuable secondary volume is Stephen P. Halbrook's The Founders' Second Amendment: Origins of the Right to Bear Arms.
PowPow
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(John Lott)
Yes! I read the second edition a couple years ago. The last 20% of it is notes, which is always a good sign.
Doco Overboard
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The Kama Sutra.
This ancient Indian Sanskrit will help you understand the self-fulfillment and emotional perversions regarding those that want to corrupt our enumerated rights.
I would also read any anti second amendment literature that may interest you. The better you can understand the enemies of liberty the easier they may be defeated.
This ancient Indian Sanskrit will help you understand the self-fulfillment and emotional perversions regarding those that want to corrupt our enumerated rights.
I would also read any anti second amendment literature that may interest you. The better you can understand the enemies of liberty the easier they may be defeated.
Anything written by Stephen Hunter (Bob Swagger series).
Blacksmith101
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The Federalist Papers.
"To Keep And Bear Arms," by Joyce Lee Malcolm. A very good historian, and someone who will walk you through the old English common law right to self defense and keeping of arms, and right through the founders' thinking when they wrote the 2A.
She, by the way, is "the nice girl who saved the second amendment," by providing some of the central research and documentation that helped Heller go the way it did. She's the unsung hero that helped us all dodge a huge counter-constitutional freight train if we'd lost Heller.
She, by the way, is "the nice girl who saved the second amendment," by providing some of the central research and documentation that helped Heller go the way it did. She's the unsung hero that helped us all dodge a huge counter-constitutional freight train if we'd lost Heller.
Some great recommendations, thanks! Just picked up Stephen Halbrook's book. I will look to add the others as well.
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