An incisive account of the origins of the Second Amendment regarding the right to bear arms offers the most comprehensive analysis of the arguments behind the drafting and adoption of the Second Amendment and the intentions of the men who created it.
Does the Second Amendment of the Constitution protect the power of the states to maintain militias or an individual right to guns? Examining the legal development of and debates over the "right to bear arms" from the 1768 imposition of a standing army by the British on Boston through post-hoc constitutional commentary by such figures as St. George Tucker, George Washington, and John Adams, Halbrook (a research fellow with The Independent Institute) finds that the Second Amendment was intended to protect both in complement to each other. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
