The Right To Keep and Bear Arms in the United States [Paperback]

Charles A. Weisman (Author)

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The Right to Keep and Bear Arms is a concise and revealing explanation of the facts, principles, history, and law surrounding the fundamental rights to keep and bear arms. Topics include:

A Biblical Perspective -- Covers both the Old and New Testament principles on bearing and using arms, and our Christian rights and duty.
The Origin Of The Right -- Outlines the history of bearing arms from ancient Saxon rights to the American Revolution.
The Militia -- Its character and purpose and how the militia is related to the right to keep and bear arms.
Laws And Rights Under The U.S. Constitution -- Explains the 2nd Amendment, Regulations and Registration, Congressional Limitations.
Arms And The State Constitutions -- Covers the meaning of arms, appropriate regulations, unconstitutional legislation, rules of self-defense.
The Reason And Need For Keeping Arms -- Explains why this right was claimed by free men, and why governments disarm citizens, and why we need arms today.

Contains illustrations with over 175 footnote references, court cases and quotations on the right to keep, bear and use arms for defense against individual acts, government tyranny, or foreign attack.

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Weisman Publications; 3 edition (January 1, 1994)
• ISBN-10: 0966892151
• ISBN-13: 978-0966892154
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,009,684 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Bear arms or wear chains, period., April 3, 2003

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This review is from: The Right To Keep and Bear Arms in the United States (Paperback)

The Right to Keep and Bear Arms is a concise and revealing explanation of the facts, principles, history, and law surrounding the fundamental rights to keep and bear arms. This material has been compiled and written so that Americans may be more informed about one of their most important rights, their right to keep and bear arms.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Too much about using the Bible to justify War, August 2, 2010

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Cwn_Annwn (Copenhagen, Denmark) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Right To Keep and Bear Arms in the United States (Paperback)

It starts with a lot of old testament quotations that he uses as Christian justification to own lots of guns. He also chooses very select quotes from the new testament to justify cruelty and killing. he actually says "the doctrine that emphasizes peace is derived from distorted or perverted passages of scripture. We have to ask why this is and what is the purpose behind distorting the bible for promoting peace?"!!!! He also claims anti-war movements were created by the commies and any body that promotes world peace are the enemies of Christ. Man these Christians are freaking kooks! This guy is no better than those nutty Christian Zionists that want to instigate a biblical armageddon so they can get "raptured" up into the sky.

Next there is some good overview history of the militias and the role they played in the American revolutionary war. He next analyzes the second amendment and states rights pertaining to gun ownership. Then a few pages of quotes from the so called "founding fathers" about the need for an armed populace.

There is some good stuff here and there in this book but between the idiotic Christian stuff and the dryness of the parts where he analyzes the laws pertaining to gun ownership overall I wasn't that impressed with it.