That Every Man Be Armed: The Evolution of a Constitutional Right

George Washington Law Review
"The need for careful, impartial information makes Stephen Halbrook’s book especially welcome. . . . comprehensive and well-written."


Don B. Kates, Jr., civil rights and constitutional attorney; editor, Restricting Handguns: The Liberal Skeptics Speak Out
"[M]ust reading for all those interested in the right to possess and acquire firearms."


Sanford V. Levinson, professor of law, University of Texas
"Provides indefatigable research into the Second Amendment, and all serious scholars will eternally be in its debt."


Daniel D. Polsby, professor of law, Northwestern University
Halbrook's pathbreaking book has inaugurated modern second amendment scholarship, and no research can overlook THAT EVERY MAN BE ARMED.


Choice
"That Every Man Be Armed is highly recommended."


Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
"The first scholarly treatise that is both comprehensive and in-depth . . . Suitable for a very wide audience."


Quarterly Journal of Ideology
THAT EVERY MAN BE ARMED is extremely well-documented and is indispensable to anyone seriously interested in understanding the constitutional and other issues involved in the great American gun control debate.


Book Description
This book traces the evolution of the second amendment to the U.S. Constitution---the "right to bear arms"---from ancient Greece and Rome through the "freemen" movement in 18th century France and England to the ratification of the U.S. Constitution and the adoption of the Bill of Rights. Halbrook assembles a systematic interpretation of state and federal legal opinions and Supreme Court decisions. His research shows that the right to bear arms is as fundamental a right under the U.S. Constitution as freedom of speech and freedom of religion.


About the Author
Stephen P. Halbrook is Research Fellow at The Independent Institute. He has taught philosophy and law at Tuskegee Institute, Georgetown University, Howard University, and George Mason University. He has won three cases he argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, including one (Printz v. United States) that overturned portions of the Brady Bill requiring local police to enforce federal gun control regulations.


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