Title African Americans and the insurrectionary Second Amendment / by Darrrell A.H. Miller, Melvin G. Shimm Professor of Law, Duke Law School

Published [New York] : Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, June 2021

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Description 1 online resource (11 pages) Contents Introduction -- The insurrectionary Second Amendment -- Slave laws, slave revolts, and insurrectionist theory -- Insurrectionism and the American civil rights movement -- Political process, political morality, and equitable estoppel Summary "The moral and historical foundations of the insurrectionary Second Amendment must reckon with this paradox: African Americans, the Americans with the most right to resist tyranny, forswore violence as a tool of political change in favor of peaceful political protest"--Summary, Brennan Center website Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 8-11) Notes Description based on online resource, viewed September 27, 2021 Subject United States. Constitution. 2nd Amendment. SUBJECT Constitution (United States) fast Subject Political violence -- United States Nonviolence -- United States African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. African Americans -- Violence against. Firearms ownership -- Political aspects -- United States Slave rebellions -- United States Revolutions -- United States African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. African Americans -- Violence against Nonviolence Political violence Revolutions Slave rebellions United States Genre/Form essays. Discursive works Essays Essays. Discursive works. Essais. Discours et échanges. Form Electronic book Author Brennan Center for Justice, issuing body.

Other Titles At head of title: Protests, insurrection, and the Second Amendment

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