Submitted by evought on
- Frame the history of the debate over personal and civil defense
- British Common Law and Bill of Rights
- Declaration of Independence and Revolution
- Constitution
Further Reading List:
- Declaration of Independence
- US Constitution
- Missouri Constitution
- "That Every Man Be Armed: The Evolution of a Constitutional Right" Stephen P. Halbrook The Independant Institute, 1984, 1994, 2000
- "The Law" Frederik Bastiat circa 1850
- The Federalist Papers (and Anti-Federalist papers)
- "Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788" Pauline Maier, Simon and Schuster, New York 2010
- "Commentaries on the Laws of England" Sir William Blackstone, circa 1765
Approach to reading:
- Don't accept any author as authoritative!
- Frame the arguments in the context of longstanding debate over Rights, Duties, and Authority.
- When someone claims authority, where does it come from?
- When someone has a Right, what does it mean?
- Who do you owe Duties to?
- How do we balance liberty and civility? Is it really a "balance"?
- What is nature of crime and punishment?
- I select quotes often because they are the most conservative: define edges of debate.