It was during the eighteenth century - a period of boastful satisfaction with the nice balances within the English constitution - that Englishmen came to accept the Whig view of the utility of an armed citizenry. The armed citizen was… — Joyce Lee Malcolm Copy Share Image
The right of ordinary citizens to possess weapons is the most extraordinary, most controversial, and least understood of those liberties secured by Englishmen and bequeathed to their American colonists. It lies at the very heart of the relationship between the… — Joyce Lee Malcolm Copy Share Image
It was during the eighteenth century - a period of boastful satisfaction with the nice balances within the English constitution - that Englishmen came… — Joyce Lee Malcolm Copy Share Image
The right of ordinary citizens to possess weapons is the most extraordinary, most controversial, and least understood of those liberties secured by Englishmen and… — Joyce Lee Malcolm Copy Share Image
“Leniency toward criminals contrasted starkly with severity toward the law-abiding citizen’s right to defend himself or herself.” — Joyce Lee Malcolm Copy Share Image
The argument that today's National Guardsmen, members of a select militia, would constitute the only persons entitled to keep and bear arms has no… — Joyce Lee Malcolm Copy Share Image
