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Repeal the Second Amendment

The Case for a Safer America

Allan J. Lichtman

St. Martin's Press

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ISBN10: 1250244404
ISBN13: 9781250244406

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336 Pages

$25.99

CA$34.99

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There's an average of one mass shooting per day in the United States. Given the ineffectiveness of the gun control lobby, it's time for a strategy with spine. In Repeal the Second Amendment, Allan J. Lichtman has written the first book that uses history, legal theory and up-to-the-minute data to make a compelling case for the amendment’s repeal in order to create a clear road to sensible gun control in the US. Repeal the Second Amendment explores both the true history and current interpretation of the Second Amendment to expose the NRA’s blatant historical manipulations and irresponsible fake news releases. Lichtman looks at the history of firearms and gun regulations from colonial times to the present to explain how a historically forgotten sentence in the Constitution has become a flash point of recent politics that benefits only the gun industry, their lobbyists, and the politicians on their payroll. He probes court decisions and the effective lobbying and public relations strategies of the gun lobby as well as the ineffectiveness of the gun control movement for lessons in doing better.

What emerges is a clear and cogent plan—repeal and replace the Second Amendment without taking guns away from anyone who has them now—to make the US a safer place. It's time to Repeal the Second Amendment, and Allan Lichtman is the man to bring this radical plan to America.

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Praise for Repeal the Second Amendment

“A thoroughgoing survey of that most troublesome of constitutional matters. Useful ammunition for an argument on gun rights.”Kirkus Reviews

"Lichtman’s damning portrait of the NRA persuades . . . This call to action will resonate with gun control advocates."Publishers Weekly

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About the author

Allan J. Lichtman

Allan J. Lichtman is Distinguished Professor of History at American University and the author of many acclaimed books on U.S. political history, including White Protestant Nation: The Rise of the American Conservative Movement, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, FDR and the Jews (with Richard Breitman), and The Case for Impeachment. He is regularly sought out by the media for his authoritative views on voting and elections.

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