Joyce Malcolm on the Second Amendment

If you can find Dr Malcolm's 1994 book, Title below, it is a wonderful read.

"TO KEEP & BEAR ARMS, The Origins of an Anglo-American Right"
Harvard University Press

I have that book, and you are correct. It's a detailed analysis of how the duty to be armed under the law turned into a right.

Given the subject matter, Mr. Hardy, did the copy of my book on the 1792 militia act and the war of 1812 arrive?

It hasn't gotten here yet. What was the theme? (Actually, I already know that, this is a shameless attempt to let you state it and provide a link to its sales page, because it certainly deserves that).

The subject is the 1792 militia Act and the War of 1812, which was the only war fought under its regulations. The book is titled "A War Without Rifles" in recognition to the fact the act in question attempted to create a national militia patterned after European armies (in short, as few rifled muskets as possible).

You can order it through Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/War-without-Rifles-James-Gibson/dp/1480832456/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1482168310&sr=1-1&keywords=a+war+without+rifles

Or directly from me (which I sign): http://www.jngibson.com/store/p2/%22A_War_Without_Rifles%3A_The_1792_Militia_Act_and_The_War_of_1812.html