Stephen Halbrook Knihy

Focusing on the historical significance of the right to bear and carry arms, this scholarly study explores its importance to Americans before, during, and after the Founding era. It challenges the narratives of anti-gun advocates who seek to alter the historical context and diminish the lived experiences of the Founding generation regarding firearms. The work provides a comprehensive examination of this right, emphasizing its enduring relevance in American culture and law.

"What did it mean to take civil rights seriously—especially the “right to bear arms”—in the years following the abolition of slavery? By quoting legislative debates, Congressional hearings on Ku Klux Klan violence, and newspapers and law books of the time, constitutional scholar Stephen Halbrook shows that both supporters and opponents of the Fourteenth Amendment (1868) believed that it protected all Bill of Rights guarantees—especially the Second Amendment—from infringement by the states." -- from publisher's website

This book tells the long misunderstood story of Switzerland in World War II with emphasis on two voices rarely heard. One is that of scores of Swiss who lived in those dark years, as they repeatedly mobilized to defend the country and helped refugees. The other voice is that of Nazi Intelligence, which spied on the Swiss and planned subversion and