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It Takes a Militia: A Communitarian Case for Compulsory Arms Bearing

Glenn Harlan Reynolds
University of Tennessee College of Law

Brannon P. Denning
Cumberland School of Law

William and Mary Bill of Rights Journal, Vol. 5, pp. 185-214, 1996

Abstract:
In this Essay, the authors demonstrate that Communitarians and militias actually have more in common than it might at first appear. Summarizing the Communitarian agenda, the authors note that Communitarians speak a language that would be readily understood by the Framers, who saw militias as an important vehicle through which civic virtue could be transmitted.

Keywords: reynolds, denning, second amendment, right to bear arms

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Date posted: January 27, 2007 ; Last revised: January 30, 2007

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Reynolds, Glenn Harlan and Denning, Brannon P., It Takes a Militia: A Communitarian Case for Compulsory Arms Bearing. William and Mary Bill of Rights Journal, Vol. 5, pp. 185-214, 1996. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=959417

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Glenn Harlan Reynolds (Contact Author) University of Tennessee College of Law ( email ) 1505 West Cumberland Avenue Knoxville, TN 37996-1810 United States 865-974-6744 (Phone)
Brannon P. Denning Cumberland School of Law ( email ) 800 Lakeshore Dr. Birmingham, AL 35229 United States 205-726-2413 (Phone) 205-726-4060 (Fax)

Abstract

Date posted: January 27, 2007 ; Last revised: January 30, 2007

Suggested Citation

Contact Information

Glenn Harlan Reynolds (Contact Author)

Brannon P. Denning