- In Search of the Second Amendment
Infobox Film
name = In Search of the Second Amendment
caption = DVD cover of
"In Search of the Second Amendment"
writer =David T. Hardy
narrator =David T. Hardy
starring =David T. Hardy
Various professors
and scholars
music = Jason "Prophecy" Miller
of Prophetik Music
cinematography =David T. Hardy
editing =David T. Hardy
director =David T. Hardy
producer =David T. Hardy
distributor = Second Amendment
Films LLC (DVD)
released =December 19 ,2006
runtime = 111 mins
country =United States
language = English
budget = US$45,000
website = http://www.secondamendmentdocumentary.com/"In Search of the Second Amendment" is a
documentary film on the Second Amendment of theUnited States Constitution . It was produced and directed by American author and attorneyDavid T. Hardy . He argues the individual rights model of the Second Amendment. Hardy also discusses the Fourteenth Amendment.Outline of the documentary
How Did You Become Interested in the Second Amendment?
* Legal Scholarship and the Second Amendment
England and the Militia
* Duty to be Armed
1688: A Medieval Duty Becomes an "Antient [This is the spelling as used by William Blackstone.] and Indubitable Right"
* King Charles I,
Oliver Cromwell , andRichard Cromwell
* King Charles II, King James II, and Gun Control
* The Glorious Revolution, King William III, Queen Mary II, and theBill of Rights 1689 16031768: Rights of Englishmen, Rights of Americans
* The Colonies and the Duty to be Armed
* The Right to Arms andWilliam Blackstone 17681775: The Right Is Challenged as Revolution Approaches
* Britain takes notice and the Redcoats Come to Boston
* Conflict Breaks Out17761780: The First State Constitutions Give Different Models for a Right to Arms
*
Virginia Declaration of Rights
*Pennsylvania Declaration of Rights
*Massachusetts Declaration of Rights17871789: A Proposal for a New Constitution Leads to Calls for a National Right to Arms
* The Constitutional Convention and the Bill of Rights
* State Ratification and Declaration of Rights Proposals
* Virginia and the Demand for a Bill of Rights
* The Compromise andJames Madison
* Drafting of the Right to Arms
* The Militia and Standing Armies1789: In the First Congress, James Madison Fulfils the Great Compromise
* Madison and the Bill of Rights
* How the Second Amendment was Drafted
* The Militia, the States, and the Federal Government
* The Senate and the Second Amendment
*Tench Coxe
*St. George Tucker
*William Rawle
* Thomas Cooley
* Contemporaries and the Second Amendmento What's the Debate? Tracing the Origin of the Belief that the 2nd Amendment Relates to a State's Right to have a National Guard
* Meaning of "The People"
* Origin of the Collective Right
*Kansas Supreme Court
* The National Guard
* "United States v. Miller " (1939)
* "United States v. Emerson " (2001)1868: The 14th Amendment Creates a New Guarantee of the Right to Arms: The AfroAmerican Experience
* Slave Codes
* "Dred Scott v. Sandford " (1856)
* Black Codes
* Views and Response of Congress
*Civil Rights Act of 1866 and Freedmen's Bureau Act of 1866
* The Federal Bill of Rights and the States
* The Fourteenth Amendment
* "In Re SlaughterHouse Cases" (1873)
* "United States v. Cruikshank " (1875)
*D. W. Griffith 's "The Birth of a Nation "Civil Rights Movement
* Professor Olson's and Don Kate's Experiences as Civil Rights Workers
* Deacons for Defense
* Robert Williams and the NRA
* Lumbee Indian TribeAmerican Enterprise Institute (AEI) Symposium on the Right to Arms
* Meaning of "The People" Revisited
* Dred Scott Revisited
* A New View of Standing Armies and Militias
* The Fourteenth Amendment Revisited
* Republican and Democratic Party Platforms on the Right to Arms
* Freedmen's Bureau Act of 1866 Revisited
* 18th and 19th Century Interpretation of the Second AmendmentGovernments, Genocides, and Utility of the Right
* Armed Resistance and Genocide
* Protection from Different Sources of Oppression
* Frequency of Defensive Gun Uses and Crimes Committed
* Guns and Number of Lives Saved vs. Lives Taken
*Police and the Legal Duty to Protect the Public
* "Warren v. District of Columbia " (1981)
* View of Fellow Citizens
* Effectiveness of Defensive Gun Use
* Right of Selfdefense and the Right to Arms
* Protecting the Second Amendment and Other RightsFinal Scene
* Closing Words
* Credits
* DedicationsNote
Persons appearing in the documentary
Professors of law
External links
* [http://www.secondamendmentdocumentary.com/ Official website]
* Videos about documentary at YouTube
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypQI5FunFHQ Trailer] (2:10)
** [http://www.youtube.com/davidthardy Various previews]
* [http://www.jpfo.org/tta061219.htm JPFO interview about documentary]
** [http://www.jpfo.org/tta061219.mp3 MP3 format] (26:41, 12.2 MiB)
* Liberty Watch Radio interview about documentary (MP3 format)
** [http://i.b5z.net/i/u/1219065/m/1_28_07_David_Hardy_In_Search_of_2A_FTP_47.01.mp3 Part 1] (47:01, 8.07 MiB)
** [http://i.b5z.net/i/u/1219065/m/1_28_07_David_Hardy_In_Search_Of_2A_FTP_47.36.mp3 Part 2] (47:37, 8.17 MiB)
* [http://media.libsyn.com/media/guntalk/070204guntalkB.mp3 Gun Talk interview about documentary] (MP3 format, 44:40, 10.3 MiB)
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