Repeal the Second Amendment, Allan J. Lichtman
Repeal the Second Amendment, Allan J. Lichtman
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Repeal the Second Amendment
The Case for a Safer America

Author: Allan J. Lichtman

Narrator: Allan J. Lichtman, Jens Rasmussen

Unabridged: 7 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/28/2020


Synopsis

This program includes an introduction read by the author.

A radical case for the repeal of the 2nd Amendment as the only way to control gun violence in America.

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.

About 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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by jv on October 26, 2023

In Mr. Lichtman’s non-fiction Repeal the Second Amendment: The Case for A Safer America, he digs deeply into the history of the U.S.A. to detail what was happening then, providing perspective and understanding as to what prompted the writing of this amendment. Snippets from pertinent discussions and......more

This is the first book I have read by Lichtman on American policy and politics. He has does some deep digging into the American Bill of Rights and the Second Amendment which relates to the “right” of citizens to own their own guns. He also provides an interpretation of the key words and wording of t......more

Goodreads review by Robert on December 16, 2019

I recently rode a touring bicycle across the USA. It was a journey completed in two stages, the western half during the summer of 2017 and the eastern half, the following summer. Sometimes I rode with other riders and other times solo. Throughout, I carried nothing more lethal than bear spray, a poc......more

Goodreads review by Bakertyl on January 12, 2020

This book is childish... it's well-written, impressively well-researched, and an interesting read. But I don't think it fulfilled its goal of convincing a reader that America should repeal the 2nd Amendment. So while worth reading (doesn't matter if you support the goal or not, every American should......more

Goodreads review by Kenneth on April 04, 2020

A one sided view that totally makes assumptions and then presents them as facts. He doesn't acknowledge any worth for gun ownership, only saying that gun owners have them to take down our oppressive government (a hard core radical idea) or to hunt with. He ignores data that conflicts with his ideas.......more