In Search of the Second Amendment explained
| In Search of the Second Amendment |
| Director: | David T. Hardy |
| Producer: | David T. Hardy |
| Starring: | David T. Hardy
Various professors
and scholars |
| Narrator: | David T. Hardy |
| Cinematography: | David T. Hardy |
| Editing: | David T. Hardy |
| Music: | Jason "Prophecy" Miller
of Prophetik Music |
| Distributor: | Second Amendment
Films LLC (DVD) |
| Runtime: | 111 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | US$45,000 |
In Search of the Second Amendment is a documentary film on the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution. It was produced and directed by American author and attorney David 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
- 1688: A Medieval Duty Becomes an "Antient[1] and Indubitable Right"
- 1603–1768: Rights of Englishmen, Rights of Americans
- 1768–1775: The Right Is Challenged as Revolution Approaches
- 1776–1780: The First State Constitutions Give Different Models for a Right to Arms
- 1787–1789: 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 and James Madison
- Drafting of the Right to Arms
- The Militia and Standing Armies
- 1789: In the First Congress, James Madison Fulfils the Great Compromise
- So 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
- 1868: The 14th Amendment Creates a New Guarantee of the Right to Arms: The Afro–American Experience
- Civil Rights Movement
- American 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 Amendment
- Governments, 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 Self-defense and the Right to Arms
- Protecting the Second Amendment and Other Rights
- Final Scene
- Closing Words
- Credits
- Dedications
Persons appearing in the documentary
- Professors of law
- Professors of criminology
| Professor | School |
|---|
| Florida State University | |
- Others
| Name | Background |
|---|
| Attorney, NRA Director |
| Historian, author |
| Attorney, NRA President |
| Attorney, Second Amendment author |
| Attorney, Second Amendment author |
| National Chairman of CORE, NRA Director |
| Civil rights attorney, author |
| Attorney, Research Director of Independence Institute |
| Author, Executive Director of GOA | |
External links
Notes and References
- This is the spelling as used by William Blackstone.
