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Between Original Meaning and Social Mobilization: The Case of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
ISSN: 2545 - 8817
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Between Original Meaning and Social Mobilization: The Case of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
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Law and Political Sciences
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Publisher: Universidad De San Andrés
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Abstract
In this paper I intend to explore the emergence of the right to kee´p and bear arms in the American legal system. Taking into consideration the origins of the Second Amendment to the US Constitution and the intentions behind its adoption, I argue that the fact that it is commonly read as a right of that nature does not obey a faithful interpretation of the original meaning of the constitutional text, but rather of decades of social mobilization that, in coordination with political actors, succeeded in reinterpreting its meaning.
