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  District of Columbia v. Heller
 
An Anatomy of the Supreme Court’s Landmark Second Amendment Decision
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  The Second Amendment Primer
 
A Citizens Guidebook to the History, Sources, and Authorities for the Constitutional Guarantee of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
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  The Bill of Rights Primer
 
With the new knowledge you'll gain from this book, you'll be doubly empowered to protect your right to keep and bear arms.
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  The American Freedoms Primer
  An all-in-one guide to the timeless principles of freedom that make our Country great…
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  The Marksmanship Primer
 
Shoot more comfortably…more confidently…and more accurately than ever before with The Marksmanship Primer.
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  The Christianity Primer
  Christian’s have been waiting for this book…and now it’s here!
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  District of Columbia v. Heller     NOW AVAILABLE!
 
 

The Most Important Second Amendment News Since 1791!
Read All About It in the Much Anticipated New Book . . .

District of Columbia v. Heller:
An Anatomy of the Supreme Court's Landmark
Second Amendment Decision

On June 26, 2008, the Supreme Court changed the landscape of American constitutional law when it ruled that:


"The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess
a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm
for traditional lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home."

Now Les Adams, author of the phenomenally successful Second Amendment Primer and The Bill of Rights Primer, brings you his definitive chronicle of Heller, presented in the popular primer style, written in plain English, easy to understand. No matter how complicated the legal issues, in its fact-filled 424 pages, Les provides a thorough explanation of every aspect of the Heller decision and how it affects you and your gun rights.

• The official transcript of Justice Scalia's majority opinion and dissenting opinions of Justices Stevens and Breyer, accompanied by an insightful commentary pointing out the highlights of each decision.

• An introductory section explaining federal court procedures and the legal definitions and doctrines used by the Supreme Court that you will need to know to fully understand the case. This is not a book for lawyers, but for concerned citizens like yourself who are vitally interested in the preservation of our freedoms.

• A perceptive summary of the history of the Second Amendment in the courts from 1791 up to the present.

• Condensations of the 67 amicus curiae ("friend of the court") briefs submitted in the case, one of the largest numbers of such submissions in the history of the Supreme Court, written by more than 250 of the country's preeminent constitutional lawyers and scholars, containing a mind-boggling total of 2,364 pages. To have at your fingertips this incisive summary of every aspect of modern legal thought about the Second Amendment is worth the price of this book all by itself.

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  The Second Amendment Primer
  A Citizens Guidebook to the History, Sources, and Authorities for the Constitutional Guarantee of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
 
At long last…one of the most powerful tools ever devised to safeguard your freedom to keep and bear arms. If you love your country...if you deplore the way our rights are slowly being trampled…you’ll want to own this book. Thinking Americans love it… “do-gooders” hate it! You’ve always hoped that someone, someday would give you powerful ammunition to answer and disprove gun control fanatics. This terrific little book does just that! The Second Amendment Primer will empower you, in an absolute and unique way, to refute the claims of the gun control people, who insist the Second Amendment means something other than what it plainly says. You might say that the Primer is a “Citizen’s Guidebook” for Americans who believe passionately in our Second Amendment freedoms.

The Primer contains dozens of memorable quotations…and these are just a sample!
  • A State facing a totally disarmed population is in a far better position, for good or for ill, to suppress popular demonstrations and uprisings than one that must calculate the possibilities of its soldiers and officials being injured or killed.
    Constitutional Scholar Sanford Levinson

  • The law could not restore life to my dead carcass.
    English philosopher John Locke, 1650

  • One is allowed to repel force with force…the laws permit the taking of arms against armed persons.
    English jun’st Sir Edward Coke, 1628

  • The right…to keep and bear arms offers a strong moral check against the arbitrary power of rulers.
    U.S. Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story, 1833

  • The Second Amendment isn’t about the national guard or the police or any other government entity. It is about law-abiding, private U.S. citizens. Period.
    Charlton Heston, NRA President, 1998
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Here’s your chance to own the most exhaustive citizen’s guide to the history, sources, and authorities for the constitutional guarantee of the right to keep and bear arms ever written. The text is chronologically arranged, tracing the development of the right to keep and bear arms from its beginnings in ancient Greece up to its final expression as our 2nd Amendment. The Primer’s reference notes, extensive bibliography and a comprehensive subject index are all packages in 368 pages!
 
 
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  The Bill of Rights Primer
 
Every NRA Member should know how the meaning of the Second Amendment's right to keep and bear arms was drastically changed — and expanded — by the 14th Amendment enacted after the Civil War. You can learn all about this in the new Bill of Rights Primer, by Les Adams, author of The Second Amendment Primer and Yale law professor Akhil Amar. One reviewer calls this book "One of the most important books about constitutional interpretation of its generation." Another says "it is essential reading for anyone who claims to care about American freedom."

With the new knowledge you'll gain from this book, you'll be doubly empowered to protect your right to keep and bear arms. Order a copy today.
 
  • Convenient size – Carry it anywhere!
  • Bound in imported bonded leather
  • Authoritative reference notes
  • Handy biographical profiles
  • Antiqued Endpapers
  • Embossed in gold
  • Acid-Free paper will last for generations
  • Incredibly priced at $29.95
 
 
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  The American Freedoms Primer
 
Now for the first time ever, you can arm Yourself with the informed patriot’s secret weapon…

The American Freedoms Primer

An all-in-one guide to the timeless principles of freedom that make our Country great…
From George Washington and Abraham Lincoln to Martin Luther King and Ronald Reagan, our most extraordinary leaders understood that all Americans have a burning, unquenchable desire to be free. Now, for the first time ever, you can have the insights of our nation’s staunchest defenders of freedom – as told in their own inspiring words- right at your fingertips. It’s called The American Freedoms Primer. And it promises to be your best defense against those who challenge your liberty. This easy-to-read guidebook includes specially selected speeches and writings of American history’s most influential champions of freedom. Turn to any page and you’ll get valuable new insights on how our freedoms come to be, what they mean today, and why they’re worth defending.
 
 
 
  • Convenient size – Carry it anywhere!
  • Bound in imported bonded leather
  • Authoritative reference notes
  • Handy biographical profiles
  • Antiqued Endpapers
  • Embossed in gold
  • Acid-Free paper will last for generations
  • Incredibly priced at $29.95
 
Hopefully, all the writings in this book will provide you with additional insights into the meaning of the freedoms you enjoy as a citizen of the United States. Best of all, you can reacquaint yourself with the roots of freedom and enjoy our unconditional 1- Year Repurchase Guarantee. It’s such a small price to pay for the knowledge you need to protect your family’s freedom for generations to come.
   
 
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  The Marksmanship Primer
 
Shoot more comfortably…more confidently…and more accurately than ever before with The Marksmanship Primer.

Whether you’re plinking for varmints…Zeroing in on the practice range…Or stalking a whitetail in the field…We guarantee this new book will substantially improve your handgun or rifle accuracy, or you get your money back! That’s right. This is a WIN, WIN proposition for you. You see, The Marksmanship Primer is a unique publication…like nothing that’s ever been done before. Under the meticulous supervision of shooting and hunting expert Jim Casada, we’ve put together the 20th century’s very best writings on hunting and shooting marksmanship – 467 pages in all!

Look at this roster of great – some even legendary – shooting and hunting experts that will be sharing their shooting tips and techniques with you: Charles Askins, Sr…Charles Askins, Jr…Jeff Cooper…Edward C. Crossman…Julian S. Hatcher…A.L.A. Himmelwright…C.S. Landis…Jack O’Connor…William Reichenback…John “Pondoro” Taylor…Bryce Towsley…Townsend Whelen…Wayne Van Zwoll…The firearms wisdom of these experts is packaged in this one handy volume. You’ll have a veritable “Firearms Hall of Fame” right at your fingertips!

No Brag. Just Fact. This informative 467 page fact filled new book is GUARANTEED to improve your rifle or handgun accuracy.

Incredibly priced at $24.95!
     
 
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  The Christianity Primer
  Christian’s have been waiting for this book…and now it’s here!

Paul F.M. Zahl’s Christianity Primer, 2000 Years of Amazing Grace is a must read! Zahl has compiled a history and overview of Christianity. In the 480 fact-filled pages of this extraordinary book, you’ll revisit and relearn the glorious story of Christianity under the expert guidance of one of the church’s most brilliant modern thinkers. Zahl addresses and answers such issues as how Christianity began, how it developed over the centuries and how Christianity survives and thrives today. You’ll rediscover the ways to strengthen your faith and protect your church in our complex and multi-faceted, multi-ethnic, 21st century world.

The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord George Carey, says “Dr. Paul Zahl has once again showed his ability to teach in an entertaining, vivid and incisive way… [He] makes the Primer one that will hold people’s attention from beginning to end.”
 
   
 
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