TY - JOUR PY - 2011// TI - The right to arms as a means-right JO - Public affairs quarterly A1 - Hunt, Lester H. SP - 113 EP - 130 VL - 25 IS - 2 N2 - In recent years, a number of philosophers have discussed the possibility that the widely recognized right of self-defense includes another, more controversial right: a right to arms, where" arms" is understood to include guns. 11 will argue in what follows that the right of self- defense does indeed have this feature, and I will offer a new explanation of why it does so-- an explanation that, despite its novelty is, I believe, deeply rooted in common sense. In Section 2, 1 will clarify the issue to be addressed and define a spectrum of possible …

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