Gun Control and the Constitution: Sources and Explorations on the Second AmendmentRobert J. Cottrol First Published in 1993. This volume is a collection of legal and historical material of the second amendment that includes court cases and decisions, law review articles and gives a balanced view of both sides of the debate. |
Contents
GENERAL INTRODUCTION | 11 |
COURT OPINIONS | 35 |
Aymette vs The State | 2 |
Illinois 12 | 12 |
United States v Miller et al 30 | 30 |
CONGRESS | 41 |
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act | 54 |
GENERAL TOPICS | 66 |
THE ENGLISH BACKGROUND | 168 |
An Historical Analysis | 185 |
The Common Law Tradition | 227 |
The Ideological Origins of the Second Amendment | 257 |
The Origins and Meaning | 274 |
The Terrifying | 295 |
Toward an AfroAmericanist | 375 |
Acknowledgments 429 | |
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Gun Women: Firearms and Feminism in Contemporary America Mary Zeiss Stange,Carol K. Oyster Limited preview - 2000 |