Supreme Court Gun Cases: Two Centuries of Gun Rights Revealed ; Featuring Plain-English Summaries and Every Word of Every Key Case, Plus the Nearly Forgotten Self-defense CasesDiscusses 92 Supreme Court gun-related cases, arguing that the Court has upheld the legal rights of private gun ownership and armed self defense. |
Contents
Table of Contents | 6 |
Gun Rights in the State Constitutions | 29 |
Analysis of Court Precedents on the Second Amendment | 37 |
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Supreme Court Gun Cases: Two Centuries of Gun Rights Revealed David B. Kopel,Stephen P. Halbrook,Alan Korwin No preview available - 2004 |
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