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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Robert Winters |
| ISBN: | 0737719338 9780737719338 |
| OCLC Number: | 58422910 |
| Description: | 125 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Ch. I. The founders' intent in creating the Second Amendment -- 1. The founders intended to protect individual gun rights / Joyce Lee Malcolm -- 2. The founders did not intend to protect individual gun rights / Garry Wills -- 3. The founders intended most citizens to be armed -- Sanford Levinson -- 4. The founders intended to preserve state militias / Paul Finkelman -- Ch. II. The Supreme Court interprets the Second Amendment -- 5. The court rules that the Second Amendment applies only to Congress / Morrision Remick Waite -- 6. The Second Amendment does not forbid state from regulating arms / William Woods -- 7. The court upholds a federal gun control law / James McReynolds -- 8. Banning convicted felons from owning guns is constitutional -- Harry Blackmun -- 9. The Supreme Court's decisions point away from individual gun rights / Michael C. Dorf. Ch. III. Perspectives on gun rights and gun control -- 10. Second Amendment rights are essential for liberty / Charlton Heston -- 11. Second Amendment rights should be limited / David L. Goldberg -- 12. Handguns should be eliminated from society / Josh Sugarmann -- 13. Banning handguns is not a practical option / James B. Jacobs. |
| Series Title: | Bill of Rights (San Diego, Calif.) |
| Responsibility: | edited by Robert Winters. |
Abstract:
An examination of whether the 2nd Amendment supports an individual right to own guns or a collective right of states to raise and regulate militias, court rulings on the issue, and implications for gun control.
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