The right to bear arms /
The right to bear arms /
edited by Robert Winters.
- Farmington Hills, MI : Greenhaven Press/Thomson Gale, c2006.
- 125 p. ; 25 cm.
- The Bill of rights .
- Bill of Rights (San Diego, Calif.) .
American Window
Includes bibliographical references (p. 118-120) and index.
The founders intended to protect individual gun rights / Joyce Lee Malcolm -- The founders did not intend to protect individual gun rights / Garry Wills -- The founders intended most citizens to be armed / Sanford Levinson -- The founders intended to preserve state militias / Paul Finkelman -- The Court rules that the Second Amendment applies only to Congress / Morrison Remick Waite -- The Second Amendment does not forbid states from regulating arms / William Woods -- The court upholds a federal gun control law / James McReynolds -- Banning convicted felons from owning guns is constitutional / Harry Blackmun -- The Supreme Court's decisions point away from individual gun rights / Michael C. Dorf -- Perspectives on gun rights and gun control -- Second Amendment rights are essential for liberty / Charlton Heston -- Second Amendment rights should be limited / David L. Goldberg -- Handguns should be eliminated from society / Josh Sugarmann -- Banning handguns is not a practical option / James B. Jacobs -- The origins of the American Bill of Rights -- Supreme Court cases involving the right to bear arms.
0737719338 (lib.)
2005046386
Firearms--Law and legislation--United States.
Gun control--United States.
KF3941 / .R54 2006
344.73/0533
American Window
Includes bibliographical references (p. 118-120) and index.
The founders intended to protect individual gun rights / Joyce Lee Malcolm -- The founders did not intend to protect individual gun rights / Garry Wills -- The founders intended most citizens to be armed / Sanford Levinson -- The founders intended to preserve state militias / Paul Finkelman -- The Court rules that the Second Amendment applies only to Congress / Morrison Remick Waite -- The Second Amendment does not forbid states from regulating arms / William Woods -- The court upholds a federal gun control law / James McReynolds -- Banning convicted felons from owning guns is constitutional / Harry Blackmun -- The Supreme Court's decisions point away from individual gun rights / Michael C. Dorf -- Perspectives on gun rights and gun control -- Second Amendment rights are essential for liberty / Charlton Heston -- Second Amendment rights should be limited / David L. Goldberg -- Handguns should be eliminated from society / Josh Sugarmann -- Banning handguns is not a practical option / James B. Jacobs -- The origins of the American Bill of Rights -- Supreme Court cases involving the right to bear arms.
0737719338 (lib.)
2005046386
Firearms--Law and legislation--United States.
Gun control--United States.
KF3941 / .R54 2006
344.73/0533