Links and Gun Resources – Firearms: Writings and Papers

• "Shall Issue": The New Wave of Concealed Handgun Permit Laws
  
• "The Embarrassing Second Amendment" by Sanford Levinson
  
• "The Unabridged Second Amendment" by J. Neil Schulman
  Read Roy Copperud's, foremost expert on English usage, take on the 2nd Amendment.
  
• Clearing the Smoke From the Right to Bear Arms and the Second Amendment
  by Anthony J. Dennis
  
• Comprehensive Bibliography Of The Second Amendment In Law Reviews
  By David B. Kopel
  
• Deadly Force
  A well written piece on Deadly/Lethal Force by Stephen P. Wenger
  
• Jeffrey R. Snyder's "A Nation of Cowards"
  
• Primary Historical Sources
  Clayton Cramer's home page has links to may Primary Source Documents about Firearms and the 2nd Amendment.
  
• Self Defense Law and the Martial Artist
  by Peter Hobart, Esq.
  
• The Journalist's Guide to Gun Policy Scholars and Second Amendment Scholars
  
• The Racist Roots of Gun Control
  Copyright 1993 Clayton E. Cramer
  
• The Right to Keep and Bear Arms under the Second and Fourteenth Amendments:
  The Framers' Intent and Supreme Court Jurisprudence By Stephen P. Halbrook
  
• The Six Things Americans Should Know About the Second Amendment
  by Richard W. Stevens
  
• U.S. Supreme Court ruling on U.S vs. VERDUGO-URQUIDEZ, 494 U.S. 259 (1990)
  Start reading at "The Fourth Amendment provides: [494 U.S. 259, 265]". I find it very interesting (and ironic) that the ACLU actually had a voice in defending, to some extent, the 2nd Amendment actually does "seem to" imply the individuals RKBA. This is a 1990 ruling regarding the 4th Amendment, but some of the wording actually favors the 2nd.
  
• U.S. v. Emerson, 46 F.Supp.2d 598 (N.D.Tex. 1999)
  An very interesting opinion written by a U.S. District Court Judge in Texas regarding the RKBA. He breaks down the 2nd Amendment in various ways and justifies it as an individual right.
  
• Violence in America, Effective Solutions
  An nice analysis written by 38 doctors. Favorably compares risk/benefit of firearm use to, for instance, visiting the doctor.
  
• Whether the Second Amendment Secures an Individual Right
  The Second Amendment secures a right of individuals generally, not a right of States or a right restricted to persons serving in militias. August 24, 2004 Memorandum Opinion for the Attorney General