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Handgun Prohibition And The Original Meaning Of The Second Amendment, Don B. Kates Jr.
Handgun Prohibition And The Original Meaning Of The Second Amendment, Don B. Kates Jr.
Michigan Law Review
One of the purposes of this Article will be to sketch out at least some of the very substantial limitations on the right of individuals to keep and bear arms suggested by the historical evidence. First, however, the controversy between the individual right and the exclusively state's right views must be resolved. The evidence to be examined must include: the literal language of the second amendment; the history of its proposal and ratification; the philosophical and historical background that gave rise to the Founders' belief in "the necessity of an armed populace to effect popular sovereignty"; and the contemporary understanding …
Bakal: The Right To Bear Arms, Virgil W. Peterson
Bakal: The Right To Bear Arms, Virgil W. Peterson
Michigan Law Review
A Review of The Right To Bear Arms by Carl Bakal