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A Snowball's Chance In Heller: Why Decastro's Substantial Burden Standard Is Unlikely To Survive, Andrew Peace 
Boston College Law School
A Snowball's Chance In Heller: Why Decastro's Substantial Burden Standard Is Unlikely To Survive, Andrew Peace
Boston College Law Review
On June 1, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in United States v. Decastro analyzed a Second Amendment challenge to a firearm regulation using a substantial burden standard. In so doing, the Second Circuit ignored much of the Supreme Court’s guidance in its 2008 decision in District of Columbia v. Heller. This Comment argues that the Decastro substantial burden standard offers insufficient protection for Second Amendment rights, and is therefore unlikely to survive.
A Systematic Plan For Firearms Law Reform, Katherine L. Record, Lawrence O. Gostin 
Georgetown University Law Center
A Systematic Plan For Firearms Law Reform, Katherine L. Record, Lawrence O. Gostin
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
Tragedy after tragedy has drawn the nation’s attention towards gun violence. Yet the murder of 20 school children in Newtown, CT has done more to drive the national dialogue on gun control than any preceding mass shooting, not to mention the endemic murderous violence that plagues city streets day in and out. President Obama has responded by calling on Congress to (1) close background check loopholes; (2) ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines; and (3) improve mental health services. All of these measures are necessary to curb gun violence. Yet, in a nation with more firearms per capita than ...
The Second Amendment: An Analysis Of District Of Columbia V. Heller, Eileen Kaufman 
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
The Second Amendment: An Analysis Of District Of Columbia V. Heller, Eileen Kaufman
Touro Law Review
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The Second Amendment And Gun Control, Erwin Chemerinsky Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
The Second Amendment And Gun Control, Erwin Chemerinsky
Touro Law Review
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Guns And Membership In The American Polity, Pratheepan Gulasekaram 
College of William & Mary Law School
Guns And Membership In The American Polity, Pratheepan Gulasekaram
William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal
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Mcdonald’S Paradoxical Legacy: State Restrictions Of Non-Citizens’ Gun Rights, David S. Cohen 
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
Mcdonald’S Paradoxical Legacy: State Restrictions Of Non-Citizens’ Gun Rights, David S. Cohen
Maryland Law Review
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What A Balancing Test Will Show For Right-To-Carry Laws, John R. Lott Jr. University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
What A Balancing Test Will Show For Right-To-Carry Laws, John R. Lott Jr.
Maryland Law Review
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The Woollard Decision And The Lessons Of The Trayvon Martin Tragedy, Dennis A. Henigan University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
The Woollard Decision And The Lessons Of The Trayvon Martin Tragedy, Dennis A. Henigan
Maryland Law Review
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Decisional Minimalism And The Judicial Evaluation Of Gun Regulations, Richard C. Boldt University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
Decisional Minimalism And The Judicial Evaluation Of Gun Regulations, Richard C. Boldt
Maryland Law Review
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A Second Amendment Quartet - Heller And Mcdonald In The Lower Courts - Introduction, Stephen Kiehl University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
A Second Amendment Quartet - Heller And Mcdonald In The Lower Courts - Introduction, Stephen Kiehl
Maryland Law Review
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In Search Of A Standard: Gun Regulations After Heller And Mcdonald, Stephen Kiehl University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
In Search Of A Standard: Gun Regulations After Heller And Mcdonald, Stephen Kiehl
Maryland Law Review
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District Of Columbia V. Heller: Failing To Establish A Standard For The Future, Lindsay Goldberg University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
District Of Columbia V. Heller: Failing To Establish A Standard For The Future, Lindsay Goldberg
Maryland Law Review
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Incrementalism, Comprehensive Rationality, And The Future Of Gun Control, Allen Rostron University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
Incrementalism, Comprehensive Rationality, And The Future Of Gun Control, Allen Rostron
Maryland Law Review
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Communitarians, Neorepublicans, And Guns: Assessing The Case For Firearms Prohibition, David B. Kopel, Christopher C. Little University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
Communitarians, Neorepublicans, And Guns: Assessing The Case For Firearms Prohibition, David B. Kopel, Christopher C. Little
Maryland Law Review
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Guns And Ammo: For Convicted Americans Viewing Pictures Of Others Enjoying Their Constitutional Right To Bear Arms In A Magazine Is The Closest They Will Ever Get To Seeing The Second Amendment At Work - People V. Hughes, Ronald P. Perry Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Guns And Ammo: For Convicted Americans Viewing Pictures Of Others Enjoying Their Constitutional Right To Bear Arms In A Magazine Is The Closest They Will Ever Get To Seeing The Second Amendment At Work - People V. Hughes, Ronald P. Perry
Touro Law Review
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Originalism In Practice, Lawrence Rosenthal 
Maurer School of Law: Indiana University
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