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Revisiting “Of Arms And The Militia: Gun Regulation By Legislatively Defining ‘Ordinary Military Equipment’”, Edward J. Curtis ,Jr. Jan 2026

Revisiting “Of Arms And The Militia: Gun Regulation By Legislatively Defining ‘Ordinary Military Equipment’”, Edward J. Curtis ,Jr.

Touro Law Review

In 2021, I published an article arguing that semi-automatic rifles and semi-automatic handguns, among other weapons, could be most effectively regulated by defining the “ordinary military equipment” that the states’ militia members were expected to produce in the event they were called to service. I based my argument on the rationale employed by the United States Supreme Court in its 1939 decision in United States v. Miller, which upheld the National Firearms Act of 1934.


When Rights Require Permission: The Discriminatory History Of Licensing Laws For Firearm Possession, Bob Barr, Joseph G.S. Greenlee Apr 2025

When Rights Require Permission: The Discriminatory History Of Licensing Laws For Firearm Possession, Bob Barr, Joseph G.S. Greenlee

Dickinson Law Review (2017-Present)

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Just To Be Safe, Let’S Keep Ignoring What “Arms” Meant In 1791, Jack Thorlin Apr 2025

Just To Be Safe, Let’S Keep Ignoring What “Arms” Meant In 1791, Jack Thorlin

Dickinson Law Review (2017-Present)

The Supreme Court held in District of Columbia v. Heller and reaffirmed in New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. Bruen that “arms,” referred to in the Second Amendment, are common weapons useful for lawful purposes. The majority argued that militiamen fought with whatever common weapons they had on hand for civilian purposes, such as self-defense and hunting. Therefore, under Heller, only those weapons are covered by the Second Amendment. However, Heller did little to ground the “self-defense” theory of “arms” in original public meaning or even actual history. Commonality and lawful purpose have proved difficult for lower …


The Militia: A Definition And Litmus Test, Marcus Armstrong Apr 2021

The Militia: A Definition And Litmus Test, Marcus Armstrong

St. Mary's Law Journal

The United States Supreme Court, in its decision in Perpich v. Department of Defense, ruled that members of the National Guard are “troops” as that word is used in the Constitution. In doing so, the Court negated a long-standing, but obsolete, definition of the militia. However, this move away from an obsolete definition of the militia posed considerable difficulties that the Court was unable to rectify in its Perpich decision. In this Article, the author hopes to help rectify these difficulties by proposing four necessary characteristics that define the militia: first, the militia is a military force; second, the …


Newsroom: Time: Bogus On Second Amendment 09/28/2016, Arica L. Coleman, Roger Williams University School Of Law Sep 2016

Newsroom: Time: Bogus On Second Amendment 09/28/2016, Arica L. Coleman, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Life of the Law School (1993- )

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Doe V. Wilmington Housing Authority: The Common Area Caveat As A Paradigmatic Balance Between Tenant Safety And Second Amendment Rights, Iyen Acosta Jan 2014

Doe V. Wilmington Housing Authority: The Common Area Caveat As A Paradigmatic Balance Between Tenant Safety And Second Amendment Rights, Iyen Acosta

Catholic University Law Review

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Article I Section 13 Of The Virginia Constitution: Of Militias And An Individual Right To Bear Arms, Hon. Stephen R. Mccullough Nov 2013

Article I Section 13 Of The Virginia Constitution: Of Militias And An Individual Right To Bear Arms, Hon. Stephen R. Mccullough

University of Richmond Law Review

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The Second Amendment And Gun Control, Erwin Chemerinsky Feb 2013

The Second Amendment And Gun Control, Erwin Chemerinsky

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Parker V. District Of Columbia: Putting The "I'S" In Milita, Katharine E. Kohm Jan 2008

Parker V. District Of Columbia: Putting The "I'S" In Milita, Katharine E. Kohm

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.


Taking Aim At An American Myth, Paul Finkelman May 2001

Taking Aim At An American Myth, Paul Finkelman

Michigan Law Review

Every American had a musket hanging over his fireplace at night, and by his side during the day. Like Cincinnatus, time and again Americans dropped their plows to shoulder their arms, to fight the Indians, the French, the Indians, the British, the Indians, the Mexicans, the Indians yet again, and then, from 1861 to 1865, each other. American men were comfortable with guns; they needed them and wanted them. They felt at home in woods, in search of food, or in defense of their homesteads. It is a story as old as our first pulp novels and earliest movies. It …


What Does The Second Amendment Restrict? A Collective Rights Analysis, Carl Bogus Jan 2001

What Does The Second Amendment Restrict? A Collective Rights Analysis, Carl Bogus

Law Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


The Hidden History Of The Second Amendment, Carl Bogus Jan 1998

The Hidden History Of The Second Amendment, Carl Bogus

Law Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


"The Right To Bear Arms": Two Views, Lee Fisher, David C. Tryon Jul 1991

"The Right To Bear Arms": Two Views, Lee Fisher, David C. Tryon

Law Faculty Articles and Essays

The authors provide varying opinions on the Second Amendment.


The Privilege To Keep And Bear Arms: The Second Amendment And Its Interpretation, William A. Walker May 1990

The Privilege To Keep And Bear Arms: The Second Amendment And Its Interpretation, William A. Walker

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Privilege to Keep and Bear Arms: The Second Amendment and Its Interpretation by Warren Freedman


The Right To Bear Arms, A Study In Judicial Misinterpretation, Stuart R. Hays Mar 1960

The Right To Bear Arms, A Study In Judicial Misinterpretation, Stuart R. Hays

William & Mary Law Review

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An Act To Organize, Govern, And Discipline The Militia Of The State Of Maine. Passed March 21, 1821. With The Several Acts In Addition Thereto, Passed Feb. 11, 1823, And Feb. 25, 1824. Published Under The Direction Of The Adjutant General, Maine. Adjutant General Dec 1823

An Act To Organize, Govern, And Discipline The Militia Of The State Of Maine. Passed March 21, 1821. With The Several Acts In Addition Thereto, Passed Feb. 11, 1823, And Feb. 25, 1824. Published Under The Direction Of The Adjutant General, Maine. Adjutant General

Maine Collection

An Act to Organize, Govern, and Discipline the Militia of the State of Maine. Passed March 21, 1821. With the several acts in addition thereto, passed Feb. 11, 1823, and Feb. 25, 1824. Published under the direction of the Adjutant General.