A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of
a free state,
the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. (1791)
Outline
1) History and
Text
The British background
The background in the colonies
Writing and adopting the Second Amendment
2) Court Cases
Hunting and sports
The rise of the arms industry and firearm interest groupsFirearms and politics
Firearms and the media
3) Gun Violence
Firearms and
self-defense
Firearms and
crime
Guns and mass
murders
4) Gun Control
Legislation
Challenges of federalism
Early legislation
Later legislation
5) Firearms and
Public opinion
Polls
Public
opinion, campaign finances, and interest groups
6) Solutions and
Challenges
Online Resources
Semester at a Glance - August 23, 2013 [Word] [PDF]
The
Second Amendment - The Constitution Annotated
The
Bill of Rights 0f 1688
Court Cases Relating to the "Right to Bear Arms" - from Justicia
The Second
Amendment - Findlaw Annotation
The Second
Amendment - Justia Annotation
United States v. Miler (1939)
Developments
Since United States v. Miller (1939)
District of
Columbia v. Heller (2008)
McDonald v. Chicago (2010)
Google Books link to "Second Amendment"
- January 19, 2013
[To update this link please go to
http://books.google.com and
enter "Second Amendment" in the search field.]
The
United Nations Treaty - from Snopes.com
Brady Campaign to End Gun
Violence
Gallup Poll - Public Opinion on Gun Control - May, 2013
Gun Violence Since New Town - Bill Moyers - PBS Program
History
of Federal Gun Control Legislation - PBS
David E. Vandercoy,
"The History of the Second Amendment, " Law Review Article (1994)
Pew Resecarch Center - Reports on Gun Control
Gun
Ownership - National Institute of Justice
Handgun Laws
Concealed Carry Laws - from Wikipedia
Gun Ownership in the United
States - Just Facts
Gun
Ownership in the United State - National Institute of Justice - Agency of
the U.S. Justice Department
Michael Bellesisles Takes Another Shot - The Chronicle of Higher Education - August 3, 2010
The Potowmack Institute - A website
favoring gun control
President Obama's Proposals - August, 2012 -
Fact Sheet -
Now Is the
Time
U.S. Code - Title 32 -
National Guard
U.S. Code - Title 10 - Armed Forces - eserve Components - Organization and Administration
Second Amendment definition in Texas school work book triggers uproar- Fox News - September 18, 2013
James Madison, Federalist Number 10 (1787)
Michael Connelly, Commentary on the Second (and Other Amendments) - Video
The Incorporation of the Bill of Rights into the Fourteenth Amendment - from Wikipedia
Gun Deaths Since New Town - Slate - June, 2013
Provisions of the Brady Law - from the 'Lectric Law Library
More Than 40,000 Stolen Lives -
An Examination of Gun Murders in the U.S. - Periscope.com -
A
graphic presentation on gun deaths in the U.S. for 2010 and 2013
Mass Shootings in U.S. History - from The New York Daily News
Pew ResearchCenter - Gun Control
Conceal and Carry Laws in the U.S. - from Wikipedia
The NRA and Campaign Finance - from Influence Explorer
Mass Killings Since 2006 - from USA Today
Gun Crime Statistics by U.S. State - from The Guardian I
The Second Amendment, Firearms, Violence, and Legislation - "Slideshow" - PDF)
Firearms
Legislation in the United States - National Rifle Association Legislative Action
Firearms - from the U.S. Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Agency
Summary of Federal Firearms Laws - U.S.
Attorney's Office, U.S,. District Court (Maine)
California and Gun Control Legislation
CBS Evening News on Mass Murders - Video - November 4, 2013
A Guide to Mass Shooting in America - Mother Jones
Michael Moore, "It's the Guns - But We All Know, It's Not Really the Guns" - (July, 2012)
Fareed Zakaria, "The Solution to Gun Violence Is Clear" - Washington Post - December 12, 2012
Gallup Poll on Gun Ownership and Gun Control
Tea Party Congressional Districts - 2012 - from The New Yorker