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Contents Reader¿s Guide to Related Documents and Sidebars Foreword by Gregg Lee Carter Acknowledgments Preface Introduction 1. Founding Documents and Gun Rights The British Bill of Rights, 1689 The Virginia Bill of Rights, 1776 The Declaration of Independence, 1776 Letter from General George Washington to the Continental Congress The U.S. Constitution of 1787 Pertaining to Militias The Federalist Papers Proposed Constitutional Amendments from State Ratifying Conventions 2. The Bill of Rights, the Second Amendment, and Early Laws Versions of the Second Amendment Debate on Militias and the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, House of Representatives Controlling Militias The Federal Government Attempts to Get Militia-Eligible Men to be Prepared for Militia Service Early Gun Control Law from Pennsylvania Taking Guns from Those who Refuse Military Service Early Loyalty Oath-Based Gun Control Law from Pennsylvania An Early Tennessee Law Barring the Carrying of Dangerous Weapons An Early Georgia Law Banning Carrying of Deadly Weapons An Early Virginia Law Banning Carrying of Deadly Weapons Early Hunting by Firelight Law Sends those Convicted into the Military Another Early Hunting Regulation 3. Early Supreme Court Rulings on Gun Laws and Rights The Supreme Court¿s First Examination of the Second Amendment The Supreme Court Affirms the Militia Basis of the Second Amendment and Says ¿No¿ to Private Militias The Supreme Court Affirms Prior Rulings Laws Restricting the Carrying of Concealed Weapons are Constitutional 4. Early State Court Rulings on Gun Regulations and Rights An Early State Court Upholds Gun Rights The Second Amendment Protects Citizen Service in Government Militias Striking Down a Gun Law that Interfered with Government Militias The Militia Basis of the Second Amendment Affirmed in State Court States Viewed the Right to Bear Arms as Militia-Based Privately Organized and Armed Bodies of Men are Outside the Law 5. Twentieth Century Supreme Court Cases Guns and Non-Citizens The Second Amendment, the Gangster Era, and Militias The Modern National Guard began as Colonial Militias Two Justices Address the Politics of Gun Control Federal Gun Law Held as Constitutional and a Reasonable Exercise of the Police Power Expanded Federal Government Control over the National Guard is Constitutional Congress May Not Require Local Police to Conduct Federal Background Checks for Gun Purchases The Supreme Court Redefines the Second Amendment 6. Lower Federal Court Rulings on the Second Amendment The Lower Federal Courts Interpret the Supreme Court¿s View of the Second Amendment as Militia-Based The Militia-Based View of the Second Amendment Applies to U.S. Territories under Federal Control Citizens Must be in actual Militia Service for the Second Amendment to Apply Handgun Ban Judged Constitutional States May Enact Strict Laws Regarding the Carrying of Concealed Weapons A Federal Court Declares, for the First Time, that the Second Amendment Protects an Individual Right The Ninth Circuit Rebuts the Fifth Circuit 7. Modern Gun Laws The Old-Style Militias Become the National Guard The Depression-Era Crime Wave Prompts New Gun Law Gun Dealers Now Licensed, and Trafficking Regulated Assassinations and Violence Spark New Gun Measures Congress Enacts the First Significant Rollback of National Gun Laws Congress Enacts Waiting Period and Background Checks for Handgun Purchases Assault Weapons Banned for Ten Years The Gun Lobby Wins Unique Legal Protection for the Gun Industry 8. Gun Control, the States, and Politics Most States have Right-to-Bear-Arms-type Provisions in their State Constitutions Democratic Party Platform Statements on Gun Control and Gun Rights Republican Party Platform Statements on Gun Control and Gun Rights Gun Control Resources Index
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Firearms -- Law and legislature -- United States.