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Defining Documents in American History: The Gun Debate

Table of Contents

Volume 1



Publisher’s Note


Editor’s Introduction


The Constitution and Its Aftermath


Federalist Papers 24 and 25


Federalist Paper 46: “The Influence of the State and Federal Governments Compared”


House of Representatives Debate on the Second Amendment


The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution


Militia Acts of 1792


Militia Act of 1903 (The Dick Act)


Blackstone’s Commentaries: With Notes of Reference, to the Constitution and Laws, of the Federal Government of the United States; and of the Commonwealth of Virginia


Second Amendment Right to “Keep and Bear Arms”


“All Guns Are Not Created Equal”


As the Nation Expands


A View of the Constitution of the United States


Johnson v. Tompkins et al.


Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States


State v. Huntly


“Crime Against Kansas”


An Introduction to the Constitutional Law of the United States


United States v. Cruikshank


Charter and Revised Ordinances of the City of Galveston, and All Ordinances in Force to October


Presser v. Illinois


The General Principles of Constitutional Law in the United States of America


Volume 2



The Modern Court System Weighs In


United States v. Miller


United States v. Lopez


District of Columbia v. Heller


McDonald v. City of Chicago


Peruta v. County of San Diego


Young v. Hawaii


Responses to the Debate


National Firearms Act of 1934


Gun Control Act of 1968


Undetectable Firearms Act


Brady Handgun Violence Protection Act


Florida Legislation “Justifiable Use of Force” (“Stand Your Ground” Law)


Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act


“An Honest Conversation about Guns”


Appendixes


Chronological List


Web Resources


Bibliography


Acknowledgments