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Pro-Second Amendment
The Second Amendment:
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.
To Trust the People with Arms: The Supreme Court and the Second Amendment
by
Robert J. Cottrol; Brannon P. Denning
Call Number: KF3941 .C68 2023
ISBN: 9780700635719
Publication Date: 2023-10-06
When Deadly Force Is Involved: A Look at the Legal Side of Stand Your Ground, Duty to Retreat, and Other Questions of Self-Defense
by
Bruce M. Lawlor
Call Number: KF9246 .L39 2017
ISBN: 9781442275287
Publication Date: 2017
Involuntary Heroes: Hurricane Katrina's Impact on Civil Liberties
by
Mitchell F. Crusto
Call Number: KF3750 .C78 2015
ISBN: 9781611631814
Publication Date: 2015
That Every Man Be Armed: The Evolution of a Constitutional Right
by
Stephen P. Halbrook
Call Number: KF3941 .H34 2013
ISBN: 9780826352989
Publication Date: 2013
Gun Control in the Third Reich: Disarming the Jews and "Enemies of the State"
by
Stephen P. Halbrook
Call Number: Online access
ISBN: 1598131648
Publication Date: 2013
Also available via ProQuest e-book access.
More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun Control Laws
by
John R. Lott
Call Number: KF3941 .L68 2010
ISBN: 9780226493664
Publication Date: 3rd ed., 2010
Securing Civil Rights: Freedmen, the Fourteenth Amendment, and the Right to Bear Arms
by
Stephen P. Halbrook
Call Number: KF4749 .H34 2021
ISBN: 9781598133356
Publication Date: Updated ed., 2021
The Founders' Second Amendment: Origins of the Right to Bear Arms
by
Stephen P. Halbrook
Call Number: KF3941 .H3492 2019
ISBN: 9781566637923
Publication Date: Updated ed., 2019
This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible
by
Charles E. Cobb, Jr.
Call Number: Wilson Library E185.61 .C633 2014
ISBN: 9780465033102
Publication Date: 2014
Lethal Laws: Gun Control Is the Key to Genocide
by
Jay Simkin; Aaron S. Zelman; Alan Rice
Call Number: HV7435 .S56 1994
ISBN: 0964230402
Publication Date: 1994
Target Switzerland: Swiss Armed Neutrality in World War II
by
Stephen P. Halbrook
Call Number: Wilson Library D754.S9 H35x 1998
ISBN: 1885119534
Publication Date: 1998
Encyclopedia of Gun Control and Gun Rights
by
Glenn H. Utter, Robert J. Spitzer
Call Number: KF3941.A68 U88 2011
ISBN: 9781592376728
Publication Date: 2011
The Heller Case: Gun Rights Affirmed!: A Defining Moment in History: The Supreme Court Embraces the Second Amendment
by
Alan Korwin, David B. Kopel
Call Number: KF3941 .K67x 2008
ISBN: 188963221X
Publication Date: 2008
Gun Control on Trial: Inside the Supreme Court Battle over the Second Amendment
by
Brian Doherty
Call Number: KF3941 .D64 2008
ISBN: 9781933995250
Publication Date: 2008
Everything You Need to Know about (Legally) Carrying a Handgun in Minnesota
by
Joel Rosenberg, et al.
Call Number: HV7437.M6 R67x 2003
ISBN: 0974148008
Publication Date: 2003
Negroes with Guns
by
Robert F. Williams
Call Number: Wilson Library F264.M75 W5 1998
ISBN: 0814327141
Publication Date: 1998
The Samurai, the Mountie and the Cowboy: Should America Adopt the Gun Controls of Other Democracies?
by
David B. Kopel
Call Number: Wilson Library HV7435 .K66 1992
ISBN: 0879757566
Publication Date: 1992
Pro-Gun Control
Guns in Law
by
Austin Sarat, Lawrence Douglas (Editors), et al.
Call Number: KF3941 .G88 2019 (Available online see below)
ISBN: 9781625344281
Publication Date: 2019
Also available via JSTOR online access.
Armed in America: A History of Gun Rights from Colonial Militias to Concealed Carry
by
Patrick J. Charles
Call Number: KF3941 .C49 2018
ISBN: 9781633883130
Publication Date: 2018
The Gun Debate: An Encyclopedia of Gun Control and Gun Rights
by
Glenn H. Utter, Robert J. Spitzer
Call Number: KF3941.A68 U88 2016
ISBN: 9781682171028
Publication Date: 3rd ed., 2016
Stand Your Ground: A History of America's Love Affair with Lethal Self-Defense
by
Caroline E. Light
Call Number: KF9246 .L54 2017
ISBN: 9780807064665
Publication Date: 2017
Firearms Regulation in the Bill of Rights: Eighteenth-Century English Language and the U.S. Constitution
by
Margie Burns
Call Number: KF3941 .B87x 2016
ISBN: 9781537238852
Publication Date: 2016
The Politics of Gun Control
by
Robert J. Spitzer
Call Number: Online access
ISBN: 9781003049371
Publication Date: 8th ed., 2021
Available via Taylor & Francis online access.
Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution
by
John Paul Stevens
Call Number: KF4557 .S74 2014
ISBN: 9780316373722
Publication Date: 2014
Proposals include amending the Second Amendment to take away the individual right to keep and bear arms
The Second Amendment: A Biography
by
Michael Waldman
Call Number: KF3941 .W35 2014
ISBN: 147674744X
Publication Date: 2014
Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America
by
Adam Winkler
Call Number: KF3941 .W56 2011
ISBN: 9780393077414
Publication Date: 2011
Guns, Democracy, and the Insurrectionist Idea
by
Joshua Horwitz, Casey Anderson
Call Number: JC599.U5 H626 2009 (Available online see below)
ISBN: 9780472021994
Publication Date: 2009
Also available via DOAB Directory of Open Access Books online access.
Out of Range: Why the Constitution Can't End the Battle Over Guns
by
Mark V. Tushnet
Call Number: KF3941 .T87 2007
ISBN: 9780195304244
Publication Date: 2007
Gun Control: A Documentary and Reference Guide
by
Robert J. Spitzer
Call Number: KF3941 .S678 2009
ISBN: 9780313345661
Publication Date: 2009
A Well-Regulated Militia: The Founding Fathers and the Origins of Gun Control in America
by
Saul Cornell
Call Number: KF4558 2nd .C67 2006
ISBN: 0195147863
Publication Date: 2006
Suing the Gun Industry: A Battle at the Crossroads of Gun Control and Mass Torts
by
Timothy D. Lytton (Editor)
Call Number: KF3941 .S85 2005 (Available online see below)
ISBN: 0472115103
Publication Date: 2005
Also available via JSTOR online access.
Sources Featuring Both Viewpoints
Still a Hollow Hope: State Power and the Second Amendment
by
Anthony Cooling
Call Number: KF3941 .C665 2022 (Available online see below)
ISBN: 9780472075607
Publication Date: 2022
Also available via University of Michigan Press e-book access.
A Right to Bear Arms?: The Contested Role of History in Contemporary Debates on the Second Amendment
by
Jennifer Tucker (Editor), Barton C. Hacker (Editor), et al.
Call Number: KF3941 .R543 2019
ISBN: 9781944466251
Publication Date: 2019
The Positive Second Amendment: Rights, Regulation, and the Future of Heller
by
Joseph Blocher, Darrell A. H. Miller
Call Number: KF3941 .B56 2018 (Available online see below)
ISBN: 9781316611289
Publication Date: 2018
Also available via Cambridge Core online access.
The Second Amendment and Gun Control: Freedom, Fear, and the American Constitution
by
Kevin L. Yuill, Joe Street (Editors)
Call Number: KF3941 .S43 2018 (Available online see below)
ISBN: 9781138706286
Publication Date: 2018
Also available via Taylor & Francis online access.
GUN REGULATION AND LEGISLATION IN AMERICA
HeinOnline database
Gun Control and Gun Rights: A Reader and Guide
by
Andrew J. McClurg, David B. Kopel, et al., (Editors)
Call Number: Wilson Library HV7436 .G8637 2002
ISBN: 0814747604
Publication Date: 2002
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