A collection of mostly firearms rights information, including legislative alerts, research, statistics, commentary, court cases, letters, Congress and media contact info, etc. Be sure to see my archive Highlights for a guide to some of what's here.
Professor Volokh of the UCLA School of Law writes about a variety of freedom issues, including arms rights. Volokh clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and for Judge Alex Kozinski on the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. He graduated with B.S. in Math-Computer Science from UCLA at the age of 15, and he remains a partner in a small software firm.
Of particular interest are his Testimony of Eugene Volokh on the Second Amendment, Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution, Sept. 23, 1998, Sources on the Second Amendment and Rights to Keep and Bear Arms in State Constitutions which contains references from the laws of individual states, and The Second Amendment as Teaching Tool in Constitutional Law Classes with Robert J. Cottrol, Sanford Levinson, L.A. Powe, Jr., and Glenn Harlan Reynolds.
Clayton Cramer has authored several significant arms rights books. Several of his papers are included in this archive. His site lists books for sale, and it provides access to more writings, including a brief version of his landmark book For The Defense Of Themselves And The State.
See also his refutation of Michael Bellesiles' fraudulent history book Arming America in which Bellesiles claims Early Americans didn't hunt, shoot, own guns or aid in their country's physical defense. (See also a local copy of this critique.)
Law and Business Professor David D. Friedman's Home Page includes a page Does Concealed Carry Deter Crime?: The Lott/Mustard Controversy with interesting and informative criticism and responses about the extensive research on crime and self-defense by Professor John Lott.
Home page of noted civil rights and second amendment attorney and scholar, Don Kates. Includes some of his papers. See also my research/kates directory for more.
Noted Second Amendment scholar and attorney has a home page. Several of his firearms files are currently in my research/hardy directory.
Norman Heath's site includes a section of "Researching the overlooked relationship between the development of preemption doctrine, the allocation of state and federal militia powers, and the Second Amendment's role in immunizing the states from federal preemption." Also a draft paper: "Exposing the Second Amendment: Federal Pre-emption of State Militia Legislation"
Attorney Sean Healy's web site includes hundreds of Second Amendment court cases, history, self-defense accounts, etc. May have worked on the Emerson case.
Attorney Bruce Colodny practices firearms law in California and Federal Courts. His areas include technical violations, self-defense, carry, dealers, manufacturers, etc.
Alec Costerus is fighting Massachussets' unconstitutional gun restirctions to the Supreme Court. Here is some coverage of his appeal in the Massachusetts News. See also my judicial/costerus directory for copies of press releases, court filings, opinions, etc.
Includes "Gun Facts, a 80+ page e-book that explodes the most common gun control myths", and other pdf flyers, documents and book links. See also local copies of Guy's great documents in my research/smith directory.
Home page of noted self-defense and science fiction author J. Neil Schulman. Includes some paperless sf books and information on his latest self-defense rights book.
Janis Cortese has written a very nice WWW introduction to handguns. Includes a focus on women, left-handed owners, and buying in California.
A text table summarizing state firearms carry laws. You may find general backgound info on firearms carry laws helps to get the most out of this chart. (For example see Clayton Cramer and Dave Kopel's outstanding CCW paper: Shall Issue.) Michael also has a sample Arizona CCW application (http://www.primenet.com/~kielsky/ccw.html). See also NRA's State Firearm Laws page for info on the gun laws of each state.
A collection of firearms rights, gun control, and gun crime articles.
A pro-rights site by Michael Brown. See also a local copy of some of his editorials.
Kenneth V. F. Blanchard is a guns rights activist who is also a preacher, instructor, author, and former law enforcement officer. He speaks out for self-defense, responsibility, education and constitutional rights.
"I challenge YOU to educate at least one uninformed person every month. I challenge YOU to train them in Safety, Competence and Freedom. This web site is dedicated to helping you do just that. You need the same thing I do: A kick in the rear, ideas, materials."
Dan Zabriskie explains how to 'write an effective "letter to the editor" and to your legislators, too.'
A handgun safety and marksmanship course taught in Virginia which meets that state's firearms certificate and concealed carry training requirements.
The Glock FAQ [has] model info, pictures, commemoratives & collectibles, maintenance tips, parts info, shooting instruction, GSSF data, competition information... and more.
The Unofficial Site for the Heckler & Koch Enthusiast.
Specifications of the current Smith and Wesson Handgun line, Smith & Wesson contact info, more.
Information on Enfield history, Enfield models, Enfield collectors' organizations, The Enfield Collector's Digest, and sources for parts nd accessories. Updated regularly. Maintained by Skip Stratton.
"Purveyors of British Enfield rifles, parts, & accessories and publishers of The Enfield Collector's Digest."
Bob Rayburn's (rayburn@eskimo.com-nospam) "hypertext version of a collector's guide for the Colt Woodsman, and a list of Colt Woodsman pistols for sale".
Tom Armstrong's site includes a faithful reproduction of the Army's 1965 M1 Garand Field Manual, FM 23-5 and some cool firearms links.
"Airgun history, collecting, hunting and field use, literature review and sales, legal aspects, and expert witness CV. Antique, vintage and rare airguns, parts, and related items for sale and wanted. Beeman history and art."
"The Gun Page is an Internet stop-over maintained by a group on Prairienet."
Web page of noted firearms techie author, Duncan Long.
Rich Comer's RKBA info., links, mailing lists, handgun match info., Gun Chat, and useful documents for the Firearms enthusiast! Includes Gun Chat.
Jerry Stratton
A nice collection of essays on firearms issues by Stan LoGiudice.
Organized as an online book.
A position paper addressing the poor quality of violence
research in support of firearms restricions.
Pro-Rights, Anti-Al Gore brochures in PDF format for distribution
at gun shows, etc.
Doug's Criminal Justice Site includes firearms links.
Includes an index of Small Arms Review, Dillon Blue Press article archives,
Gunsmith links.
Places to Shoot in the Los Angeles area. Links to activities,
safety and marksmanship training schools, etc.
Firearms articles, opinions, ads.
A web page dedicated to freedom.
Joe Garrison's Firearms and Freedom page. Includes opinion,
quotes, news, links.
"The real story behind good citizens and private gun ownership."
Jake's home page includes a 2nd Amendment section with other links.
The firearms section of Disko Don's web site.
Personal home page with RKBA links.
General info on reloading. Includes bullet casting, rifle &
pistol loads, presses, more.
NCCI seeks all states to recognize a valid concealed carry
permit from any state.
Includes firearms links.
James A. Donald (jamesd@netcom.com-nospam) has a "collection of files related to
liberty, the right to bear arms, and the like. It contains mostly ancient
philosophy rather than fast breaking news."
I've moved my libertarian references to another file:
libertarian/libertarian.html (WWW) or libertarian/libertarian
(plaintext).
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