Gun control on trial : inside the Supreme Court battle over the Second Amendment /

Gun control on trial : inside the Supreme Court battle over the Second Amendment /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Doherty, Brian, 1968-
Imprint:	Washington, D.C. : Cato Institute, c2008.
Description:	xxiv, 126 p. ; ill. : 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	United States. -- Constitution. -- 2nd Amendment. United States. -- Supreme Court. United States. -- Supreme Court. Constitution (United States) Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United States. Gun control -- United States. Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Cases. Gun control -- United States -- Cases. Firearms -- Law and legislation. Gun control. United States. Trials, litigation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7310287

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ISBN:	9781933995250 (hardback : alk. paper) 1933995254 (hardback : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 117) and index.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Heller Makes History
1. The Roots of the Second Amendment
2. The Genesis of Heller
3. The Politics of Gun Control
4. Gun Stories, Gun Culture, and Gun Prejudice
5. Guns by Numbers and Heller's Day in Court
6. The Heller Aftermath
Selected Bibliography
Table of Cases
Index