TY  - GEN
T1  - Guns in law
T2  - Amherst series in law, jurisprudence, and social thought.
A2  - Sarat, Austin
A2  - Douglas, Lawrence
A2  - Umphrey, Martha Merrill
LA  - English
PP  - Amherst
PB  - University of Massachusetts Press
YR  - 2019
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1060183015
AB  - "Weapons have been a source of political and legal debate for centuries. Aristotle considered the possession of arms a fundamental source of political power and wrote that tyrants "mistrust the people and deprive them of their arms." Today ownership of weapons -- whether handguns or military-grade assault weapons -- poses more acute legal problems than ever before. In this volume, the editors' introduction traces the history of gun control in the United States, arguing that until the 1980s courts upheld reasonable gun control measures. The contributors confront urgent questions, among them the usefulness of history as a guide in ongoing struggles over gun regulation, the changing meaning of the Second Amendment, the perspective of law enforcement on guns and gun control law, and individual and relational perspectives on gun rights"--Publisher's description.
OP  - 214
CN  - KF3941 .G88 2019
SN  - 9781613766798
SN  - 1613766785
SN  - 9781613766781
SN  - 1613766793
SN  - 9781625344281
SN  - 1625344287
SN  - 9781625344298
SN  - 1625344295
SN  - 1625344279
KW  - United States. : Constitution. : 2nd Amendment.
KW  - Constitution (United States)
KW  - Firearms : Law and legislation : United States.
KW  - Gun control : United States.
KW  - Armes à feu : Contrôle : États-Unis.
KW  - LAW : Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
KW  - LAW : Essays.
KW  - Firearms : Law and legislation
KW  - Gun control
KW  - United States
ER  -