Student Materials
Firearms Law and the Second Amendment: Regulation, Rights, and Policy
Articles and Cases:
David B. Kopel, The Great Gun Control War of the Twentieth Century—and its Lessons for Gun Laws Today, 39 Fordham Urb. L.J. 1527 (2012).
The article was formally 8.C in the First Edition. The full article is available for free at: http://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/ulj/vol39/iss5/10.
In August 2021, Mexico sued several U.S. firearm manufacturers for "actively facilitating the unlawful trafficking of their guns to drug cartels and other criminals in Mexico." The complaint is available here.
Research Tools
Defensive gun uses are seldom reported by national news outlets; unlawful shootings, by contrast, are reported relatively often. Local news reporting, however, much more frequently includes both types of stories. This is especially true in more gun-friendly areas. The following links are to video clips of local news reports of defensive gun uses.
Many national constitutions contain provisions authorizing resistance to tyranny. This list includes the full text of each of these provisions in both English and Chinese.
- Full Text of All Present and Past Constitutional Right-to-Resist Provisions (in English and Chinese)
Many State constitutions contain provisions protecting the right to hunt or fish. This list includes the full text of each of these provisions.
