I realize my question ultimately depends on a plausible explication of
pro-Second Amendment. Unfortunately, I'm not able to do that. So let's just
use
the NRA as an example. My second question is which proposed (or actual) gun
regulations does the NRA oppose. Again, thanks in advance.
Recently, the NRA supported HR2640, the so-call NICS improvement
measure, and CBS News (NRA, Democrats Team Up To Pass Gun Bill,
WASHINGTON, June 13, 2007) and the Wall Street Journal (Uncommon
Harmony: Democrats and NRA Push for Gun Bill, David Rogers, June 13,
2007) gave them credit for
On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 02:23:13PM -0500, Philip F. Lee wrote:
Recently, the NRA supported HR2640, the so-call NICS improvement
measure, and CBS News (NRA, Democrats Team Up To Pass Gun Bill,
WASHINGTON, June 13, 2007) and the Wall Street Journal (Uncommon
Harmony: Democrats and NRA Push
Is there a compendium of English and Colonial gun control laws
out there? I know Bellesiles claimed to have been researching this, and
my sense is Prof. Churchill has looked at some, too, but I'm wondering
if there's some place out there where they're well organized. Thanks
Joyce Malcolm has done the most work on the English side, but it is more
selective than comprehensive, although there apparently also wasn't much
legislation beyond what is in her book. On the U.S. side the closest are
the books by James Whisker, which we have online at
It should be noted that what we today call gun control laws were rare,
and almost all directed at disarming disfavored minorities, like
Catholics (in England), or Blacks or Native Americans (in the colonies
and early republic). About the first U.S. laws to restrict white males
were the
Jon Roland wrote:
Joyce Malcolm has done the most work on the English side, but it is more
selective than comprehensive, although there apparently also wasn't much
legislation beyond what is in her book. On the U.S. side the closest are
the books by James Whisker, which we have online at
