Below is a summary table that categorizes law journal articles on the Second
Amendment that take a position on whether the amendment describes a
collective/militia or individual right. It is based on an examination of each
article, drawn from citations in the Index of Legal Periodicals from 1887 to
1999 (volumes 1 through 93). It excluded articles that took no position on the
question, and book reviews.
Collective Individual
1912-1959 11 0
1960-1969 11 3
1970-1979 8 6
1980-1989 17 21
1990-1999 29 58
Source: Robert J. Spitzer, "Lost and Found: Researching the Second Amendment,"
Chicago-Kent Law Review (76) 2000: 384. See the article for full data and
details on methodology.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Guy Smith
Sent: Fri 1/18/2008 11:53 PM
To: 'Firearms Regs List'
Subject: Review of lit - statistic
Some (undefined) time ago, a member of this list presented a statistical
roll-up of peer reviewed articles that made a judgment on if the 2nd Amendment
did-or-did-not support and individual right. As I recall he determined that
the ratio was 30:1 in favor of the individual rights theory.
1) Since the list server doesn't have a great search engine, I cannot
find that piece. Does anyone have that post (or know of a better search for
digging into the FirearmRegProf archives)?
2) Has the tally been updated?
I was asked by a reporter about this ratio and wanted to back-up my memory, as
well as use that data to handicap the Heller decision (thus far I have not
found any bookmakers posting their odds on the case).
Guy Smith
Author, Gun Facts
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.GunFacts.info <http://www.gunfacts.info/>
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