Guns in Law Sarat Austin
Guns in Law Sarat Austin Weapons have been a source of political and legal debate for centuries. Today ownership of weapons--whether handguns or military-grade assault weapons--poses more acute legal…
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Guns in Law Sarat Austin
Weapons have been a source of political and legal debate for centuries. Today ownership of weapons--whether handguns or military-grade assault weapons--poses more acute legal problems than ever before. 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.
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. 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 include the editors and Carl T. Bogus,