Re: Is there a compendium of English and Colonial gun control laws out there?

2008-01-08 Thread Charles Curley
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 P

Re: Is there a compendium of English and Colonial gun control laws out there?

2008-01-08 Thread Philip F. Lee
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 d

Re: Is there a compendium of English and Colonial gun control laws out there?

2008-01-08 Thread C. D. Tavares
On Jan 8, 2008, at 11:39 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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 > actu

Re: Is there a compendium of English and Colonial gun control laws out there?

2008-01-08 Thread C. D. Tavares
On Jan 8, 2008, at 6:40 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Can anyone help me find a pro-Second Amendment source which states > and > defends some regulations of gun ownership? Thanks in advance. The answer to this question largely depends on how the answerer defines "pro-Second Amendment."

Re: Is there a compendium of English and Colonial gun control laws out there?

2008-01-08 Thread RJLipkin
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.

Re: Is there a compendium of English and Colonial gun control laws out there?

2008-01-08 Thread Joseph E. Olson
Everyone does. For example, Don Kates does in his groundbreaking 1986 Michigan Law Review article. http://www.guncite.com/journals/kmich.html Professor Joseph Olson, J.D., LL.M.o- 651-523-2142 Hamline University School of Law (MS-D2037) f- 651-523-2236 S

Re: Is there a compendium of English and Colonial gun control laws out there?

2008-01-08 Thread RJLipkin
Can anyone help me find a pro-Second Amendment source which states and defends some regulations of gun ownership? Thanks in advance. Bobby Robert Justin Lipkin Professor of Law Widener University School of Law Delaware Ratio Juris , Contributor: _ http://ratiojuris.blogspot.com/_ (http

Re: Is there a compendium of English and Colonial gun control laws out there?

2008-01-07 Thread PROTELL
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.

Re: Is there a compendium of English and Colonial gun control laws out there?

2008-01-07 Thread Joe Waldron
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

Re: Is there a compendium of English and Colonial gun control laws out there?

2008-01-07 Thread Jon Roland
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 restri

Re: Is there a compendium of English and Colonial gun control laws out there?

2008-01-07 Thread Jon Roland
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 http://www.constitution.

Is there a compendium of English and Colonial gun control laws out there?

2008-01-07 Thread Volokh, Eugene
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 org