Gun control on trial
Subtitle: inside the Supreme Court battle over the Second Amendment
By: Brian Doherty.
Publisher: Cato Institute
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 126
ISBN-13: 9781933995250
Subjects: United States; United States. -- Supreme Court; Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United States; Gun control -- United States; Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Cases; Gun control -- United States -- Cases
Genres: Cases.
Description: Examines the Supreme Court twenty-first-century debate over gun control in the United States, and focuses on the controversy over the District of Columbia v. Heller case that ruled in favor of Dick Heller, who believed that Washington D.C.'s handgun ban violated his second amendment rights.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The roots of the Second Amendment; title: The genesis of Heller; title: The politics of gun control; title: Gun stories, gun culture, and gun prejudice; title: Guns by numbers and Heller's day in court; title: The Heller aftermath.