ISIL Freedom Network: United States > Scholarly and In-Depth Studies > Anti-Gun Lawsuits

The Sullivan principles: Protecting the Second Amendment from civil abuse
Source: Independence Institute/Seton Hall Legislative Journal
Author: David B. Kopel/Richard E. Gardiner
Country: United States

Just as the law limits civil litigation that threatens First Amendment rights, so should it protect Second Amendment rights from dangerous lawsuits.

Suing gun manufacturers: Hazardous to our health
Source: NCPA
Country: United States

Since gun ownership produces tangible benefits in terms of reduced crime and saved lives, the current spate of lawsuits against firearms makers carry an enormous monetary and human cost. (3/99)

Guns and public health: Epidemic of violence or pandemic of propaganda?
Source: 2nd Amendment Law Library/Tennessee Law Review
Country: United States

The claim on which many anti-gun lawsuits rest that gun violence is a "public health epidemic" is more propaganda than science, and pollutes the pages of ostensibly serious medical journals. (1994)

Pistol whipped: baseless lawsuits, foolish laws
Source: CFIF/Cato Institute
Author: Robert A. Levy
Country: United States

"Although Congress and the majority of state legislatures have resisted enacting draconian gun control laws ... the courts of late have been the scene of unprecedented attacks on that right as gun control advocates have used the judiciary to make an end-run around the legislative process." (Adobe Acrobat) (05/09/01)

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