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

The truth about gun shows
Source: Independence Institute
Country: United States

"There is no 'gun show loophole.' Guns sales at gun shows are subject to exactly the same laws as apply to gun sales anywhere else." (9/7/00)

The Commonplace Second Amendment
Source: UCLA Law School
Author: Prof. Eugene Volokh
Country: United States

Law review article in the prestigious NYU Law Review. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the Second Amendment's two-clause structure is nothing unusual -- looking at contemporaneous state constitutions shows that it's quite commonplace.

Homicide and Suicide Rates Associated With Implementation of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act
Source: Journal of the American Medical Association
Author: Jens Ludwig, PhD; Philip J. Cook, PhD
Country: United States

"...implementation of the Brady Act appears to have been associated with reductions in the firearm suicide rate for persons aged 55 years or older but not with reductions in homicide rates or overall suicide rates." (8/2000)

The new federal juvenile crime and gun control proposals
Source: Independence Institute
Author: David B. Kopel and James Winchester
Country: United States

This issue paper argues that the "juvenile crime" bill currently moving through Congress is a rushed piece of legislation that violates liberty, threatens privacy, and doesn't belong at the federal level. (6/4/99)

Boundary violations - gun politics in the doctor's office
Source: Medical Sentinel
Author: Dr. Timothy Wheeler
Country: United States

The American Medical Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, and American College of Physicians have dangerously politicized medicine with their calls for doctors to lecture patients against owning guns. (4/99)

New Gun Controls Miss the Mark
Source: Heartland Institute
Author: Morgan Reynolds
Country: United States

The gun controls in the Senate's 648-page Juvenile Accountability Act might be worth considering - if they were likely to prevent future school shootings. None of the proposed rules, however, would have prevented the massacre in Colorado, nor can they prevent future incidents. Indeed, some of the provisions would reduce public safety by making guns less accessible in times of need. (8/99)

BIDS: Blind Identification Database System
Source: KeepAndBearArms.com
Author: Brian Puckett & Russ Howard
Country: United States

The authors propose to replace the National Instant Check System with BIDS, which would prevent the government from compiling a registry of gun owners while preventing illegal gun sales. (04/26/01)

Homicide and Suicide in America, 1900-1998
Source: Hacienda Publishing
Country: United States
E-mail: dstol@prodigy.net

Review and critique of suicide and homicide rates in the US for the 20th century. Refutation of claim that 'gun control' or 'gun availability' has a major effect on either. Analysis of claims that poverty, racism, immigration or other factors play a role.

The benefits of firearms
Source: NewsMax.com
Author: Dr. Miguel A. Faria Jr.
Country: United States

Faria reviews the evidence illustrating the benefits of having firearms in the home. (04/12/01)

The perversion of science and medicine (part IV): the battle continues
Source: Medical Sentinel
Author: Dr. Miguel A. Faria Jr.
Country: United States
E-mail: medical@free-market.net

The last in an in-depth, four-part series examining the misuse of medical science by the gun grabbers to classify gun violence as a public health problem rather than as a crime problem. This essay calls for continued vigilance on the issue.

The perversion of science and medicine (part III): public health and gun control research
Source: Medical Sentinel
Author: Dr. Miguel A. Faria Jr.
Country: United States
E-mail: medical@free-market.net

The third in an in-depth, four-part series examining the misuse of medical science by the gun grabbers to classify gun violence as a public health problem rather than as a crime problem. This essay continues the attack on public-health gun-control research as politicized science.

The perversion of science and medicine (part II): Soviet science and gun control
Source: Medical Sentinel
Author: Dr. Miguel A. Faria Jr.
Country: United States
E-mail: medical@free-market.net

The second in an in-depth, four-part series examining the misuse of medical science by the gun grabbers to classify gun violence as a public health problem rather than as a crime problem. This essay analogizes American gun control attempts to the politicized science of the Soviet Union.

The perversion of science and medicine (part I): on the nature of science
Source: Medical Sentinel
Author: Dr. Miguel A. Faria Jr.
Country: United States
E-mail: medical@free-market.net

The first in an in-depth, four-part series examining the misuse of medical science by the gun grabbers to classify gun violence as a public health problem rather than as a crime problem. This essay attempts to delineate real science from politicized science.

The Gun Show 'Loophole:' Gun control disguised as crime control
Source: NCPA
Author: H. Sterling Burnett
Country: United States

"Numerous studies have shown that gun shows are not a significant source of guns used in crime. Ignoring this evidence, some gun control activists claim that 70 percent of the guns used in crimes come from shows." (02/23/01)

Public health and gun control: a review
Source: Medical Sentinel
Author: Miguel A. Faria, Jr.
Country: United States

"Gun availability does not cause crime. ... As to how one can protect oneself from assailants when the police are not around, National Victims Data suggests that 'while victims resisting with knives, clubs, or bare hands are about twice as likely to be injured as those who submit, victims who resist with a gun are only half as likely to be injured as those who put up no defense.'" (03/02)

The militia preface
Source: Virginia Institute for Public Policy
Author: Nelson Lund
Country: United States

"If the Constitution had simply provided that 'the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed,' nobody could maintain with a straight face that the provision could mean anything other than that individuals have that right. Doubts about the plain and obvious meaning of that clause have been raised only because of the prefatory phrase...'" (06/02)

Bellesiles v Lott: A comparison of two ethics cases
Source: Triggerfinger.org
Country: United States

"The differences between the cases of Lott and Bellesiles derive from fundamental differences in the accusations, and are then magnified by the response to those allegations." Excellent analysis compares the two cases, includes links to full accounts of the series of accusations against John Lott.

A primer on the constitutional right to keep and bear arms
Source: Virginia Institute for Public Policy
Author: Nelson Lund
Country: United States

"The Second Amendment is among the most misunderstood provisions of the U.S. Constitution. That is not because it is particularly difficult to understand. On the contrary, for more than a hundred years after it was adopted, hardly anyone seemed the least bit confused about what it meant." (06/02)

Ballistic imaging: Not ready for prime time
Source: NCPA
Author: David B. Kopel. & H. Sterling Burnett
Country: United States

"[T]he best evidence is that a ballistic image database would be unreliable and expensive, would solve few crimes and would divert scarce resources from other crime-fighting programs." (4/30/03)

There goes the neighborhood: The Bush-Ashcroft Plan to 'help' localities fight gun crime
Source: The Cato Institute
Author: Gene Healy
Country: United States

This study examines President Bush's Project Safe Neighborhoods and "finds that it is unconstitutional, wreaks havoc on federal courts, allows prosecutorial mischief affecting the racial composition of juries, and will likely lead to a mindless 'zero tolerance' policy for technical infractions of gun laws." It is available in Adobe PDF. (05/28/02)

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