The Privilege to Keep and Bear Arms: The Second Amendment and Its Interpretation

New York: Quorum Books, 1989. Hardcover. VG-/VG- (ex-library with labels and stamps on spine, block, inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Several items in table of contents are highlighted. Few marks in margin. Pages are otherwise clean.). Burgundy cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; burgundy dj with tan and white lettering, mylar cover; x, 142 pp. Contents: 1. The political and the economic elements of firearm and gun control -- Conflicting values -- The relationship between violence and the availability of firearms and guns -- The legislative role -- Total ban on firearms and guns -- Exceptions to total ban on firearms and guns -- Necessity for licensing and registration of firearms -- 2. Terminology and meaning of the Second Amendment -- "A well-regulated militia"? -- "Necessary for the security of a free state" -- "The right of the people" -- "To keep and bear arms" -- "Shall not be infringed" -- State constitutional provisions -- 3. Historical perspective on keeping and bearing arms -- Arms and the man before 1787 -- Arms and the man after 1787 -- States and early constitutions and bills of rights -- Modern science of weapons technology -- 4. The courts and the Second Amendment -- U.S. Supreme Court decisions of note -- Federal Appellate Court decisions of note -- State court decisions of note -- The fourteenth Amendment and the Second Amendment -- 5. Limitations on the privilege to keep and bear arms -- Police power -- Individual rights versus collective rights -- States' rights and the Second Amendment -- "For purpose of security and defense" -- 6. Firearm and gun control legislation -- Federal statutes on gun control -- State statutes on gun control -- The nature of the statute on gun control -- Sales of firearms and guns -- 7. Civil liability for manufacturers, distributors, and dealers of firearms and guns -- Statutory violations -- Negligent entrustment -- Products liability and the defective firearm or gun -- Strict liability and abnormally dangerous activities -- Aiding and abetting criminal behavior -- analogy to liquor liability -- 8. Where do we go from here?