The Second Amendment in Court : Defining the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Campbell, Donald J., author.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Constitution--2nd Amendment.

United States.

Firearms ownership--United States.

Firearms ownership.

Firearms--Law and legislation.

Firearms.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 pages)

Edition:

1st edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2025.

Summary:

Explores pivotal state and federal firearms cases and traces the conflicting legal opinions that have made the Second Amendment so controversial.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

1 An Iconic Right in Dispute

The Amendment's Clashing Interpretations

Organization of the Book

Case Selection

Legal Concepts and Conventions

Procedural Concepts and Processes

One Last Note

Notes

2 The Nineteenth Century: Permissible Limits on an Individual Right

1822-46: Individual Rights and Concealed Weapons

Bliss v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (1822) : Challenging a Concealed-Carry Statute

Aymette v. State of Tennessee (1840) : Challenging a Concealed-Carry Violation

State of Alabama v. Reid (1840) : Challenging a Concealed-Carry Statute

State of Arkansas v. Buzzard (1842) : Challenging a Concealed-Carry Statute

Nunn v. State of Georgia (1846) : Challenging a Statute Banning Small Pistols

1871-6: A Federal Limitation Only

Andrews v. State of Tennessee (1871) : Challenging a Concealed-Carry Statute

English v. State of Texas (1872) : Challenging a Wearing / Carrying Statute

United States v. Cruikshank (1875) : Challenging a Violation of the 1870 Federal Enforcement Act

Fife v. State of Arkansas (1876) : Challenging a Wearing/Carrying Statute

1881-94: Federal Limitations and Carry Prohibitions Continued

State of Missouri v. Wilforth (1881) : Challenging a Statute Banning Firearms in Churches

State of Missouri v. Shelby (1886) : Challenging a Ban on Concealed Firearms While Intoxicated

Presser v. Illinois (1886) : Challenging a Municipal Prohibition on Drilling with Arms

Miller v. Texas (1894) : Challenging a Ban on Carrying Firearms on a Public Street

Some Observations

3 The Twentieth Century: Miller and the Collective Right Interpretation

1902-21: Foreshadowing the Collective Right Interpretation

In Re: Brickey (1902) : Challenging a Prohibition on Carrying Deadly Weapons.

City of Salina v. Blaksley (1905) : Challenging a Ban on Carrying Firearms within City Limits

Strickland v. State of Georgia (1911) : Challenging a Firearms Licensing Requirement

State of North Carolina v. Kerner (1921) : Challenging a Firearms Permitting Requirement

1935-42: Miller and the Second Amendment as a Collective Right

United States v. Adams (1935) : Challenging the National Firearms Act of 1934

United States v. Miller (1939) : Challenging the National Firearms Act of 1934

United States v. Tot (1942) : Challenging the Federal Firearms Act of 1938

Cases v. United States (1942) : Challenging the Federal Firearms Act of 1938

1971-7: The Second Amendment and the Gun Control Act of 1968

Stevens v. United States (1971) : Challenging Provisions of the Gun Control Act of 1968

Cody v. United States (1972) : Challenging 18 U.S.C. 922 (a) (6), Federal Firearms Disclosure Form

United States v. Johnson (1974) : Challenging 18 U.S.C. 922 (g), Felon Transporting a Firearm

United States v. Warin (1976) : Challenging Firearms Registration Requirements of the Gun Control Act

United States v. Oakes (1977) : Challenging Firearms Registration Requirements of the Gun Control Act

1982-96: Ending the Century with Miller 's Continuing Impact

Quilici v. Village of Morton Grove (1982) : Challenging a Handgun Possession Prohibition

Thomas v. City Council of Portland (1984) : Challenging a Concealed-Carry Permit Denial

Hickman v. Block (1996) : Challenging a "May-Issue" Permitting Policy

4 The Twenty-First Century: The Heller Resolution

2001-2: The Split in Circuit Courts

United States v. Emerson (2001) : Challenging Unlawful Possession of a Pistol

Silveira v. Lockyer (2002) : Challenging California's "Assault Weapons" Ban.

2002-6: The Collective Right Interpretation Continues

United States v. Bournes (2003) : Challenging Unregistered Machine Gun Violations

United States v. Warin (2006) : Challenging National Firearms Act/Gun Control Act Provisions

2007-10: The Second Amendment-An Individual Right

Parker v. District of Columbia (2007) : Challenging the District's Registering/Licensing Requirements

District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) : Defending DC's Handgun Prohibition Provisions

McDonald v. City of Chicago (2010) : Challenging a Municipal Handgun Ban

5 Permits, Licenses, and the Bruen Decision

1903-22: Permitting at the Start of the Twentieth Century

State of Vermont v. Rosenthal (1903) : Challenging a Firearms Licensing Requirement

Darling v. Warden of City Prison (1913) : Challenging a Permit Requirement for a Home-Kept Pistol

People of Michigan v. Zerillo (1922) : Challenging a Conviction for Pistol Possession without Permit

Matter of Moore v. Gallup (1943) : Challenging a Permit Renewal Denial

1980-94: "Proper Cause" Four Decades Later

Schubert v. DeBard (1980) : Challenging a Firearms Licensing Denial

Matter of Klenosky v. New York City Police Dept. (1980) : Reversing a Handgun Carry-Permit Grant

Matter of O'Connor v. Scarpino (1994) : Challenging Denial of a Firearms Carry License

2012-14: Leading to Bruen

Kachalsky v. County of Westchester (2012) : Challenging New York's Proper Cause Requirement

Woollard v. Gallagher (2013) : Challenging Maryland's Good-and-Substantial-Reason Requirement

Drake v. Filko (2013) : Challenging New Jersey's Justifiable Need Handgun Permit Standard

Peruta v. County of San Diego (2014/16) : Challenging California's "Good Cause" Requirement

Ninth Circuit En Banc Reversal (2016)

2022: The Bruen Decision.

New York State Rifle &amp

Pistol Association v. Bruen (2022) : Challenging "Proper Cause"

6 Dangerous Weapons: Lethal, Hazardous, and Crime-Friendly Firearms

1878-1912: Concealed Pistols, Criminals, and Public Safety

Wilson v. State of Arkansas (1878) : Challenging a Concealed-Carry Statute

Dabbs v. State of Arkansas (1882) : Challenging a Pocket Pistol Sales Prohibition

People of New York v. Perce (1912) : Challenging a Possession of a Deadly Weapon Conviction

1985-7: The Danger of Saturday Night Specials

Kelley v. R.G. Industries, Inc. (1985) : Adjudicating a Firearm Liability Dispute

Armijo v. Ex Cam, Inc. (1987) : Adjudicating a Firearm Liability Dispute

Bryco Arms v. Chronister (1997) : Adjudicating a Firearm Liability Dispute

2001-21: Assault-Style Weapons and Their Lethality

United States v. Marzzarella (2010) : Possession of a Serially Defaced Handgun

Caetano v. Massachusetts (2016) : Appealing a Stun Gun Possession Conviction

Merrill v. Navegar, Inc. (2001) : Defending against Design/Negligence Claims

Heller v. District of Columbia (2011) : Challenging Registration Requirements and Bans

Miller v. Bonta (2021) : Challenging the Roberti-Roos Assault Weapons Control Act

7 Dangerous People: The Felons

Categories of Dangerous Individuals

1974-2023: Convicted Felons as Dangerous Individuals

Huddleston v. United States (1974) : Violating 18 U.S.C. 922 (a) (6) of the 1968 Gun Control Act

United States v. Everist (2004) : Violating 18 U.S.C. 922 (g) (1) of the 1968 Gun Control Act

United States v. Rozier (2010) : Violating 18 U.S.C. 922 (g) (1) of the 1968 Gun Control Act

Binderup v. U.S. Attorney General (2016) : Violating 18 U.S.C. 922 (g) (1) of the Gun Control Act.

Medina v. Whitaker (2019) : Challenging 18 U.S.C. 922 (g) (1) of the Gun Control Act

Folajtar v. U.S. Attorney General (2020) : Challenging 18 U.S.C. 922 (g) (1) of the Gun Control Act

United States v. Edell Jackson (2023) : Challenging 18 U.S.C. 922 (g) (1) of the Gun Control Act

United States v. Bryan Range (2023) : Challenging 18 U.S.C. 922 (g) (1) of the Gun Control Act

1999-2023: Domestic Abusers as Dangerous Individuals

Gillespie v. City of Indianapolis (1999) : Appealing a Violation of 18 U.S.C. 922 (g) (9) of the Gun Control Act

United States v. Napier (2000) : Appealing a Violation of 18 U.S.C. 922 (g) (8) of the Gun Control Act

United States v. White (2010) : Appealing a Violation of 18 U.S.C. 922 (g) (9) of the Gun Control Act

United States v. Skoien (2010) : Appealing a Violation of 18 U.S.C. 922 (g) (9) of the Gun Control Act

United States v. Chester (2010) : Appealing a violation of 18 U.S.C. 922 (g) (9) of the Gun Control Act

United States v. Chovan (2013) : Appealing Violation of 18 U.S.C. 922 (g) (9) of the Gun Control Act

United States v. Rahimi (2023) : Appealing Violation of 18 U.S.C. 922 (g) (8) of the Gun Control Act

8 Dangerous People: The Risky and Irresponsible

2009-25: Minors as Dangerous Individuals

United States v. Rene (2009) : Violating 18 U.S.C. 922 (x) (2) of the 1994 Youth Handgun Safety Act

NRA v. BATFE (2012) : Challenging 18 U.S.C. 922 (b) (1) &amp

(c) (1) of the 1968 Omnibus Crime Act

NRA v. Bondi (2023) : Challenging Florida Statute 790.065 (13) (High School Public Safety Act)

Worth v. Harrington (2023) : Challenging Minnesota's Gun Permit Age Requirement (624.714)

Lara v. Commissioner PA State Police (2024/5 ): Challenging PA's Uniform Firearms Act

2009-24: Drug Users as Dangerous Individuals.

United States v. Richard (2009) : Challenging18 U.S.C. 922 (g) (3) (Gun Possession by Drug User).

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9798765137314

9798765137291

9798765137307

OCLC:

1535403104