The Second Amendment, political liberty, and the right to self-preservation
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...[28] Nelson Lund, The Second Amendment, Political Liberty and the Right to Self-Preservation, 39 Ala....
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...One likely explanation is that, at the time of the Amendment's adoption, America retained a predominantly rural culture with a frontier ethos, and no one had any reason to expect that a popularly elected government would have any motive to interfere with its citizens' ability to defend themselves against the hazards of everyday life.[28]...
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...’s Assault Weapon Manufacturing Strict Liability Act, 25 (1992): 313....
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...Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems Note, Markus Boser, Go Ahead, State, Make Them Pay: An Analysis of Washington D.C.’s Assault Weapon Manufacturing Strict Liability Act, 25 (1992): 313....
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...Furthermore, the experience of black Americans, particularly during the Jim Crow era, when gun control laws were used to help secure their political subordination, [31] demonstrates that the culture of this country has been capable of allowing the government to undertake serious repression of vulnerable minorities....
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...[31] See Halbrook, The Jurisprudence of the Second and Fourteenth Amendments, 4 Geo....
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...[36] See Kates, The Second Amendment: A Dialogue, 49 Law & Contemp....
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...[36] Circumstances have now changed, and caution should therefore be exercised in using modern conceptual categories to draw inferences regarding the relative silence during the founding period concerning the "personal safety" rationale for the private possession of firearms....
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...[58] See Jacobs, Exceptions to a General Prohibition on Handgun Possession: Do They Swallow Up the Rule?, 49 Law & Contemp....
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