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Books and Book Chapters

"Restoring the Right to Bear Arms," Chapter 31, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

"Guns and Federalism," Chapter 19, Cato Handbook for Congress: Policy Recommendations for the 108th Congress, (2003).

"Restoring the Right to Bear Arms," Chapter 18, Cato Handbook for Congress: Policy Recommendations for the 108th Congress, (2003).

Cato Studies

"There Goes the Neighborhood: The Bush-Ashcroft Plan to "Help" Localities Fight Gun Crime," by Gene Healy, Policy Analysis no. 440, May 28, 2002

"Pistol Whipped: Baseless Lawsuits, Foolish Laws," by Robert A. Levy, Policy Analysis no. 400, May 9, 2001

"Fighting Back: Crime, Self-Defense, and the Right to Carry a Handgun," by Jeffrey Snyder, Policy Analysis no. 284, October 22, 1997

"Kids, Guns, and the Commerce Clause: Is the Court Ready for Constitutional Government?," by Glenn Harlan Reynolds, Policy Analysis no. 216, October 10, 1994

"Trust the People: The Case against Gun Control," by David Kopel, Policy Analysis no. 109, July 11, 1988

Articles and Newsletters

"Second Amendment Redux: Scrutiny, Incorporation, and the Heller Paradox," by Robert A. Levy, Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, vol. 33, number 1 (Winter 2010).

"Self-Defense: An Endangered Right," by Joyce Lee Malcolm, Cato Policy Report, March/April 2004.

Opinion and Commentary

"Be a Good Victim," by David Rittgers, National Review (Online), October 22, 2009

"Gun Owners' Next Victory in D.C.," by Robert A. Levy, Washington Post, September 1, 2009

"Sotomayor and the Second Amendment," by Robert A. Levy, FindLaw, July 31, 2009

"Vote No on Sonia Sotomayor," by Doug Bandow, American Spectator, July 30, 2009

"Gun Rights and the Constitution: Was Heller Insignificant?," by David Kopel, The New Ledger, March 26, 2009

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Legal Briefs

McDonald v. City of Chicago, November 21, 2009 (PDF, 253 KB)

National Rifle Association v. City of Chicago; McDonald v. City of Chicago, July 6, 2009 (PDF, 135 KB)

District of Columbia v. Heller, February 13, 2008 (PDF, 141 KB)

Parker v. District of Columbia, March 1, 2004 (PDF, 48 KB)

Events

"McDonald v. Chicago: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Future of Gun Rights," March 3, 2010 [Capitol Hill Briefing]

"McDonald v. Chicago: Will the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Apply to the States?," March 1, 2010 [Policy Forum]

"Gun Control on Trial," November 24, 2008 [Book Forum]

"D.C. Gun Ban in the Cross Hairs," March 22, 2007 [Policy Forum]

Speeches and Congressional Testimony

"Confirmation Hearings for the Appointment of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court of the United States of America," by David B. Kopel, testimony before the Judiciary Committee of the United States Senate, July 16, 2009.

Multimedia

"Privileges or Immunities Revival?" featuring Ilya Shapiro, December 28, 2009 [Flash Audio, 07:34]

"Incorporating the Second Amendment" featuring Roger Pilon, October 5, 2009 [Flash Audio, 06:53]

Roger Pilon discusses the McDonald vs. Chicago gun ban case on FOX Edge September 30, 2009 [Flash Video, 01:33]

"Second Amendment May Return to SCOTUS" featuring Robert A. Levy, June 15, 2009 [Flash Audio, 07:17]

Cato Chairman Robert A. Levy discusses gun laws on NewsHour. April 22, 2009 [Flash Video, 09:05]

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