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Books and Book Chapters

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

"Gun Control On Trial: Inside the Supreme Court Battle over the Second Amendment (Digital Edition)," By Brian Doherty (2008).

"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

"Tough Targets: When Criminals Face Armed Resistance from Citizens," by Clayton E. Cramer and David Burnett, White Paper no. 33, February 2, 2012

"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

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Articles and Newsletters

"Keeping Pandora's Box Sealed: Privileges or Immunities, The Constitution in 2020, and Properly Extending the Right to Keep and Bear Arms to the States," by Josh Blackman and Ilya Shapiro, Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy, vol. 8, number 1 (Winter 2010).

"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

"Why the Washington Post Is Wrong about Stand Your Ground Laws," by Walter Olson, Daily Caller, April 9, 2012

"Stand Your Ground Not Responsible for Trayvon Martin's Death," by Tim Lynch, JURIST, April 6, 2012

"On the Right Side of the Bullet," by Clayton E. Cramer, Washington Times, February 9, 2012

"U.S. Gun Laws: Mexico's Favorite Scapegoat for Drug Violence," by Ted Galen Carpenter, Big Peace, May 28, 2011

"Mexican Criminals, American Guns," by David Rittgers, National Review (Online), March 21, 2011

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Legal Briefs

Montana Shooting Sports Association v. Holder, June 13, 2011 (PDF, 67 KB)

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

"The Future of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms," January 20, 2011 [Policy Forum]

"More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun Control Laws," June 17, 2010 [Book Forum]

"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]

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Speeches and Congressional Testimony

"Regarding S. 436," by David B. Kopel, Congressional Testimony, November 15, 2011.

"Confirmation Hearings for the Appointment of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court of the United States of America," by David B. Kopel and Stephen P. Halbrook, written testimony prepared for the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, July 1, 2010.

"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

Some Clarity on Self Defense featuring Massad Ayoob (May 10, 2012) [Daily Podcast, 16:43]

"Stand Your Ground" Laws: Self-Defense or License to Kill? featuring Clayton E. Cramer, Tim Lynch, Massad Ayoob and Steven Jansen (April 23, 2012) [Events, 01:10:28]

Malou Innocent discusses the U.S. wanting Iraq to block Iran weapons sales to Syria on VOA (March 22, 2012) [Media Highlights - TV, 02:31]

Malou Innocent discusses the latest from Afghanistan and how the shooting this weekend will impact US-Afghan relations on Al-Arabiya (March 13, 2012) [Media Highlights - TV, 02:37]

Malou Innocent on why Syrian rebels shouldn't be armed on BBC World (March 2, 2012) [Media Highlights - TV, 16:08]

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