For decades, the Second Amendment was consigned to constitutional exile, all but erased from constitutional law textbooks and effectively banished from the nation’s courts. But no more. Recent developments in the law and in political culture have begun the process of returning the amendment to its proper place in our constitutional pantheon. Congress now has a historic opportunity, not simply to stave off new gun-control proposals, but to begin restoring Americans’ right to keep and bear arms.
The Supreme Court Is Too Gun-Shy on the Second Amendment
By Ilya Shapiro and Matthew Larosiere. The Wall Street Journal. January 7, 2019.
Britain’s Failed Weapons-Control Laws Show Why the Second Amendment Matters
By David B. Kopel and Vincent Harinam. National Review (Online). August 28, 2018.
Yes, Washington, the First Amendment Even Protects Firearm Blueprints
By Ilya Shapiro and Matthew Larosiere. The Federalist. August 1, 2018.
Losing Count: The Empty Case for “High-Capacity” Magazine Restrictions
By Matthew Larosiere. Legal Policy Bulletin No. 3. July 17, 2018.
Keep the Kids Inside? Juvenile Curfews and Urban Gun Violence
By Jillian B. Carr and Jennifer L. Doleac. Research Briefs in Economic Policy No. 47. March 16, 2016.
The Costs and Consequences of Gun Control
By David B. Kopel. Policy Analysis No. 784. December 1, 2015.
David B. Kopel. America's First Freedom. January 2014.
Our Core Second Amendment Rights
Cato's Letter. Robert A. Levy. Vol. 11. No. 3. Summer 2013.
Ilya Shapiro. Journal on Firearms & Public Policy. Vol. 5. No. 22. Fall 2010.
By Ilya Shapiro, Trevor Burrus, and Matthew Larosiere. Legal Briefs. December 21, 2018.
By Ilya Shapiro, Trevor Burrus, and Matthew Larosiere. Legal Briefs. October 11, 2018.
By Joseph G.S. Greenlee, David B. Kopel, Ilya Shapiro, Trevor Burrus, & Matthew Larosiere. Legal Briefs. August 29, 2018.
The Right to Keep and Bear Arms: 10 Years after Heller
Policy Report. September/October 2018.
22. Restoring the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
Cato Handbook for Policymakers. Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 8th Edition (2017).
Gun Control: Grounds for Compromise?
Robert A. Levy. Policy Report. September/October 2016.
#CatoDigital — The Right to Bear 3D-Printed Arms: A First and Second Amendment Issue
Featuring Josh Blackman, Matthew Larosiere, Mark McDaniel, & Kat Murti. September 27, 2018. Cato Digital.
The Blue Tent Sky: How the Left’s War on Guns Cost Me My Son and My Freedom
Featuring Walter Olson and Tim Lynch. December 11, 2014. Book Forum.
The Heller Ruling, Five Years On
Featuring Alan Gura, Robert A. Levy, Clark Neily, & Tim Lynch. June 4, 2013. Policy Forum.
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