By Andrew J. McClurg,Brannon P. Denning
McClurg (a gun-regulation supporter) and Denning (a gun-rights supporter) follow their a long time of expertise learning firearms policy and gun violence during this balanced, reader-friendly casebook addressing the contentious problems with weapons in the United States. via instances, difficulties, and provocative notes and questions, the booklet explores present federal and state gun legislation, significant constitutional instances, post-Heller Second Amendment litigation, glossy self-defense ideas equivalent to Stand Your Ground legislation, civil legal responsibility, gun legislation in different nations, criminal suggestions to gun violence, and problems with weapons and race, alienage, tradition, and gender.
"In Guns and the Law, Andrew Jay McClurg and Brannon P. Denning bring a balanced and accomplished account of gun legislations and coverage within the usa. this is often an admirable fulfillment, specially provided that lots gun discourse fails to have interaction with, or perhaps recognize, opposite arguments and proof. McClurg and Denning’s e-book not just conveys loads of old, political, felony, and useful details, yet operationalizes that info through delivering a framework with which to appreciate and debate it. Guns and the Law could be a regular reference for students, scholars, and different readers—a great addition to a space of scholarship and discourse that desperately wishes extra voices like McClurg’s and Denning’s." — Joseph Blocher, Professor at Duke college college of Law
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