Issues:
Gun Control and Gun Rights
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on a link to examine different views and details about this
issue.
Gun
Control/Rights: Latest News
As
gun-control case goes before Supreme Court, both sides
speak out:Chicago’s handgun ban
challenged--Chicago
Tribune, March 1, 2010
Gun
Control/Rights: General Links
Email
Gun Control Debate
- let the world know why you stand on your side of the
issue.
U.S.
Department of Treasury - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and
Firearms - Firearms Programs
Washington
State Initiative 676
Carrying
Concealed Weapons
- table outlining differing approaches to carrying
concealed weapons by state.
Firearms
Amnesty - The
Home Office gives details of the firearms amnesty in
England, Scotland and Wales, which takes place between 3
and 30 June 1996.
Firearms
in Russia -
summary of Russian laws concerning firearms and brief
history of firearm evolution in Russia from middle ages
till recent times.
Gun-Free
Schools Act of 1994
Melting-Point
Legislation and "Saturday Night
Specials" -
Northwestern Law School article.
Second
Amendment Links
The
Embarrassing Second Amendment
- article from the Yale Law Journal by Sanford Levinson,
University of Texas at Austin School of Law.
Guns
and the 2nd Amendment
- my experiences with guns, the nuts who use and love
them, the NRA, and the silly 2nd Amendment.
Is
the Second Amendment Really Such a
Riddle? - review
of Joyce Malcolm's, "To Keep and Bear Arms: The Origins
of an Anglo-American Right."
Second
Amendment Committee
- protesting the abolishment of our states, this
disarming of the nation and its citizens, plans to bring
foreign soldiers to our nation, and the increase in
socialism.
Second
Amendment Foundation
Second
Amendment is For Everyone (SAFE)
Second
Amendment Law Library
- collection of law review articles concering the Second
Amendment.
Second
Amendment Stuff -
Dedicated to the right to keep and bear arms. A
well-designed website.
Second
Amendment: Toward an Afro-Americanist
Reconsideration -
by Robert Cottrol & Raymond Diamond; from the
Georgetown Law Journal, 1991.
Gun
Control Links
Californians
for Responsible Gun Laws
- non-profit lobbying organization dedicated to
combatting firearms violence through education and
legislative advocacy.
Contra
Costa County Ceasefire
- a group of county citizens who are concerned about gun
violence in our communities.
Firearms
Policy Journal
Gunfree
- coalition to stop gun violence.
Handgun
Control, Inc. and The Center To Prevent Handgun
Violence -
pressing for more rational, common-sense, gun
laws.
Join
Together Online -
national resource center for communities working to
reduce substance abuse and gun violence.
Marylanders
Against Handgun Abuse
- with the goal of not banning all guns, but to save
lives that could be lost through the insane tragedy of
gun violence.
Orange
County Citizens for the Prevention of Gun
Violence -
non-profit organization dedicated to the belief that all
gun violence is preventable.
PAX
- dedicated to ending gun violence in America.
Reverse
FIRE - article
from Mother Jones.
Student
Pledge Against Gun Violence
Texans
Against Gun Violence
- dedicated to reducing the number of gun related deaths
in the state.
Violence
Policy Center -
national educational foundation working to reduce
firearms violence in America.
Washington
Ceasefire - works
to end gun violence through education and legislation,
focusing on Washington State.
Gun
Control Links: The Brady Bill
Brady
Law - more
information from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and
Firearms.
BradyBill.com
- discussion forum for those concerned about the effect
of the Brady Law on gun purchase waiting
periods.
FAQ
- Brady Law
Gun
Rights Links
Firefighters
For The Right To Keep And Bear
Arms - Dedicated
to restore and preserve the right to keep and bear arms.
We have several links World Government and the
Constitutions they advocate.
Gun
Owners' Action League
- contains information on state laws, pending legislative
activity, and the right to keep and bear arms.
Gun
Owners' Legal Defense
- information about firearm legal issue, message boards
and discussion groups, and essay contests.
Jews
for the Preservation of Firearms
Ownership -
general info on this membership-required
organization.
National
Firearms Association
- The united voice of Canada's firearms owners. Our
extensive website features research, analysis, and
commentary on Canadian gun control laws, Bill C68, and
other firearms legislation.
National
Rifle Association - NRA
New
York State Rifle & Pistol Association,
Inc -
NRA-affiliated state association for New York.
Ohio
Gun Collectors Association
- non-profit corporation that promotes friendship for
those interested in the collection, possession, and use
of arms by responsible persons.
PAC-H.E.A.T./ARGO
- pro-gun organisation.
Paul
Revere Network
Peaceable
Texans for Firearms Rights
Responsible
Firearms Owners Coalition of British
Columbia
Rocky
Mountain Gun Owners
- Colorado's no-compromise firearms rights gun
lobby.
Second
Thoughts -
supports the right of citizens to keep and bear arms from
the basis of a liberal political philosophy.
Tennessee
Firearms Association
Texas
State Rifle Association
Washington
Gun Owners Newsletter
- features the latest news on firearm related topics:
legislation, elections, and answers to frequently asked
questions about firearms law.
Western
Missouri Shooters Alliance
- dedicated to the restoration of the inalienable right
to keep and bear arms as guaranteed by the Second
Amendment.
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