Legal Aspects of Gun Control

While the subject of "gun control" may be on everyone's lips these days, what is meant by that phrase can differ widely from person to person. To some, the term may simply be shorthand for the best way to get certain weapons off the streets. Other may regard it as being the mantra used by those forces seeking, in the name of the greater good, to circumscribe the constitutionally protected rights of the individual.

This bibliography is meant to be a starting point for the reader who is interested in the legal aspects of gun control. All of the materials listed were published between 1985 and 1994 inclusive (for materials published prior to 1985, please consult one of the bibliographies listed below). With the exception of a few representative state and federal hearings and reports, all of the items listed are either monographs or scholarly articles. Finally, while many of the sources used were written or published outside the United States, this bibliography is limited to materials written in English.

* Reference/Collection Development Librarian at New York Law School Mendik Library; Queens College, City University of New York, B.A. 1983, M.L.S. 1992 from the Graduate School of Library and Information Studies; University of Notre Dame Law School, J.D. 1987.

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Casey, Verna. Gun Control: A Selected Bibliography. Public Administration Series, P2394. Monticello, Ill.: Vance Bibliographies, 1988.

Hasko, John J. "Gun Control: A Selective Bibliography." Gun Control. 49 Law and Contemporary Problems 251-267 (1986).

Stewart, Alva W. Gun Control: Its Pros and Cons: A Checklist. Public Administration Series, Bibliographies, P2042. Monticello, Ill.: Vance Bibliographies, 1988.

White, Anthony G. Handgun Regulation Debate: A Selected Bibliography. Public Administration Series, Bibliographies, P2493. Monticello, Ill.: Vance Bibliographies, 1988.

SYMPOSIA

Gun Control and the Second Amendment: A Symposium. 15 University of Dayton Law Review 1-155 (Fall 1989).

Gun Control. 49 Law and Contemporary Problems 1-267 (Winter 1986).

Guns. 11 Behavioral Sciences and the Law 351-421 (Autumn 1993).

SECOND AMENDMENT MONOGRAPHS

Cottrol, Robert J., ed. Gun Control and the Constitution: Sources and Explorations on the Second Amendment. New York: Garland Pub., 1993.

Cramer, Clayton E. For the Defense of Themselves and the State: The Original Intent and Judicial Interpretation of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 1994.

Freedman, Warren. The Privilege to Keep and Bear Arms: The Second Amendment and Its Interpretation. New York: Quorum Books, 1989.