Gun Control and Gun Rights

Andrew J. McClurg is professor of law at the Florida International University College of Law.David Kopel is Research Director at the Independence Institute in Golden, Colorado. Brannon Denning is Assistant Professor of Law at Southern Illinois University Law School.Brannon Denning is Assistant Professor of Law at Southern Illinois University Law School.

• 1 The Benefits of Gun Ownership 2 The Costs of Firearms 3 Philosophical Roots of the Right to Arms and of Opposition to That Right 4 The Right to Arms in the Second Amendment and State Constitutions: Cases and Commentary 5 Guns and Identity: Race, Gender, Class, and Culture 6 Guns and Civil Liability

""Most academic literature regarding firearms policy is one-sided advocacy scholarship. . . . This book seeks to create such a balance."" (Future Survey)