Freedom to Kill: American Gun Policy
Second Amendment, Firearms Regulation, and the Legal Debate Over Public SafetyBy Michael A. Foster, William J. Krouse, Congressional Research Service, The Supreme Court of the United States
Length25h 23m
About this audiobook
Freedom to Kill: American Gun Policy assembles legal, legislative, and policy-oriented perspectives on one of the most enduring conflicts in United States public life: the relationship between individual firearms possession, public safety, and constitutional authority. Rather than offering a single rhetorical position, the volume situates gun policy within its institutional and historical complexity, moving among statutory analysis, congressional debate, judicial interpretation, and the practical consequences of regulation. Its examinations of Second Amendment doctrine and federal firearms policy stand out for clarifying how abstract constitutional principles acquire force through lawmaking and adjudication. The contributors bring together expertise associated with congressional research, legal analysis, and the Supreme Court's constitutional legacy. Their collective perspective reflects the larger evolution of American gun discourse, from regulatory initiatives and crime-control concerns to the increasingly central role of rights-based litigation. By placing legislative research alongside the jurisprudential framework through which gun laws are tested, the collection illuminates the tension between democratic policymaking and constitutional review. These varied institutional voices enrich an understanding of gun policy as both a legal question and a contested cultural inheritance. Recommended for students, researchers, and engaged citizens, this volume offers a valuable opportunity to examine firearms policy through multiple authoritative lenses. Its breadth encourages careful comparison of legal arguments, political assumptions, and historical contexts, fostering a more informed dialogue about a subject too often reduced to slogans.
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GenrePolitics and Government, Literary Classics
Length25 hrs 23 mins
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Publish dateJul 15, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Essays of Woodrow Wilson (Annotated)
2U.S. Gun Policy: Framework and Major Issues
3Federal Statutory Framework
4Federal Firearms Law: Selected Developments in the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Branches
5Introduction
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6Major Federal Gun Laws
7National Firearms Act (NFA) (1934)
8Federal Firearms Act of 1938 (FFA)
9Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
10AN ACT (pt. 1)
11AN ACT (pt. 2)
12Gun Control Act of 1968
13AN ACT
14The Firearm Owners' Protection Act (FOPA) of 1986
15Undetectable Firearms Act (1988)
16Gun-Free School Zones Act (1990)
17Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (1993)
18An Act
19Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (2004)
20Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (2005)
21Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (2022)
22An Act
23Firearm Court Cases in the United States
24United States v. Cruikshank (1875)
25United States v. Cruikshank — Syllabus
26Opinion of the Court
27Dissenting Opinion Clifford
28Presser v. State of Illinois (1886)
29Presser v. State of Illinois — Syllabus
30Opinion of the Court
31United States v. Miller (1939)
32District of Columbia v. Heller (2008)
33District of Columbia v. Heller — Syllabus
34Opinion of the Court
35Dissenting Opinions (pt. 1)
36Dissenting Opinions (pt. 2)
37Caetano v. Massachusetts (2016)
38Caetano v. Massachusetts— Syllabus
39Concurring Opinion
40New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. City of New York (2020)
41New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. City of New York— Syllabus
42Concurring Opinion
43Dissenting Opinions
44New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen (2022)
45New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen— Syllabus
46Court Opinion (Thomas)
47Concurring Opinion
48Dissenting Opinions
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