LibGuides: Florida Firearms & Stand Your Ground: Secondary Sources

Definitions

firearm.

(17c) A weapon that expels a projectile (such as a bullet or pellets) by the combustion of gunpowder or other explosive. Black's Law Dictionary, 710 (9th ed.)

gun.

Fla. 1918. "Gun" is any portable firearm, excpet a pistol or revolver, such as a rifle, shotgun, carbine, etc.––Henderson v. State, 78 So. 427, 75 Fla. 464.

gun-control law.

(1968) A statute or ordinance that regulates the sale, possession, or use of firearms. Gun-control laws vary widely among the states, and many cities have gun-control ordinances. Federal law restricts and regulates the illegal sale, possession, and use of firearms. 18 USCA §§ 921-930. Black's Law Dictionary, 777 (9th ed.)

pistol.

Fla.App. 3 Dist. 1968. Term "pistol" as used in statute prohibiting possession of pistol by convicted felon is generic word which encompasses entire class of firearms designed either by manufacturer or possessor to be held and fired by one hand. F.S.A. § 790.23(1).––Davis v. State, 215 So.2d 626.––Weap 4.

Florida Jurisprudence 2d

206 Fla Jur Constitutional Law § 349
Right to Bear Arms: Generally
206 Fla Jur Constitutional Law § 350
Right to Bear Arms: Limitations
57 Fla Jur Weapons § 1
Definitions: Generally
57 Fla Jur Weapons § 2
Definitions: Weapons of Mass Destruction
57 Fla Jur Weapons § 3
Regulation: Generally
57 Fla Jur Weapons § 4
Regulation: Preemption by State
57 Fla Jur Weapons § 5
Regulation: Purchase and Delivery of Handgun
57 Fla Jur Weapons § 6
Regulation: Registry of Firearms and Owners
57 Fla Jur Weapons § 7
Regulation: License or Permit
57 Fla Jur Weapons § 8
Regulation: Regulation of Conduct by Employer
57 Fla Jur Weapons § 9
Civil Liability: Generally
57 Fla Jur Weapons § 10
Civil Liability: Degree of Care Required
57 Fla Jur Weapons § 11
Civil Liability: Person Shot While Hunting
57 Fla Jur Weapons § 12
Civil Liability: Shooting Injury at Rifle Range, Shooting Gallery, or Skeet Range
57 Fla Jur Weapons § 13
Civil Liability: Comparative Negligence; Fault or Responsibility of Plaintiff
57 Fla Jur Weapons § 14
Civil Liability: Where Weapon Passes From Person's Control: Generally
57 Fla Jur Weapons § 15
Civil Liability: Where Weapon Passes From Person's Control: Negligent Entrustment
57 Fla Jur Weapons § 16
Civil Liability: Liability of Manufacturer, Distributor, Dealer, or Seller of Weapon or Firearm: Generally
57 Fla Jur Weapons § 17
Civil Liability: Liability of Manufacturer, Distributor, Dealer, or Seller of Weapon or Firearm: Violation of Federal Gun Control Act
57 Fla Jur Weapons § 18
Civil Liability: Liability of Manufacturer, Distributor, Dealer, or Seller of Weapon or Firearm: Misuse of Weapon or Likeliness to Cause Harm: Generally
57 Fla Jur Weapons § 19
Civil Liability: Liability of Manufacturer, Distributor, Dealer, or Seller of Weapon or Firearm: Misuse of Weapon or Likeliness to Cause Harm: Condition and Status of Purchaser
57 Fla Jur Weapons § 20
Civil Liability: Liability of Manufacturer, Distributor, Dealer, or Seller of Weapon or Firearm: Misuse of Weapon or Likeliness to Cause Harm: Intoxication
57 Fla Jur Weapons § 21
Civil Liability: Liability of Manufacturer, Distributor, Dealer, or Seller of Weapon or Firearm: Misuse of Weapon or Likeliness to Cause Harm: Sale to Minor
15B Fla Jur Criminal Law -- Procedure § 3073
The certiorari jurisdiction of the District Courts of Appeal may be sought to review nonfinal orders of lower tribunals other than as prescribed by the appellate rule governing proceedings to review nonfinal orders. Additionally, the Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure provide that the certiorari jurisdiction of District Courts of Appeal may be sought to review the final orders of Circuit Courts acting in their review capacity. The Circuit Court's failure to apply the correct law must be more than a simple legal error in order to warrant the issuance of a writ of certiorari by the District Court of Appeal. Rather, the Circuit Court should exercise its discretion only when there has been a violation of a clearly established principle of law resulting in a miscarriage of justice, or where there is a question as to whether the circuit court afforded the parties procedural due process.
15C Fla. Jur 2d Criminal Law—Procedure § 3135
Standards of review; questions of law
16 Fla. Jur 2d Criminal Law—Substantive Principles/Offenses § 384
"The general rules of criminal law governing self-defense apply in prosecutions for assault and battery. Thus, self-defense is generally a defense to battery. Under Florida law, a defendant may claim self-defense if there is evidence indicating that initially he or she was the object of aggravated battery."
16 Fla. Jur 2d Criminal Law—Substantive Principles/Offenses § 391
"In an assault trial, a court can properly give instructions on the justifiable use of deadly force and the justifiable use of nondeadly force where the defendant claims self-defense, but the State argues that the force was deadly because it is for the jury to determine whether the force involved was deadly or nondeadly."
16 Fla. Jur 2d Criminal Law—Substantive Principles/Offenses § 523
"By statute, a person who is not engaged in an unlawful activity and who is attacked in any other place where he or she has a right to be has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground and meet force with force, including deadly force if he or she reasonably believes it is necessary to do so to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the commission of a forcible felony."
16 Fla. Jur 2d Criminal Law—Substantive Principles/Offenses § 550
"Whether a homicide defendant was legitimately acting in self-defense at the time of the killing is an issue for the jury to determine where the evidence is reasonably susceptible of two views, either that the defendant's action was justifiable self-defense or that such action evinced a depraved mind without proper regard for the victim's life. Thus, where evidence on the issue of self-defense is capable of the inference that the defendant was the aggressor in a prosecution for homicide, the issue of whether the defendant acted in self-defense is properly submitted to the jury."
16 Fla. Jur 2d Criminal Law—Substantive Principles/Offenses § 570
"The right to stand one's ground without retreating when violently assaulted in one's own home or on one's own premises in an unprovoked difficulty should form an element of the instructions on the law of self-defense in homicide cases where there is evidence tending to show such state of facts."
16C Fla Jur Criminal Law -- Substantive Principles and Offenses § 1915
Open Carry: Generally
16C Fla Jur Criminal Law -- Substantive Principles and Offenses § 1916
Open Carry: Exception for Possession in Home or Place of Business
16C Fla. Jur 2d Criminal Law—Substantive Principles/Offenses § 1917
Concealed Carry: Generally
16C Fla Jur Criminal Law -- Substantive Principles and Offenses § 1918
Concealed Carry: Intent or Knowledge as Element of Offense; Actual or Constructive Possession
16C Fla. Jur 2d Criminal Law—Substantive Principles/Offenses § 1919
Concealed Carry: Arrest and Accusatory Pleading; Lesser-Included Offense
16C Fla. Jur 2d Criminal Law—Substantive Principles/Offenses § 1920
Concealed Carry: Concealment Requirement: Generally
16C Fla. Jur 2d Criminal Law—Substantive Principles/Offenses § 1921
Concealed Carry: Concealment Requirement: What Constitutes "On or About the Person" and "Ordinary Sight of Another Person"
16C Fla. Jur 2d Criminal Law—Substantive Principles/Offenses § 1922
Concealed Carry: Concealment Requirement: "Concealed Weapon" and "Concealed Firearm" Defined
16C Fla. Jur 2d Criminal Law—Substantive Principles/Offenses § 1923
Concealed Carry: Concealment Requirement: "Concealed Weapon" and "Concealed Firearm" Defined - Jury Question and Charge
16C Fla. Jur 2d Criminal Law—Substantive Principles/Offenses § 1924
Concealed Carry: Concealment Requirement: Considerations in Determining Whether Weapon or Firearm is Concealed
16C Fla. Jur 2d Criminal Law—Substantive Principles/Offenses § 1925
Concealed Carry: Exemptions: License to Carry Concealed Weapon or Firearm
16C Fla. Jur 2d Criminal Law—Substantive Principles/Offenses § 1926
Concealed Carry: Exemptions: License to Carry Concealed Weapon or Firearm - Judges and Justices; Nonresidents
16C Fla. Jur 2d Criminal Law—Substantive Principles/Offenses § 1927
Concealed Carry: Exemptions: License to Carry Concealed Weapon or Firearm - Possession in Home or Place of Business
16C Fla. Jur 2d Criminal Law—Substantive Principles/Offenses § 1928
Concealed Carry: Exemptions: Off-duty, Inactive, and Retired Law Enforcement Officers
16C Fla. Jur 2d Criminal Law—Substantive Principles/Offenses § 1929
Concealed Carry: Exemptions: Possession in Private Conveyance
16C Fla. Jur 2d Criminal Law—Substantive Principles/Offenses § 1930
Concealed Carry: Exemptions: Possession in Private Conveyance - "Securely Encased" and "Readily Accessible for Immediate Use" Defined

Legal Encyclopedias

Validity, Construction, and Application of Municipal Restrictions on Location or Operations of Facilities for Sale or Use of Firearms

19 A.L.R.6th 335 (Originally published in 2006)

"Where there are state statutes governing aspects of the distribution or utilization of firearms, the argument has been made that local ordinances or regulations limiting the site or operations of facilities in which firearms are sold or used are preempted by them. For example, in Peter Garrett Gunsmith, Inc. v. City of Dayton, 98 S.W.3d 517, 19 A.L.R.6th 865 (Ky. Ct. App. 2002), a firearms dealer argued that city zoning ordinances which prevented him from obtaining licenses to establish gun shops at certain locations within commercial districts were preempted by a state statute providing that no city could occupy any part of the field of regulation of the transfer of firearms, but the court rejected this contention, holding, inter alia, that the ordinances did not represent regulations in the field of firearms control prohibited by the statute, but rather were permissible municipal regulations in the field of land use. These and other issues pertaining to the validity, construction, and application of municipal restrictions on the location or operations of such facilities are discussed in the following annotation."

Preemption of State Regulation of Weapons and Other Laws by Federal Gun Control Act

65 A.L.R.6th 329 (Originally published in 2011)

"The principal purpose of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968, 18 U.S.C.A. §§ 921 et seq., was to strengthen federal controls over interstate and foreign commerce in firearms and to assist the states effectively to regulate firearms within their borders. By the terms of the Act, states remain free to pass laws on the same subject matter as the Act unless there is a direct and positive conflict between the state and federal laws so that the two cannot be reconciled or consistently stand together. The Supreme Court of Oregon in Willis v. Winters, 350 Or. 299, 2011 WL 1886286, 65 A.L.R.6th 717 (2011), affirming Willis v. Winters, 235 Or. App. 615, 234 P.3d 141 (2010), review allowed, 349 Or. 173, 243 P.3d 468 (2010) and decision aff'd, 350 Or. 299, 2011 WL 1886286, 65 A.L.R.6th 717 (2011), held that the sheriff's duty under the state concealed handgun licensing law, Or. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 166.291, to issue concealed handgun licenses to qualified applicants without regard to their use of medical marijuana, was not preempted by the federal Gun Control Act of 1968's prohibition on possession of firearms by unlawful users of controlled substances. This annotation collects and discusses the cases that have considered the preemption of state regulation of weapons and other laws by the GunControl Act."

Construction and Application of Exemption for Firearms Under State Law

46 A.L.R.6th 401 (Originally published in 2009)

"Federal law enumerates property which a debtor in a bankruptcy proceeding may claim as exempt from the bankruptcy estate, but a state may choose to opt out of the exemption plan set forth in the federal bankruptcy statute (11 U.S.C.A. § 522(b)). While the Bankruptcy Code defines the types of property that an individual debtor in bankruptcy may exempt and affords the debtor the choice of the exemptions listed in the Bankruptcy Code itself or the exemptions available under other federal law or under applicable state or local law, this is subject to an applicable state law that specifically does not authorize the use of the federal exemptions. The issue arises as to whether a debtor's "firearms" are exempted from bankruptcy estates pursuant to state law specific firearms exemptions, generalized property exemptions, "household goods" exemptions, "personal property" exemptions, or similar exemption provisions. In In re Maynard, 2006 MT 162, 332 Mont. 485, 139 P.3d 803, 46 A.L.R.6th 681 (2006), for example, the court held that a debtor was allowed to claim an exemption from a bankruptcy estate for two different firearms pursuant to Mont. Code Ann. § 25-13-609(1), which provides that a judgment debtor's interest in up to $4,500 in aggregate value or $600 in any one item of property, specifically including firearms, is exempt from execution. This annotation collects and discusses all cases analyzing whether a debtor's "firearms" are exempted from bankruptcy estates pursuant to state law specific firearms exemptions, generalized property exemptions, "household goods" exemptions, "personal property" exemptions, or similar exemption provisions."

94 C.J.S. Weapons § 9

"Constitutional safeguards against the infringement of the right to keep and bear arms are considered in the context of the arms in common use at the time of the founding although the right is not limited to arms in existence at that time."

94 C.J.S. Weapons § 30

"Statutes prohibiting the carrying or possession of weapons may make the purpose or motive for doing the act an element of the offense or at least material to determining whether an offense is committed."

94 C.J.S. Weapons § 16

"The constitutionally protected right to keep and bear arms is not absolute and is subject to reasonable regulation, particularly by licensing or prohibiting the carrying or possession of weapons by particular classes of persons."

94 C.J.S. Weapons § 17

Search Ave Maria School of Law Library Catalog

Law Homepage * Library App * Law Library * Ask a Librarian

Google Scholar

Sources in Print

ATF State Laws and Published Ordinances - Firearms Plus ATF Federal Firearms Regulations Reference Guide by Bureau of Alcohol
ISBN: 1601706510
Publication Date: 2011-01-30
"Two Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) books combine into one book. If you purchase both books separately you would pay more for the books, plus the extra shipping cost. A great value! State Laws and Published Ordinances – Firearms (ATF P 5300.5). This publication is designed to help you comply with Federal and State firearms laws. Specifically, it will assist you in complying with the Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA). The GCA prohibits licensees from selling or delivering a firearm to a non-licensee whose receipt or possession of the firearm would violate State or local laws applicable at the place of sale or delivery. In addition, this book will assist you in making lawful over-the-counter sales of rifles and shotguns to out-of-State residents—transactions that must meet the legal requirements of both your State of residence and the purchaser’s State of residence. State Laws and Published Ordinances _ Firearms also includes a "Ready Reference Table" to provide you with additional assistance for your business operations. When deciding whether to make a sale, you should first consult the full text of the State requirements, and if appropriate, contact State and local authorities before making a decision. As a Federal Firearms Licensee, you play a critical role in ensuring that only eligible persons are able to acquire firearms from you. Your acquisition and disposition records, Firearms Transaction Record ATF Forms 4473, and Reports of Multiple Sales or Other Dispositions of Pistols and Revolvers ATF Form 3310.4, have proven invaluable to law enforcement agencies at all levels of government in tracing firearms involved in crime. PLUS: Federal Firearms Regulations Reference Guide provides information designed to help you comply with all of the laws and regulations governing the manufacture, importation, and distribution of firearms and ammunition. Accordingly, it contains the relevant Federal firearms laws and regulations. It also contains rulings, general information, and questions and answers to give you further guidance on the Federal firearms laws. The laws and regulations are in a different order from previous versions so that this publication will be easier to use. This new edition also contains additional points of contact to help you get in touch with ATF more easily. Table of Contents: Laws and Regulations. Gun Control Act. 18 U.S.C. Chapter 44. 27 CFR Part 478. National Firearms Act. 26 U.S.C. Chapter 53. 27 CFR Part 479. Arms Export Control Act. 22 U.S.C. Chapter 2778. 27 CFR Part 447. 28 CFR Part 25. National Instant Criminal Background Check System Regulations. Non-mailable Firearms. 18 U.S.C. Section 1715. Rulings, Procedures, and Industry Circulars. General Information. Questions and Answers. ATF Points of Contact. ATF Industry Operations Field Offices. Non-ATF Points of Contact. State Attorney Generals. NICS Forms, Flyers, and Brochures. NICS E-Check. Gun Buyer’s Resolution Guide. Guide for Appealing a Firearm Transfer Denial. Index."
Florida Firearms: Law, Use & Ownership by Jon H. Gutmacher
Publication Date: 2012
Florida Jurisprudence 2nd
"In addition to analyzing law established by the state courts and legislature, it also includes aspects of Florida law considered by the federal courts. This encyclopedic work contains more than 400 separate titles on a broad range of legal topics. Documents for each title may include a summary, outline, each individual section of text, and a Table of Parallel References. A Words and Phrases Index is also included with this product."

Relevant sections include:
- Weapons §§1-21
- Crimsub §1915, 1916 "Open Carry"
- Crimsub §§ 1917-1930 "Concealed Carry"
- ConstLaw § 349, 350 "Right to Bear Arms"
Gun Control by James D. Torr
Call Number: HV7436 .G867 2003
ISBN: 073770747X
Publication Date: 2002-07-01
"High profile school shootings across the nation have reinvigorated the debate about gun control. In the following chapters, sociologists, activists, and others debate whether stricter gun control measures would reduce the number of school shootings and other gun-related problems: Does Private Gun Ownership Pose a Serious Problem? Does the Constitution Protect Private Gun Ownership? Is Private Gun Ownership an Effective Means of Self-Defense? What Measures Would Reduce Gun Violence?"
Gun Control and Gun Rights by Andrew J. McClurg (Editor); David B. Kopel (Editor); Brannon P. Denning (Editor)
Call Number: HV7436 .G84 2002
ISBN: 0814747590
Publication Date: 2002-06-01
"The second amendment is the most hotly debated and controversial right in the Constitution. In light of the recent surge of school shootings and other gun-related crimes, gun policy has become one of our leading national concerns, affecting politicians, gun manufacturers, sport shooters, and ordinary citizens alike.

Showcasing viewpoints from all sides of the gun control debate, Gun Control and Gun Rights, presents the first balanced gun policy textbook for use by undergraduates, graduate students, law students and the general public.

This comprehensive anthology includes selections from legal cases, hunting stories, public policy briefs and journalistic accounts. Anyone looking for a fair, even-handed account of the gun issue will find it in this book."
More Guns, Less Crime by John R. Lott
ISBN: 0226493644
Publication Date: 2000-06-15
"Does allowing people to own or carry guns deter violent crime? Or does it simply cause more citizens to harm each other? Directly challenging common perceptions about gun control, legal scholar John Lott presents the most rigorously comprehensive data analysis ever done on crime statistics and right-to-carry laws. This timely and provocative work comes to the startling conclusion: more guns mean less crime. In this paperback edition, Lott has expanded the research through 1996, incorporating new data available from states that passed right-to-carry and other gun laws since the book's publication as well as new city-level statistics."
The Founders' Second Amendment by Stephen P. Halbrook
ISBN: 1566639719
Publication Date: 2012-03-08
"Do Americans have a constitutional right to bear arms? Or is this power vested solely in government? Recent years have seen a sea change in scholarship on the Second Amendment. Beginning in the 1960s, a revisionist view emerged that individuals had a "right" to bear arms only in militia service—a limited, collective right. But in the late 1980s a handful of scholars began producing an altogether persuasive analysis that changed thinking on the matter, so that today, even in canonical textbooks, bearing arms is acknowledged as an individual right. Stephen Halbrook's The Founders' Second Amendment is the first book-length account of the origins of the Second Amendment, based on the Founders' own statements as found in newspapers, correspondence, debates, and resolutions."
The Politics of Gun Control, 5th Edition by Robert J. Spitzer
ISBN: 1594519870
Publication Date: 2011-09-01
"In a time when each new accidental death, school shooting, or political assassination draws unprecedented and polemical media attention, Robert J. Spitzer, a member of both the NRA and the Brady Center, steers clear of divisive rhetoric to present the contentious issue of gun control in the United States. Although the topic is controversial, Spitzer’s even-handed analysis makes this a perfect example of policy studies in the United States."

Books on Self Defense

Constitutional Law and the Criminal Justice System by J. Scott Harr; Kären M. Hess; Christine M. H. Orthmann
ISBN: 0495811262
Publication Date: 2011-06-20
"Market-leading CONSTITIONAL LAW AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, 5e uses real-world illustrations, succinct case summaries, and proven learning tools to equip readers with a solid understanding of our often complex Constitution and criminal justice system. Avoiding confusing "legalese", the book features more than 200 plainly written, summarized cases that introduce readers to the most influential and relevant cases. It also thoroughly covers the Fourth and Fifth Amendments, exploring their application to issues relevant to criminal justice: reasonable search and seizure, double jeopardy, and testifying against oneself. In addition, the Fifth Edition's cutting-edge coverage includes such high-profile topics as immigration, terrorism/homeland security, death row, and more."
Halftime in America by Dan S. Wible
ISBN: 1475951248
Publication Date: 2012-09-25
"The United States of America finds itself in a political halftime show, and if something doesn’t change soon, the second half could see a continuation of disorganized policies that stifle liberty.

Author Dan S. Wible, an aerospace engineer, applies engineering principles to seek solutions to prevent the country’s problems from escalating; his thought provoking application of common logic reveals how

•free trade without balance of trade has resulted in a loss of manufacturing capability and undermined America’s infrastructure;

•the Federal Reserve has been completely irrational in its attempt to manipulate the world economy, creating an economy that is now fundamentally unstable;

•a return to a limited federal government would enable the free market to once again flourish;

•free-market capitalism—with the federal and state governments doing only what the people have authorized—is the best way to allow all people to excel.

It’s Halftime in America, and the United States is at risk of becoming a European-style socialist nation, which is the very style of government the country’s patriots sought to extract themselves from more than two centuries ago. Wible offers insights to how and why this is happening—and what can be done to prevent it."
Living with Guns by Craig Whitney
ISBN: 1610391691
Publication Date: 2012-11-13
"Newtown. Columbine. Virginia Tech. Tucson. Aurora. Gun violence on a massive scale has become a plague in our society, yet politicians seem more afraid of having a serious conversation about guns than they are of the next horrific shooting. Any attempt to change the status quo, whether to strengthen gun regulations or weaken them, is sure to degenerate into a hysteria that changes nothing. Our attitudes toward guns are utterly polarized, leaving basic questions unasked: How can we reconcile the individual right to own and use firearms with the right to be safe from gun violence? Is keeping guns out of the hands of as many law-abiding Americans as possible really the best way to keep them out of the hands of criminals? And do 30,000 of us really have to die by gunfire every year as the price of a freedom protected by the Constitution?

In Living with Guns, Craig R. Whitney, former foreign correspondent and editor at the New York Times, seeks out answers. He re-examines why the right to bear arms was enshrined in the Bill of Rights, and how it came to be misunderstood. He looks to colonial times, surveying the degree to which guns were a part of everyday life. Finally, blending history and reportage, Whitney explores how twentieth-century turmoil and culture war led to today’s climate of activism, partisanship, and stalemate, in a nation that contains an estimated 300 million guns––and probably at least 60 million gun owners.

In the end, Whitney proposes a new way forward through our gun rights stalemate, showing how we can live with guns––and why, with so many of them around, we have no other choice."
Pursuing Trayvon Martin by George Yancy (Editor); Janine Jones (Editor)
ISBN: 0739178822
Publication Date: 2012-11-19
"On February 26, 2012, 17-year-old African American male Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by George Zimmerman, a 28-year-old biracial (Caucasian and Peruvian) male in Sanford, Florida. Martin was shot and killed within a gated community, where he was visiting his father, Tracy Martin, and the latter’s fiancé. Martin, returning from a store where he had purchased a bag of Skittles and a bottle of Ice Tea, was unarmed. The encounter between Martin and Zimmerman proved fatal for Martin. As for Zimmerman, 45 days passed before he was charged with any crime. Pursuing Trayvon Martin: Historical Contexts and Contemporary Manifestations of Racial Dynamics attempts to capture what we, a critical cadre of scholars, think about this potentially volatile situation in the moment. The text addresses issues across various thematic domains, as we have delineated various concerns that are broad and yet relevant. Some of these themes include: how Trayvon Martin's killing might be depicted within the specifically historical context of racism, especially as some have compared Martin’s situation to that of Emmett Till and Rodney King; how contemporary conceptions/perceptions and treatment of Black bodies and/or black embodiment from the historical perspective of white supremacy in the United States continue to function or not function in our contemporary moment; how we ought to think about the political and legal implications of the Trayvon Martin case within the context of the politics and laws that have historically informed and shaped black people's lives; how we should think critically about the historical exclusion of black bodies/embodiment in public space and the ramifications for the ways in which black people must navigate public space today; and, finally, how we should think about the ways in which the historical negative gendering of black girls and boys/black men and women, with respect to their white counterparts, in a white supremacist society, have impacted various intersections of race and gender in our contemporary setting."
Supreme Court Gun Cases by David B. Kopel; Stephen P. Halbrook; Alan Korwin
Call Number: HV7436 .K67 2004
ISBN: 1889632058
Publication Date: 2003-09-01
Six years after I started, "Supreme Court Gun Cases" is now on press.
The Court has NOT been quiet -- there are 92 gun cases!
The Court repeatedly recognizes an individual right to arms.
The Court repeatedly recognizes the right to armed self defense.
The word "gun" is used in some form 2,910 times in the official decisions (gun, pistol, rifle, shotgun, etc., even Winchester five times).
To stop the spin doctors, I've reproduced all the actual cases.
My trademark "plain-English summaries" are included with each case.
I've highlighted more than 1,000 amazing quotations from the cases to make it a pleasure to read.
This is the most stunning support for personal gun rights in years.
I didn't just do this by myself -- my two co-authors are Attorney Stephen Halbrook, who has argued and won three Supreme Court gun cases, including the Waco/Branch Davidian case; and Attorney David Kopel, one of the top Second Amendment attorneys in the nation.
Key civil-rights leaders have seen early drafts and we've been honored with testimonials from the top organizations in the field, including:
GOA -- Larry Pratt
SAF -- Alan Gottlieb
JPFO -- Aaron Zelman
NRA -- Wayne LaPierre
...plus Joe Arpaio (The "Toughest Sheriff in America"), the Goldwater Institute, John Lott, Suzanna Gratia Hupp, Col. Jeff Cooper, Neal Knox, Tom Gresham and many more* (listed at the end).
This book changes the political landscape on the gun-rights debate forever.
Get news media info, bios, downloadable images and more at our gunlaws.com website.
A summary of the main points is included below.
Permission to circulate this news is granted.
Sincerely,
Alan Korwin, Co-Author
Supreme Court Gun Cases
The Legal Environment of Business by Frank B. Cross; Roger LeRoy Miller
Call Number: KF1600 .C76 2004
ISBN: 0324590008
Publication Date: 2008-05-08
"LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS is the #1 text for this course--setting the standard by delivering comprehensive, authoritative, and cutting-edge coverage in an interesting and accessible format. Its recipe for success includes the same "black letter law" flavor as its #1 Business Law counterpart Business Law by Clarkson, Miller, Jentz, and Cross, but with a more specific focus on current topics like ethics, government regulation, and administrative law. The cases, content, and features of the exciting new 7th edition have been meticulously and thoroughly updated, representing the latest developments. An excellent assortment of cases ranges from precedent-setting landmarks to recent decisions. Ethical, global, and e-commerce themes are integrated throughout, and numerous critical thinking exercises challenge students to apply what they've learned to real-world issues. The text also offers an unmatched range of support materials -- including innovative online teaching and learning resources. It's no wonder that LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS is used by more colleges and universities than any other business law text."