Arms for Their Defence - An Historical, Legal and Textual Analysis of the English Right to Have Arms and Whether the Second Amendment Should Be Incorporated in McDonald v. City of Chicago

Authors

Patrick J. Charles

Abstract

This Article analyzes the arguments Individual Rights Scholars have made concerning the right to have arms and their influence on Supreme Court decisions regarding gun control. The author compares these arguments with historical English gun control laws to show that there is a misunderstanding between the idea that gun ownership rights have always been protected by government.

Recommended Citation

Patrick J. Charles, Arms for Their Defence - An Historical, Legal and Textual Analysis of the English Right to Have Arms and Whether the Second Amendment Should Be Incorporated in McDonald v. City of Chicago , 57 Clev. St. L. Rev. 351 (2009)
available at https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/clevstlrev/vol57/iss3/3