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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Bear arms"”.
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Necessary to the Security of a Free State: Federalism and the Original Meaning of the Second Amendment
… analysis, and ignore federalism and its bearing on the Second Amendment's original meaning. This thesis uncovers the ideological and historical origins of the right to keep and bear arms and interprets the original meaning of the Second Amendment in the context of the ratification debates …
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An Examination of Media Accounts Before and After School Shootings: A Content Analysis of Newspaper Articles Pertaining to Firearms on Campus
… Constitution. Since our country's infancy, firearms have been an integral part of our society. Over the years firearms have undoubtedly become ingrained in the American culture, but their presence has not been unanimously welcomed. While many Americans stand firmly by their right to bear arms, …
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Policing and firearms: exploring data collection practices and attitudes toward gun control
… Amendment to mean an Individuals' right to bear arms. Using both bivariate and multivariate analysis, three of five hypotheses were confirmed when variables such as age, gender, and firearm ownership were controlled for. The findings concerning police reports show that important detailed …
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The Second Amendment and the Constitutional Right to Self-Defense
… Second Amendment protected a right to keep and bear arms closely linked to and dependent upon service in the lawfully established militia. Two recent United States Supreme Court decisions, Heller v. District of Columbia and MacDonald v. City of Chicago, depart from this original understanding …
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Armed to learn: aiming at California K-12 school gun policy
… as strongly in the Second Amendment right to bear arms. Whether or not to implement a weapons policy is an issue every school superintendent or school authority may need to face sooner or later. This research does not seek to answer the question of whether school districts should arm their …
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Gun Ownership Trends In The United States, 1973-2000
… topics in the United States. The right to bear arms was written into the U. S. Constitution and into the hearts and minds of its citizens. During the last half century, however, numerous gun control laws have been enacted at Federal, state and local levels, and it can be argued (plausibly …
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An analysis of the role of firearms control laws in South African society
… to establish on empirical grounds the role firearms control laws play in South African society. A holist methodological position was adopted from among the alternatives available for scientific social research, and the structural-functional theoretical framework of the main line tradition was …