Supporting Documents

 

Legal resources and documents:

The California Ballot Initiative Process
Instructions on preparing an initiative for the California ballot by Bill Jones, Cal. Secretary of State. Revised 1997.

Title 18, United States Code
on violation of the constitution and civil rights.

Coming soon!
The arguments against the proposed Constitutional Amendment by the California Legislative Counsel, with arguments in favor by Michael T. Bradshaw.


Scientific and academic resources and documents:

More Guns Equals Less Violent Crime
by Professor John R Lott, Jr.,
University of Chicago Law School
An outline of his research into the relationship between the crime rate and the prevelance of armed citizens. "Preventing law-abiding citizens from carrying handguns does not end violence, but merely makes them more vulnerable to attack. The very size and strength of our results should at least give pause to those who oppose concealed handguns. The opportunity to reduce the murder rate by simply relaxing a regulation ought to be difficult to ignore."

The Unabridged Second Amendment
by J. Neil Schulman
Two high-powered English usage experts interpret the Second Amendment.

Lethal Laws
by Jay Simkin,
Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership
Military rifles are society's "life preservers." Without them "gun control" can ultimately lead to mass murder.


Philosophical resources and documents:

Ban a Gun, Go to Jail
a short essay by L. Neil Smith.

The Atlanta Declaration
by L. Neil Smith
The nature of the right to self defense and the bearing of arms; derived from the Non-Aggression Principle and the nature of Man.

A Nation of Cowards
by Jeffrey R. Snyder
The moral foundation of an armed society; why America is not civilized -- and will not be until it enforces it's highest laws.

 

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