Facts vs Fiction: Gun Control

1.  FBI Crime Statistics, California - https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2016/crime-in-the-u.s.-2016/tables/table-6/table-6-state-cuts/california.xls 2.  FBI Crime Statistics, Illinois - https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2016/crime-in-the-u.s.-2016/tables/table-6/table-6-state-cuts/illinois.xls 3.  FBI Crime Statistics, Michigan - https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2016/crime-in-the-u.s.-2016/tables/table-6/table-6-state-cuts/michigan.xls 4.  FBI Crime Statistics, National - https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2016/crime-in-the-u.s.-2016/tables/table-1 5.  World Data Statistics, UK - https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/VC.IHR.PSRC.P5?locations=GB 6.  World Data Statistics, Australia - https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/VC.IHR.PSRC.P5?locations=AU NOTE: It is important to remember that all countries have different methods of calculating homicides and these can be influential.  The FBI includes non-negligible homicide in their data on murders in the US.  It is a

1. Examining the History of the Second Amendment (2014).  This is an excellent debate between two legal scholars, one of whom actually argued before the Supreme Court in District of Columbia v. Heller.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEkn8fElJdY&t=3392s 2.  "Sir William Backstone and the Shaping of American Law" - Albert Alschuler (1994) p.898 https://www.worldcat.org/title/new-law-journal-charities-appeals-supplement/oclc/45535236 Or you can read about Blackstone on Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Blackstone  You can also read the treatises here https://lonang.com/library/reference/blackstone-commentaries-law-england/ 3.  "Some Thoughts on Blackstone, Precedent and Originalism" -  William Bader (1995) https://lonang.com/library/reference/blackstone-commentaries-law-england/ 4.  Daniel Schultz, https://www.lectlaw.com/files/gun01.htm 5.  "Small Arms of the Civil War" - An interesting article that discusses the differen