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Does the Second Amendment Include AR-15s?



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 different types of weapons that were used in the Civil War and why some were more popular than others.  Private breech loaders were sometimes brought from home because they were more effective than muzzle loaders.  https://www.civilwar.org/learn/articles/small-arms-civil-war

6.  "The Girandoni Air Rifle" - Mike Markowitz, https://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/the-girandoni-air-rifle/
Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puckle_gun
Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalthoff_repeater

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