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Guns, Fear, the Constitution, and the Public's Health

1 Apr 2008

In March 2008, just prior to the publication of this essay, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of District of Columbia v. Heller, a case challenging handgun control statutes adopted in 1976. Dr. Wintemute argues in this article that the overturning of gun control statutes could weaken the framework of ordered liberty that makes civil society possible.
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Authors

Garen J. Wintemute

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University of California, Davis
Virginia Tech
Date uploaded to Policy Archive
2011-07-13
Pages
4
Policy Archive ID
96458
Published in
United States of America

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