Suggested Reading

Books & Treatises

This is not a commercial website and the following list of books was created solely in order that the visitor might place an order via another source.  To assist in that regard, the ISBN numbers and the names of the publishers are also included.

Malcolm, TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS:  THE ORIGINS OF AN ANGLO AMERICAN RIGHT (Harvard University Press, 1994) ISBN:  0-764-89306-9

Halbrook, THAT EVERY MAN BE ARMED, THE EVOLUTION OF A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS (Univ. of New Mexico Press, 1984) ISBN: 0-8263-0868-6   This is a MUST READ for any serious 2nd Amendment Scholar. A standard treatise against which other works on the 2nd Amendment are judged.

Halbrook, A RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS, STATE AND FEDERAL BILLS OF RIGHTS AND CONSTITUTIONAL GUARANTEES (Greenwood Press, Inc., 1989) ISBN:  0-313-26539-9

Hardy, ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT (Blacksmith Publishers Corp., 1986) ISBN:  0-941540-13-8

Kopel, THE SAMURAI, THE MOUNTIE AND THE COWBOY, SHOULD AMERICA ADOPT THE GUN CONTROLS OF OTHER DEMOCRACIES? (Prometeus Books, 1992) ISBN:  0-87975-756-6  A MUST READ.

Kleck, POINT BLANK, GUNS AND VIOLENCE IN AMERICA (Aldine de Gruyter, 1991) ISBN:  0-202-30419-1  A heavy-duty treatise on gun ownership, use of guns to defend against criminal attack, and the impact of gun laws on crime rates.  A MUST READ.

Wright & Rossi, ARMED AND CONSIDERED DANGEROUS, A SURVEY OF FELONS AND THEIR FIREARMS (Aldine de Gruyter, 1986)  A MUST READ for those interested in how criminals obtain firearms and react to armed citizens.