Tag: Guns

Nonlethal Self-Defense, (Almost Entirely) Nonlethal Weapons, and the Rights to Keep and Bear Arms and Defend Life

Eugene Volokh - UCLA School of Law

Owning a stun gun or Taser is a crime in seven states and several cities. Carrying irritant sprays, such as pepper spray or Mace, is probably illegal in several jurisdictions. Even possessing irritant sprays at home is illegal in Massachusetts if you’re not a citizen.
Yet in most of these… Read More »

Heller’s Problematic Second Amendment Categoricalism

Joseph Blocher - Duke University School of Law

Until very recently, Second Amendment scholarship has focused almost exclusively on the question of whether the amendment protects an “individual” right to bear arms unrelated to any militia service.  In District of Columbia v. Heller, the Supreme Court answered this question in the affirmative for the first time.  But operationalizing that… Read More »