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- Title
"ASSAULT WEAPON" BANS: UNCONSTITUTIONAL LAWS FOR A MADE-UP CATEGORY OF FIREARMS.
- Authors
SMITH, MARK W.
- Abstract
The article focuses on legal challenges to "assault weapon" bans and individual right to self-defense is not only a fundamental constitutional right. It mentions decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the case District of Columbia v. Heller held that any firearm that is bearable arms is protected by the Second Amendment. It also mentions presence of the lug itself supposedly converts an ordinary semiautomatic rifle into a menacing assault weapon.
- Subjects
UNITED States; ASSAULT weapon laws; GUN laws; DISTRICT of Columbia v. Heller; CIVIL rights; UNITED States. Constitution. 2nd Amendment
- Publication
Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, 2020, Vol 43, Issue 2, p357
- ISSN
0193-4872
- Publication type
Article