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Advocacy Organizations
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Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
The Brady Campaign is united with the Million Mom March and the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence to promote the idea that "sensible gun laws save lives." |
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American Bar Association: Special Committee on Gun Violence
The ABA's Special Committee on Gun Violence is part of the ABA's commitment to participate in a coordinated public education, bar activation, and legislative effort aimed at reducing gun violence with their colleagues in the public health, law enforcement and religious communities. The Special Committee includes representatives from the Criminal Justice Section, the Section of Litigation, the Tort and Insurance Practice Section, the Young Lawyers Division, the Dispute Resolution Section, the Public Education Division, the Steering Committee on Unmet Legal Needs of Children, and the Metropolitan Bar Caucus. The Committee has taken on a coordinating role for lawyers active in the ABA, for Association Sections and Divisions, state and local bars, and private bar groups working to reduce gun violence. It serves as a source of information on legislative issues and program activities, particularly for state and local bars.
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Gun Owners of America
Promotes itself as "the only no-compromise gun lobby in Washington," positioning itself to the right of the NRA. Has a section called "The Bible and Gun Control," a Legislative Action Center, firearms news, and other information for the public and its members. |
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Gunlaws.com
The website for Bloomfield Press, which publishes reference volumes of gun laws and gun cases, with "plain English summaries" attached. Promotes a pro rights perspective. |
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HK91.com
"This Web site is dedicated to providing an information resource for enthusiasts of Heckler & Koch (HK) firearms, and advocacy of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (RKBA). HK91.com is not officially endorsed by or affiliated with HK." Includes message boards and pro rights quotes sections. |
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Center for Gun Policy and Research
"The Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research is dedicated to reducing gun-related injuries and deaths through the application of a public health perspective and sound research to the issue of gun violence prevention. The Center examines the public health effects of guns in society and serves as an objective resource for the media, policy makers, advocacy groups, and the general public." |
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Jews for the Prevservation of Firearms Ownership
Bills itself as "America's Most Aggressive Defender
of Firearms Ownership -- A Solutions-Oriented Organization! Founded by Jews and initially aimed at educating the Jewish community about the historical evils that Jews have suffered when they have been disarmed, JPFO has always welcomed persons of all religious beliefs who share a common goal of opposing and reversing victim disarmament policies while advancing liberty for all."
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Keep and Bear Arms
A grassroots pro gun rights website with a focus on owning guns for self-defense and self-protection. Contains information and resources to mobilize its members. |
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Second Amendment Sisters
A website dedicated to "preserving the basic human right to self-defense, as recognized by the Second Amendment." |
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National Rifle Association
The homepage of the NRA, "widely recognized today as a major political force and as America's foremost defender of Second Amendment rights." |
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Education
Gun Cite
One of the most comprehensive collections of information and links based on the pro individual gun rights perspective. |
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Gunscholar.com
Bills itself as a nonpartisan guide -- "The Journalist's Guide to Gun Policy Scholars and Second Amendment Scholars" -- but the subhead ("Featuring experts -- liberals, moderates, and conservatives -- whose research has led them to be skeptical of gun control") is distinctly pro rights.
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Wikipedia
Witness the modern debate over the meaning of the Second Amendment unfold on this on-line editable encyclopedia. |
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Government
ATF Online
The official website of the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. |
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U.S. Department of Justice
A 2004 Memorandum Opinion for the Attorney General that argues that "The Second Amendment secures a right of individuals generally, not a right of States or a right restricted to persons serving in militias." You can also key-word search "second amendment" on the Department of Justice Homepage. |
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Legal Resources
JURIST: The Legal Education Network
JURIST is the real-time legal news and research website powered by a team of over 20 law student reporters, editors and web developers led by law professor Bernard Hibbitts at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. |
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Megalaw.Com
Commercial site that advertises itself as the "Lawyers' Window to the Web." Megalaw publishes legal reference books, provides expert witnesses, and offers other services to lawyers. This page of resources is titled "Firearms, Second Amendment, and Gun Control Law." |
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Sources on the Second Amendment
A comprehensive list of legal resources (case law, statutes, state constititions, etc.) complied by Eugene Volokh of UCLA Law School. |
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Legal Scholarship
Don Kates Second Amendment Bibliography
This article is written from a strong pro individual rights position and is hosted on the pro individual rights Citizens Committee on the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) website. It summarizes the treatment of the Second Amendment in law journals during the last decade, and offers the author’s analysis of the merits of some of the more important articles. |
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