A handgun ban is not realistically enforceable. Confiscating guns would require house-to-house searches and alienate the very individuals whose compliance is essential… — Don Kates Copy Share Image
A half century ago Herbert Wechsler could justify the legal right of deadly force self-defense in terms of the "universal judgment that there is… — Don Kates Copy Share Image
A handgun ban is not realistically enforceable. Confiscating guns would require house-to-house searches and alienate the very individuals whose compliance is essential to the… — Don Kates Copy Share Image
Ironically, the only gun control in 19th century England was the policy forbidding police to have arms while on duty. — Don Kates Copy Share Image
Children younger than 5 are twice as likely to die from ingesting household poisons than by gunfire - So the question for the Legislature… — Don Kates Copy Share Image
The 'militia' was the entire adult male citizenry, who were not simply allowed to keep their own arms, but affirmatively required to do so. — Don Kates Copy Share Image
The Second Amendment's language and historical and philosophical background demonstrated that it was designed to guarantee individuals the possession of certain kinds of arms… — Don Kates Copy Share Image
...Virtually never are murderers the ordinary, law-abiding people against whom gun bans are aimed. Almost without exception, murderers are extreme aberrants with lifelong histories… — Don Kates Copy Share Image
