Citation

Kopel DB, Cramer CE, Hattrup SG. J. Firearms Public Policy 1996; 8: 100-203.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, Second Amendment Foundation)

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Abstract

While the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution garners a great deal of attention in the gun rights debate, the rights to arms provision contained in state constitutions have historically been more important in actual litigation. This article examines decisions from three states -- Oregon, Colorado, and Ohio -- upholding the constitutionality of "assault weapon" laws in the early 1990s. The article suggests that the decisions were result-oriented, disingenuous, and illegitimate.

This article first appeared in the annual state constitutional law issue of the Temple Law Review, volume 68, beginning on page 1177, in 1995.