This Article examines past and present systems requiring that a person receive permission before buying or borrowing a firearm. The Article covers such laws from the eighteenth century to the present, which have traditionally been rare in the United States. The major...
What would happen if adults who passed a background check and safety test qualified for a permit to carry a concealed handgun? About a third of all states have adopted laws or practices so that persons who are legally allowed to possess a handgun in their own home are...
This Article looks in detail at a very large positive externality which is overlooked in by firearms prohibitionists: the major role that widespread gun ownership plays in reducing the rate of home invasion burglaries (a.k.a. “hot burglaries”). Because...
