Arms and Public Policy

1. The 1619 American law restricting the sale of private arms

2. Passing Our Bill of Rights, A Timeline

3. Five laws in force on December 15, 1791, that required individuals to have or carry arms, independent of the militia and the military

4. Ten laws requiring individuals to have and carry arms, no longer valid as of December 15, 1791

5. Post-Heller views on the question of an individual right in the Second Amendment by 6 of 52 cosigners of an amicus brief filed on September 3, 1999, on behalf of the United States in the 5^th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals case U.S. v. Emerson.