The Second Amendment's language and historical and philosophical background demonstrated that it was designed to guarantee individuals the possession…

- Don Kates

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 no s…

- Don Kates

...Virtually never are murderers the ordinary, law-abiding people against whom gun bans are aimed. Almost without exception, murderers are extreme ab…

- Don Kates

Children younger than 5 are twice as likely to die from ingesting household poisons than by gunfire - So the question for the Legislature should be: …

- Don Kates

Ironically, the only gun control in 19th century England was the policy forbidding police to have arms while on duty.

- Don Kates

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

A handgun ban is not realistically enforceable. Confiscating guns would require house-to-house searches and alienate the very individuals whose compl…

- Don Kates