ABOUT NO GUARANTEE OF A GUN: How and Why the Second Amendment Means Exactly What It Says
Anyone who is interested in the Second Amendment or gun control needs to read NO GUARANTEE OF A GUN: How and Why the Second Amendment Means Exactly What It Says (Author House, 2009), by John Massaro. The premise of the book is not that guns are bad and all guns should be banned. The purpose of this book is to change gun control from the Constitutional issue that it has erroneously become into the public-policy issue that it should be.
The book refutes the Supreme Court's 2008 decision in District of Columbia v. Heller, in which the Court held that the Second Amendment protects the right of the individual to possess and carry weapons. This incorrect decision provided the basis for the Court's substantively incorrect decisions in McDonald v. City of Chicago (2010), which incorporated the Second Amendment through the Fourteenth Amendment to apply to states and localities, and just recently in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, Incorporated v. Bruen (2022).
This is the only book ever to articulate correctly the right that the Second Amendment protects. The book concludes that, contrary to common belief, the Second Amendment does not protect the right of the individual to possess and carry weapons. The book holds revolutionary Constitutional significance on one of today's most controversial topics and clarifies the most controversial and puzzling provision of the United States Constitution. Its message needs to be brought out to the public, because the information that the book contains is simply too important to be ignored.
The book proves that, contrary to the Supreme Court's position, the Second Amendment that the Founders drafted in 1789 and the states ratified and the nation adopted in 1791 protects the right of the general populace to store weapons and render military service as the Organized State Militia that is today known as the National Guard and has nothing to do with the private possession and carriage of weapons. The premise of the book is not that guns are bad and all guns should be outlawed. The purpose of the book is to change gun control from the Constitutional issue that it has erroneously become into the public-policy issue that it should be.
This book differs from any other that has ever been written about the Second Amendment in that it proves, by means of examination of the language used in the Second Amendment and irrefutable documentary evidence, that "A well regulated Militia" refers to the Organized State Militia that is today known as the National Guard and not to citizens who are simply proficient in the use of weapons; that "people" refers to the general populace and not to individuals; that "keep" refers to the storage of weapons by the general populace and not to the private possession of weapons by individuals; and that "bear Arms" means "render military service" and not "carry weapons". In doing so, the book disproves all the commentary, the case law, and the numerous incorrect theories surrounding the Second Amendment and arrives at the correct interpretation of the Second Amendment that is rooted in fact rather than opinion or politics. The book also examines the responsibilities of the National Guard and what the Founding Fathers wanted for the State Militia, and it even explains what the Second Amendment would mean if it did actually guarantee an individual right to possess and carry weapons.
The book's 714-page length is deceiving. The book is made up largely of quoted passages, and it is written in plain English, making it easy for even those outside the legal profession to read.
By the time readers finish the book, they will have a solid understanding of what exactly the Founding Fathers meant when they wrote about the Second Amendment and how incorrect modern interpretations of the Second Amendment are. If you have any questions or comments about the book or the Second Amendment, please contact John Massaro at [email protected].
OVERVIEW AND CHAPTER OUTLINE
NO GUARANTEE OF A GUN: How and Why the Second Amendment Means Exactly What It Says is the only book that has ever correctly articulated the right protected by the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution. It refutes nearly two centuries' worth of incorrect commentary and case law on the Second Amendment, including the Supreme Court's decision in District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) and its decision in McDonald v. City of Chicago (2010).
The book is divided into four parts, which are further divided into a total of 14 chapters.
PART I is the INTRODUCTION to the book.
CHAPTER 1. THE STARTING POINT OF OUR DISCUSSION. This chapter sets the starting point of the discussion of the book and presents the state of the debate on the Second Amendment that the book resolves. It briefly identifies the theories about the Second Amendment that the book proves are incorrect. And it proposes possible reasons that the Second Amendment has not been correctly articulated and briefly states why this book is different from any other book ever written on the Second Amendment.
PART II is THE TEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT. This part consists of Chapter 2 through Chapter 10. Each pertinent term of the Second Amendment is analyzed in great detail.
Through the use of documentary evidence, CHAPTER 2. WHAT THE MILITIA IS discusses what the Militia is. It gives an account of the development of the Militia from Colonial America through the Nineteenth Century. It includes documentary evidence, case law, and modern commentary.
CHAPTER 3. HOW THE NATIONAL GUARD IS THE ORGANIZED STATE MILITIA discusses how the National Guard is the Organized State Militia. It employs the use of modern commentary, case law, and Militia legislation, including examples of modern state Militia laws.
CHAPTER 4. HOW “A WELL REGULATED MILITIA” REFERS TO THE NATIONAL GUARD proves that the term “A well regulated Militia” in the Second Amendment actually refers to the Organized State Militia that is today known as the National Guard and not to individuals who are simply well trained in the use of weapons. Included in this chapter are modern commentary, passages from judicial opinions, and evidence from the documentary record in the form of writings from the Eighteenth Century. The chapter also features a discussion of the subject of a select Militia.
Through the exclusive use of documentary evidence, in CHAPTER 5. WHY A WELL REGULATED MILITIA IS “NECESSARY TO THE SECURITY OF A FREE STATE”, the reader is shown that “A well regulated Militia” was considered by the Founding Fathers to be “necessary to the security of a free State”. The chapter demonstrates that the Founding Fathers thought highly of the Militia and pejoratively of a standing Army.
In Chapter 6 and Chapter 7, the reader learns what the Second Amendment would mean if it did guarantee an individual the right to possess and carry weapons. CHAPTER 6. WHAT A CONSTITUTIONAL “RIGHT” TO POSSESS AND CARRY WEAPONS THAT “SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED” WOULD MEAN (Section 1) works in conjunction with Chapter 7. It discusses the meaning of a Constitutional right. The reader views a number of court decisions that have presented various views of what the right guaranteed by the Second Amendment encompasses. There is also a great deal of both modern commentary and Eighteenth Century commentary.
Working in conjunction with Chapter 6, CHAPTER 7. WHAT A CONSTITUTIONAL “RIGHT” TO POSSESS AND CARRY WEAPONS THAT “SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED” WOULD MEAN (Section 2) demonstrates that many courts have endorsed both a supposed individual Second Amendment right to possess and carry weapons and infringements of that supposed right. Like Chapter 6, this chapter contains a great deal of modern commentary.
CHAPTER 8. WHO “THE PEOPLE” ARE employs the Constitution, the development of the original amendments to the Constitution, and later amendments to the Constitution to prove to the reader that the term “people” in the Second Amendment refers to the general populace and not to individuals. The chapter features a great deal of modern commentary and some case law.
CHAPTER 9. WHAT IT MEANS “TO KEEP” ARMS demonstrates that the term “keep” in the Second Amendment refers to the storage of weapons by the general populace and not to the personal possession of weapons. It includes case law, evidence from the documentary record, modern commentary, and modern statutes.
And CHAPTER 10. WHAT IT MEANS TO “BEAR ARMS”, through the use of evidence from the documentary record, proves that the term “bear Arms” means “render military service” and that it does not mean “carry weapons”. The chapter also includes case law and modern commentary.
PART III, TYING UP LOOSE ENDS OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT, contains the next three chapters. This part of the book discusses issues regarding the Second Amendment that are extraneous to the text of the provision.
The sole issue in CHAPTER 11. BUT WHAT ABOUT UNITED STATES V. MILLER? is the case of United States v. Miller. This chapter discusses the incorrect holding of the case. It also discusses how the holding in the case has been distorted by many commentators and that many courts have subsequently incorrectly relied on both the distortion and the correct interpretation of the holding of the case.
CHAPTER 12. BUT WHAT ABOUT STATE PROVISIONS, INCORPORATION, AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT? discusses the incorporation of the Second Amendment through the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. It also discusses the issue of how interpretation of state provisions that are similar in wording to the Second Amendment might influence how the Second Amendment is interpreted. And it discusses the supposed transformation of the Second Amendment during the time of the debate on and the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment.
And CHAPTER 13. BUT ISN'T THE BILL OF RIGHTS FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS? informs the reader about the development of the document that is today known as the Bill of Rights from various proposals put forth by the states to its end product.
And finally, PART IV, THE SECOND AMENDMENT VIOLATION AND CLAIM, contains the final chapter.
CHAPTER 14. WHAT A VIOLATION OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS AND WHO CAN ASSERT A SECOND AMENDMENT CLAIM, which discusses what a violation of the Second Amendment entails and who is able to assert a Second Amendment claim. This chapter includes modern commentary from scholars as well as case law.
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University of California, Davis
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University of Colorado
Columbia University
University of Detroit Mercy
Faulkner (Alabama) University
Hamline (Minnesota) University
Law Library of Louisiana
University of Maine
University of Miami
Library of Michigan
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University of San Diego
Seton Hall University
St. Mary's (Texas) University
University of Toledo
COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
Carlow (Pennsylvania) University
Earlham (Indiana) College
Patrick Henry (Virginia) College
St. Andrews (North Carolina) University
FOREIGN LIBRARIES
Askews and Holts Library Services (Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom)
Dalat University (Da Lat, Lam Dong, Vietnam)
De La Salle -- College of Saint Benilde (Manila, Philippines)
IE University (Madrid, Spain)
Redeemer University (Ancaster, Ontario, Canada)
MEDIA APPEARANCES
"The Kevin Alan Show" Podcast (Interview) July 2022
"The Tom Sumner Program" (Interview) WFNT 1470 AM (Flint, Michigan) February 2019
"The Fallon Forum" (Interview) KDLF 1260 AM (Des Moines, Iowa) October 2015
"The Lars Larson Show" (Mention of the Book) (syndicated radio program) April 2010
"Connecting the Dots" (Interview) (syndicated radio program hosted by Frosty Wooldridge) February 2010
ARTICLES BY JOHN MASSARO AVAILABLE ON SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH NETWORK (www.ssrn.com/author=2205024)
These articles pertaining to the Second Amendment are available for free download at www.ssrn.com/author=2205024.
1. "Supreme Court Has No Place to Turn in Gun Case" The Attorney of Nassau County March 2008 Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2406428
2. "Refuting the Individual-Right Theory of the Second Amendment" Soapbox Weekly March 10, 2014 Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2409817 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2409817
3. "The Unpublicized, Original, and True Meaning of the Second Amendment" Soapbox Weekly April 22, 2013 Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2409818 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2409818
4. "What the Second Amendment Meant to the Founders" Soapbox Weekly February 11, 2013 Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2409816 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2409816
5. "The High Court Incorporated the Wrong Second Amendment Right" The Progressive Populist (http://www.populist.com/10.15.massaro.html) September 1, 2010; Introducing Issues With Opposing Viewpoints: Gun Control, Volume 2 (Cengage Learning, 2012) (http://www.gale.cengage.com/pdf/samples/TOC_9780737762785.pdf) Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2406429
6. "Supreme Court Has No Place to Turn in Gun Case, Part II" Soapbox Weekly March 24, 2008 Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2409815 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2409815
7. "TEN REASONS WHY DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA V. HELLER WAS DECIDED INCORRECTLY" (unpublished paper) Available at SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4293556
MORE ARTICLES AND BOOKS MENTIONING NO GUARANTEE OF A GUN
1. "Corpora and the Second Amendment": 'bear arms' (part 3) LawnLinguistics.com July 10, 2019
https://lawnlinguistics.com/2019/07/10/corpora-and-the-second-amendment-bear-arms-part-3/
2. @leftistcritic "Gun Control in Capitalist America" hamptonthink.org March 9, 2017
https://www.hamptonthink.org/read/gun-control-in-capitalist-america
3. Linda Greenhouse and Tony Picadio on Gun Rights
https://www.scribd.com/document/424794543/Linda-Greenhouse-and-Tony-Picadio-on-Gun-Rights
4. Miller, Richard Lawrence Senators Beholden to the People: LINCOLN AND THE DOCTRINE OF INSTRUCTION Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company, Incorporated 2024
https://books.google.com/books?id=P_DjEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA118&lpg=PA118&dq=john+massaro+no+guarantee+of+a+gun&source=bl&ots=sODSm05gAC&sig=ACfU3U38Wh-1bf2KPNtcVwf0Qz4aKPyNgQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjswbC_n_KEAxUEFVkFHXIFD9g4KBDoAXoECAIQAw#v=onepage&q=john%20massaro%20no%20guarantee%20of%20a%20gun&f=false
5. Murphy, Jr., Joseph F. To Keep and Bear Arms: A Well-Regulated Militia or Individual Right? 48 Maryland Bar Journal 12 (September / October 2015)
https://www.msba.org/content/uploads/sites/7/2018/04/Volume-XLVIII-_-2015-_-Issue-5-_-The-Second-Amendment.pdf
6. Purcell, Jr., Edward A. ANTONIN SCALIA AND AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONALISM: The Historical Significance of a Judicial Icon New York: Oxford University Press 2020
https://books.google.com/books?id=mqXaDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA164&lpg=PA164&dq=john+massaro+antonin+scalia+and+american+constitutionalism&source=bl&ots=sDHJN7XdIn&sig=ACfU3U3ivHrwToDh2YUgwE9IPc2SpkYbfg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi6nYOHrIaFAxXQmokEHTC-D904FBDoAXoECAMQAw#v=onepage&q=john%20massaro%20antonin%20scalia%20and%20american%20constitutionalism&f=false
Anyone who is interested in the Second Amendment or gun control needs to read NO GUARANTEE OF A GUN: How and Why the Second Amendment Means Exactly What It Says (Author House, 2009), by John Massaro. The premise of the book is not that guns are bad and all guns should be banned. The purpose of this book is to change gun control from the Constitutional issue that it has erroneously become into the public-policy issue that it should be.
The book refutes the Supreme Court's 2008 decision in District of Columbia v. Heller, in which the Court held that the Second Amendment protects the right of the individual to possess and carry weapons. This incorrect decision provided the basis for the Court's substantively incorrect decisions in McDonald v. City of Chicago (2010), which incorporated the Second Amendment through the Fourteenth Amendment to apply to states and localities, and just recently in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, Incorporated v. Bruen (2022).
This is the only book ever to articulate correctly the right that the Second Amendment protects. The book concludes that, contrary to common belief, the Second Amendment does not protect the right of the individual to possess and carry weapons. The book holds revolutionary Constitutional significance on one of today's most controversial topics and clarifies the most controversial and puzzling provision of the United States Constitution. Its message needs to be brought out to the public, because the information that the book contains is simply too important to be ignored.
The book proves that, contrary to the Supreme Court's position, the Second Amendment that the Founders drafted in 1789 and the states ratified and the nation adopted in 1791 protects the right of the general populace to store weapons and render military service as the Organized State Militia that is today known as the National Guard and has nothing to do with the private possession and carriage of weapons. The premise of the book is not that guns are bad and all guns should be outlawed. The purpose of the book is to change gun control from the Constitutional issue that it has erroneously become into the public-policy issue that it should be.
This book differs from any other that has ever been written about the Second Amendment in that it proves, by means of examination of the language used in the Second Amendment and irrefutable documentary evidence, that "A well regulated Militia" refers to the Organized State Militia that is today known as the National Guard and not to citizens who are simply proficient in the use of weapons; that "people" refers to the general populace and not to individuals; that "keep" refers to the storage of weapons by the general populace and not to the private possession of weapons by individuals; and that "bear Arms" means "render military service" and not "carry weapons". In doing so, the book disproves all the commentary, the case law, and the numerous incorrect theories surrounding the Second Amendment and arrives at the correct interpretation of the Second Amendment that is rooted in fact rather than opinion or politics. The book also examines the responsibilities of the National Guard and what the Founding Fathers wanted for the State Militia, and it even explains what the Second Amendment would mean if it did actually guarantee an individual right to possess and carry weapons.
The book's 714-page length is deceiving. The book is made up largely of quoted passages, and it is written in plain English, making it easy for even those outside the legal profession to read.
By the time readers finish the book, they will have a solid understanding of what exactly the Founding Fathers meant when they wrote about the Second Amendment and how incorrect modern interpretations of the Second Amendment are. If you have any questions or comments about the book or the Second Amendment, please contact John Massaro at [email protected].
OVERVIEW AND CHAPTER OUTLINE
NO GUARANTEE OF A GUN: How and Why the Second Amendment Means Exactly What It Says is the only book that has ever correctly articulated the right protected by the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution. It refutes nearly two centuries' worth of incorrect commentary and case law on the Second Amendment, including the Supreme Court's decision in District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) and its decision in McDonald v. City of Chicago (2010).
The book is divided into four parts, which are further divided into a total of 14 chapters.
PART I is the INTRODUCTION to the book.
CHAPTER 1. THE STARTING POINT OF OUR DISCUSSION. This chapter sets the starting point of the discussion of the book and presents the state of the debate on the Second Amendment that the book resolves. It briefly identifies the theories about the Second Amendment that the book proves are incorrect. And it proposes possible reasons that the Second Amendment has not been correctly articulated and briefly states why this book is different from any other book ever written on the Second Amendment.
PART II is THE TEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT. This part consists of Chapter 2 through Chapter 10. Each pertinent term of the Second Amendment is analyzed in great detail.
Through the use of documentary evidence, CHAPTER 2. WHAT THE MILITIA IS discusses what the Militia is. It gives an account of the development of the Militia from Colonial America through the Nineteenth Century. It includes documentary evidence, case law, and modern commentary.
CHAPTER 3. HOW THE NATIONAL GUARD IS THE ORGANIZED STATE MILITIA discusses how the National Guard is the Organized State Militia. It employs the use of modern commentary, case law, and Militia legislation, including examples of modern state Militia laws.
CHAPTER 4. HOW “A WELL REGULATED MILITIA” REFERS TO THE NATIONAL GUARD proves that the term “A well regulated Militia” in the Second Amendment actually refers to the Organized State Militia that is today known as the National Guard and not to individuals who are simply well trained in the use of weapons. Included in this chapter are modern commentary, passages from judicial opinions, and evidence from the documentary record in the form of writings from the Eighteenth Century. The chapter also features a discussion of the subject of a select Militia.
Through the exclusive use of documentary evidence, in CHAPTER 5. WHY A WELL REGULATED MILITIA IS “NECESSARY TO THE SECURITY OF A FREE STATE”, the reader is shown that “A well regulated Militia” was considered by the Founding Fathers to be “necessary to the security of a free State”. The chapter demonstrates that the Founding Fathers thought highly of the Militia and pejoratively of a standing Army.
In Chapter 6 and Chapter 7, the reader learns what the Second Amendment would mean if it did guarantee an individual the right to possess and carry weapons. CHAPTER 6. WHAT A CONSTITUTIONAL “RIGHT” TO POSSESS AND CARRY WEAPONS THAT “SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED” WOULD MEAN (Section 1) works in conjunction with Chapter 7. It discusses the meaning of a Constitutional right. The reader views a number of court decisions that have presented various views of what the right guaranteed by the Second Amendment encompasses. There is also a great deal of both modern commentary and Eighteenth Century commentary.
Working in conjunction with Chapter 6, CHAPTER 7. WHAT A CONSTITUTIONAL “RIGHT” TO POSSESS AND CARRY WEAPONS THAT “SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED” WOULD MEAN (Section 2) demonstrates that many courts have endorsed both a supposed individual Second Amendment right to possess and carry weapons and infringements of that supposed right. Like Chapter 6, this chapter contains a great deal of modern commentary.
CHAPTER 8. WHO “THE PEOPLE” ARE employs the Constitution, the development of the original amendments to the Constitution, and later amendments to the Constitution to prove to the reader that the term “people” in the Second Amendment refers to the general populace and not to individuals. The chapter features a great deal of modern commentary and some case law.
CHAPTER 9. WHAT IT MEANS “TO KEEP” ARMS demonstrates that the term “keep” in the Second Amendment refers to the storage of weapons by the general populace and not to the personal possession of weapons. It includes case law, evidence from the documentary record, modern commentary, and modern statutes.
And CHAPTER 10. WHAT IT MEANS TO “BEAR ARMS”, through the use of evidence from the documentary record, proves that the term “bear Arms” means “render military service” and that it does not mean “carry weapons”. The chapter also includes case law and modern commentary.
PART III, TYING UP LOOSE ENDS OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT, contains the next three chapters. This part of the book discusses issues regarding the Second Amendment that are extraneous to the text of the provision.
The sole issue in CHAPTER 11. BUT WHAT ABOUT UNITED STATES V. MILLER? is the case of United States v. Miller. This chapter discusses the incorrect holding of the case. It also discusses how the holding in the case has been distorted by many commentators and that many courts have subsequently incorrectly relied on both the distortion and the correct interpretation of the holding of the case.
CHAPTER 12. BUT WHAT ABOUT STATE PROVISIONS, INCORPORATION, AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT? discusses the incorporation of the Second Amendment through the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. It also discusses the issue of how interpretation of state provisions that are similar in wording to the Second Amendment might influence how the Second Amendment is interpreted. And it discusses the supposed transformation of the Second Amendment during the time of the debate on and the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment.
And CHAPTER 13. BUT ISN'T THE BILL OF RIGHTS FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS? informs the reader about the development of the document that is today known as the Bill of Rights from various proposals put forth by the states to its end product.
And finally, PART IV, THE SECOND AMENDMENT VIOLATION AND CLAIM, contains the final chapter.
CHAPTER 14. WHAT A VIOLATION OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS AND WHO CAN ASSERT A SECOND AMENDMENT CLAIM, which discusses what a violation of the Second Amendment entails and who is able to assert a Second Amendment claim. This chapter includes modern commentary from scholars as well as case law.
MAJOR LAW LIBRARIES
University of Alabama
Albany (New York) Law School
Boston College
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Davis
California Western School of Law
University of Colorado
Columbia University
University of Detroit Mercy
Faulkner (Alabama) University
Hamline (Minnesota) University
Law Library of Louisiana
University of Maine
University of Miami
Library of Michigan
New Jersey State Library
University of San Diego
Seton Hall University
St. Mary's (Texas) University
University of Toledo
COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
Carlow (Pennsylvania) University
Earlham (Indiana) College
Patrick Henry (Virginia) College
St. Andrews (North Carolina) University
FOREIGN LIBRARIES
Askews and Holts Library Services (Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom)
Dalat University (Da Lat, Lam Dong, Vietnam)
De La Salle -- College of Saint Benilde (Manila, Philippines)
IE University (Madrid, Spain)
Redeemer University (Ancaster, Ontario, Canada)
MEDIA APPEARANCES
"The Kevin Alan Show" Podcast (Interview) July 2022
"The Tom Sumner Program" (Interview) WFNT 1470 AM (Flint, Michigan) February 2019
"The Fallon Forum" (Interview) KDLF 1260 AM (Des Moines, Iowa) October 2015
"The Lars Larson Show" (Mention of the Book) (syndicated radio program) April 2010
"Connecting the Dots" (Interview) (syndicated radio program hosted by Frosty Wooldridge) February 2010
ARTICLES BY JOHN MASSARO AVAILABLE ON SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH NETWORK (www.ssrn.com/author=2205024)
These articles pertaining to the Second Amendment are available for free download at www.ssrn.com/author=2205024.
1. "Supreme Court Has No Place to Turn in Gun Case" The Attorney of Nassau County March 2008 Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2406428
2. "Refuting the Individual-Right Theory of the Second Amendment" Soapbox Weekly March 10, 2014 Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2409817 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2409817
3. "The Unpublicized, Original, and True Meaning of the Second Amendment" Soapbox Weekly April 22, 2013 Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2409818 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2409818
4. "What the Second Amendment Meant to the Founders" Soapbox Weekly February 11, 2013 Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2409816 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2409816
5. "The High Court Incorporated the Wrong Second Amendment Right" The Progressive Populist (http://www.populist.com/10.15.massaro.html) September 1, 2010; Introducing Issues With Opposing Viewpoints: Gun Control, Volume 2 (Cengage Learning, 2012) (http://www.gale.cengage.com/pdf/samples/TOC_9780737762785.pdf) Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2406429
6. "Supreme Court Has No Place to Turn in Gun Case, Part II" Soapbox Weekly March 24, 2008 Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2409815 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2409815
7. "TEN REASONS WHY DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA V. HELLER WAS DECIDED INCORRECTLY" (unpublished paper) Available at SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4293556
MORE ARTICLES AND BOOKS MENTIONING NO GUARANTEE OF A GUN
1. "Corpora and the Second Amendment": 'bear arms' (part 3) LawnLinguistics.com July 10, 2019
https://lawnlinguistics.com/2019/07/10/corpora-and-the-second-amendment-bear-arms-part-3/
2. @leftistcritic "Gun Control in Capitalist America" hamptonthink.org March 9, 2017
https://www.hamptonthink.org/read/gun-control-in-capitalist-america
3. Linda Greenhouse and Tony Picadio on Gun Rights
https://www.scribd.com/document/424794543/Linda-Greenhouse-and-Tony-Picadio-on-Gun-Rights
4. Miller, Richard Lawrence Senators Beholden to the People: LINCOLN AND THE DOCTRINE OF INSTRUCTION Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company, Incorporated 2024
https://books.google.com/books?id=P_DjEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA118&lpg=PA118&dq=john+massaro+no+guarantee+of+a+gun&source=bl&ots=sODSm05gAC&sig=ACfU3U38Wh-1bf2KPNtcVwf0Qz4aKPyNgQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjswbC_n_KEAxUEFVkFHXIFD9g4KBDoAXoECAIQAw#v=onepage&q=john%20massaro%20no%20guarantee%20of%20a%20gun&f=false
5. Murphy, Jr., Joseph F. To Keep and Bear Arms: A Well-Regulated Militia or Individual Right? 48 Maryland Bar Journal 12 (September / October 2015)
https://www.msba.org/content/uploads/sites/7/2018/04/Volume-XLVIII-_-2015-_-Issue-5-_-The-Second-Amendment.pdf
6. Purcell, Jr., Edward A. ANTONIN SCALIA AND AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONALISM: The Historical Significance of a Judicial Icon New York: Oxford University Press 2020
https://books.google.com/books?id=mqXaDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA164&lpg=PA164&dq=john+massaro+antonin+scalia+and+american+constitutionalism&source=bl&ots=sDHJN7XdIn&sig=ACfU3U3ivHrwToDh2YUgwE9IPc2SpkYbfg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi6nYOHrIaFAxXQmokEHTC-D904FBDoAXoECAMQAw#v=onepage&q=john%20massaro%20antonin%20scalia%20and%20american%20constitutionalism&f=false