The Second Amendment and States Rights_ A Thought Experiment.pdf

Source Publication (e.g., journal title)

Journal on Firearms and Public Policy

Authors

Glenn ReynoldsFollow
Don Kates

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

January 1996

Abstract

Proponents of the so-called "collective right" model of the Second Amendment often assert that the right to bear arms exists only on the part of state militias, and not as any sort of individual right. Without addressing the merits of that claim, this Article examines the consequences of taking such a view seriously as a matter of constitutional law, and suggests that those consequences might be quite drastic.

Recommended Citation

Reynolds, Glenn and Kates, Don, "The Second Amendment and States Rights_ A Thought Experiment.pdf" (1996). College of Law Faculty Scholarship. 302.
https://ir.law.utk.edu/utk_lawpubl/302