Governement Actions

• 10/27/01 - The PATRIOT ACT of 2001 - Aftermath of the September 2001 WTC Attacks
• Brady Bill - Assault Weapon Ban - 103rd Congress - 1995
• Gun Laws in the US - State by State
• National Instant Criminal Background Check (NICS) - Attorney General Reno's Recommendations
• National Instant Check System, of the Brady Act, as defined by Janet Reno.
• Senate Subcommitte Report on the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (1982)

Commentaries and Research Papers

• Raging Against Self Defense - Sarah Thompson M.D., an excellent paper
  Also available in PDF format
• The Right to Keep and Bear Arms. The Legacy of Republicanism vs. Absolutism A look at the historical significance or the militia and answers once and for all who the militia is! by Gary A. Shade
• A Commentary from Stephen Moore in the Washington Times, August 1, 1994, concerning the crime bill and its major flaws.
• "Gun Control: A Realistic Assessment," by Don B. Kates, Jr., is a verbose and intensive study of the gun control issue, and the motives behind it.
• A speech by Don B. Kates, Jr., renouned criminoligist at the Sacramento Rally, July 2nd, 1994. Kates quickly points out how gun-control proponents are really gun-ban proponents and the thinking behind it is based in an irrational bigotry against gun owners.
• "Champions of the First Amendment Don't Fully Understand the Second," An article in Guns magazine by Massad Ayoob, detailing misconceptions of the press and signs of troubling times to come.
• "The False Promise of Gun Control," by Daniel D. Polsby. Polsby lays out the problems with the false promise that gun control will save lives and stop crime.
• "The Fifth Amendment, Self-Incrimination, and Gun Registration" by Clayton Cramer. An essay on the problems with gun registration, and its ill conceived assumptions on its effect on crime.
• "California's Handgun Waiting Period Law, 1952-1990: Did It Work?" by Clayton Cramer. A study of California's murder rate in relation with California's handgun waiting period.
• "British and Canadian Crime Rates: Not Evidence For Gun Prohibition" by Clayton Cramer. A study of crime rates and social attitudes in Britian and Canada and their relationship to the United States.
• "Bigotry, symbolism and ideology in the battle over gun control" by Don B. Kates, Jr. An essay on the apparent bigotry involved in the philosophical attacks against private gun ownership.
• "LAPD Gets Permission to Terrorize," By Paul Ahuja, Via the Workers World Service, reprinted from the May 11, 1995, issue of Workers World newspaper. An essay on the draconian level of authority recently given back to the LAPD.
• "Police Have No Duty to Protect Individuals," by Peter Kasler. An essay on the limits of police power and duty in law enforcement.
• "Don't Talk To Cops!," by Robert W. Zeuner, Member of the New York State Bar, giving real world advice on what to do when a cop "simply asks to talk with you."
• "If An Agent Knocks," by the Center for Constitutional Rights. Advice on the FBI, their tactics, and how to deal with them if they come knocking.
• "Americans Are Putting Up With a Spiraling Gestapo State," by Paul Craig Roberts, in a special to the Los Angeles Times. Roberts covers the horrors of civil seizure laws and their anti-Constitutional attacks against the citizens of the US.
• The NRA and other citizen's rights organizations are calling for a National Commission on Government Violence to help to stop the abuses heaped upon the American citizens by federal law enforcement agencies running amok.
• NRA Letter to former President Bush. A text of the letter sent by NRA President Tom Washington to former President George Bush, concerning his departure from the NRA and his criticism of the NRA's criticism of the BATF and other federal law enforcement agencies.
• NRA Takes Clinton Gun Ban to Court. The NRA is taking the Assault Weapons ban of the 1994 Crime Bill to court. This article is a fact sheet describing a bit about the suit.
• " The Party's Over, NRA." I'm not convinced that the NRA's strategy is sound, in fact I think it's starting to smell pretty rotten and others are coming to the same conclusion as well. This article by L. Neil Smith sums it up quite well.
• "Am I the NRA?" Another article by L. Neil Smith with criticism of the NRA and points of desired change. This article is less cruel in tone than the previous, and won't upset NRA die-hards as much as "The Party's Over, NRA" may.
• "Security," by L. Neil Smith. A short article on the encroaching draconian rule being set up in the name of "security".
• Congressional Bills, text of 45 of the latest gun control and liberty butchering bills from Congress, plus 17 from the last session which may show up again this year.
• "Statement of Rep. Charles B. Schumer on April 5th 1995. If you had any doubts about the lack of logic and irrational hopolophobia of the anti-RKBA crowd, just read this.