Reddit reviews Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution

> DC v Heller was politically and wrongly decided by a biased conservative court

According to the loser of the court decision, Justice John Paul Stevens, you forgot to say. The guy was pretty upset not just about Heller, but also a string of cases that he was on the losing side of and even went so far as to say that the Constitution should be amended so his view would become the law of the land.

He was a bitter old man. Thankfully he was just one of nine Justices.

> and overturned long standing jurisprudence.

The Supreme Court does not bow to the wishes or failures of lower courts' jurisprudence. Lower courts must bow to the Supreme Court's.

> Only modern day conservatives with their complete abdication of truth and reality and using Breitbart and Fox News style mental gymnastics that only they understand make the obviously false argument that the 2nd Amend was intended to protect an individuals right.

Don't forget Barak Obama, the right wing conservative that he is.

> Had that been the intention of the 2nd Amend, it would have said, "individual rights," not , "A well regulated Militia..."

Had it said that it was a right of the mitilia, it would not have said "the right of the people..."

> Furthermore elsewhere in the Constitution its clear the 2nd Amend supports the militia, not individual rights.

Citation required.

I'm just going to spam some stuff in here and let you guys sort it out, sorry. It's from another post on another thread, so it's easier to cut and paste. Some of this may already be in there, but I'm sure there's a bunch that isn't:


I'm a big fan of John Paul Stevens' Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change The Constitution.

I also recommend Carl Bogus: The Hidden History of the Second Amendment.

This op-ed written by David Hemenway back in 2015: There's scientific consensus on guns -- and the NRA won't like it. Much like climate change, the vast majority of researchers studying gun violence agree that gun control works, but news media insists on presenting the progun side as if it has equal scientific weight. It does not. In fact, Hemenway's book Private Guns, Public Health is another you should pick up.

Next is a blogger calling himself the Propaganda Professor. Their blog has many great posts backed up by links to hard science:

https://propagandaprofessor.net/2013/09/30/the-poorly-armed-assault-on-gun-control-how-the-gun-culture-manipulates-statistics-part-1/

https://propagandaprofessor.net/2013/12/09/the-poorly-armed-assault-on-gun-control-how-the-gun-culture-manipulates-statistics-part-2/

https://propagandaprofessor.net/2014/11/23/the-poorly-armed-assault-on-gun-control-how-the-gun-culture-manipulates-statistics-part-3/

https://propagandaprofessor.net/2015/04/25/the-poorly-armed-assault-on-gun-control-how-the-gun-culture-manipulates-statistics-part-4/

https://propagandaprofessor.net/2014/01/20/home-invasion-defensive-gun-use-or-creative-headline/

https://propagandaprofessor.net/2018/01/19/second-amendment-follies-part-1-an-inconvenient-clause/

https://propagandaprofessor.net/2018/02/19/second-amendment-follies-part-2-a-well-regulated-militia/

And my personal favorites:

https://propagandaprofessor.net/2012/02/18/estimating-defensive-gun-uses-reasonably/

https://propagandaprofessor.net/2013/01/06/more-on-defensive-gun-use/

(The guntrolls really hate those, it cuts the legs out from under their #1 argument.)

Investigating the Link Between Gun Possession and Assault - Peer reviewed study showing that people with a gun are 4.5x more likely to be shot than those not

The Myth Behind Defensive Gun Ownership

Gun Threats and Self-Defense Gun Use - from the Harvard School of Public Health

Strong Regulations on Gun Sales Prevent High-Risk Individuals from Accessing Firearms and Can Reduce Violent Crime - 2015 study from Johns Hopkins University showing that gun control works.

Firearm Violence, 1993-2011 - US Dept. of Justice report showing that firearm homicides are down since 1993 (coincidentally the year the Brady Bill was passed); 60% of criminals get their firearms from legal sources like friends, family members, and gun stores; most victims of firearms violence knew their assailant

Victimization During Household Burglary - another DoJ report, this time showing that only 1 in 4 household burglaries result in violent crime, and most of those are performed by a person known to the victim. It also shows that locking doors and windows, putting lights on timers, and other methods are far more effective at deterring and preventing crimes than firearms.

Weapon Involvement in Home Invasion Crimes - Now, I'm not going to lie to you, Kellerman is controversial. I wouldn't go throwing him around as a trump card, pardon the expression. But his research is interesting and provides some insight, even if it isn't exactly the strongest.

Tracing the Guns: The Impact of Illegal Guns on Violence in Chicago - report from Office of the Mayor of Chicago showing that over 60% of guns used in crimes in Chicago come from out of state, proving that Chicago's gun laws would work, if they were not subverted by weak laws in Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri, etc. as well as gun stores located outside city limits in Illinois.

Statistics on the Dangers of Gun Use for Self-Defense

A breakdown of the $229 billion gun violence tab that American taxpayers are paying every year - Yeah, you read that right. $229 BILLION. Think of the tax cuts they could give their cronies if they just outlawed guns...

Right-to-carry gun laws linked to increase in violent crime, Stanford research shows and here

One of my personal favorites, from the National Bureau of Economic Research:

More Gus, More Crime - they hate this one, because they can't find anything against it that isn't "John Lott."

Speaking of, Armed With Reason is another great resource.

Finally, I'm going to leave you with this piece from the "failing" NY Times: How to Reduce Shootings. That ought to keep you out of trouble for some time, and maybe even give you some hard ammo to fight back with.

EDIT: also, why isn't the academic resource page in the sidebar? That should be stickied or something.