| First Edition | Second Edition | Third Edition |
|---|---|---|
| Chapter 12 – Social Science | Chapter 1 – Social Science | Chapter 1 – Firearms Facts, Data, and Social Science |
| Part 2.D.2 – England | Chapter 2 – Arms Rights, Arms Duties, and Arms Control in the United Kingdom • Expanded material on the British law and history of arms bearing. | Chapter 2 – English Arms Rights, Duties, and Controls • Condensed from the second edition, with new research added. [Infra Chapter 22 – Arms Laws of the United Kingdom • Full length treatment of British arms bearing rights, duties, and controls.] |
| Parts 3.A through 3.B – Firearms Control in the Colonies; Firearms, Self-Defense, and Militias in Pre-Revolutionary America | Part 3.A – Arms Rights in Colonial Charters Part3.B – Firearms Control in the Colonies Part 3.C – Personal and Collective Defense Ideology in Pre-Revolutionary America Chapter 3.D – Arms Technology, Tactics, and Culture in the Colonies | Part 3.A – Arms Rights in Colonial Charters Part 3.B – Firearms Control in the Colonies Part 3.C – Indians: Trade and Resistance Part 3.D – Personal and Collective Defense Ideology in Pre-Revolutionary America Chapter 3.E – Arms Technology, Tactics, and Culture in the Colonies |
| Parts 3.C through 3.F – The British Crackdown; Arms and the American Revolution; The Articles of Confederation; The Right to Arms, Standing Armies, and Militias in the Early State Constitutions and Statutes | Parts 3.E through 3.H – The British Crackdown; Arms and the American Revolution; The Articles of Confederation; The Right to Arms, Standing Armies, and Militias in the Early State Constitutions and Statutes | Chapter 4 – The American Revolution and Independence |
| Parts 4.A through 4.D – Standing Armies, Militias, and Individual Rights: The Constitutional Convention of 1787; State Ratification Conventions; Commentary During the Ratification Period; The Second Amendment Part 4.E – Post-Ratification | Parts 4.A through 4.D – Standing Armies, Militias, and Individual Rights: The Constitutional Convention of 1787; State Ratification Conventions; Commentary During the Ratification Period; The Second Amendment Part 4.E – Arms Technology at the Time of the Second Amendment Part 4.F – Post-Ratification | Chapter 5 – The New Constitution |
| Parts 5.A through 5.B – Militias as a Military and Political Force in the post-Revolutionary Period; Antebellum Case law on the Right to Arms under State and Federal Constitutions Parts 5.C through 5.E– Weapons Control and Southern Culture; The Right to Arms and Slavery; Antebellum Legal Commentary on the Right to Arms | Parts 5.A through 5.B – Militias as a Military and Political Force in the post-Revolutionary Period; Antebellum Case law on the Right to Arms under State and Federal Constitutions Part 5.C – Changes in Arms Technology Parts 5.D through 5.F– Weapons Control and Southern Culture; The Right to Arms and Slavery; Antebellum Legal Commentary on the Right to Arms | Chapter 6 – The Right to Arms, Militias, and Slavery in the Early Republic and Antebellum Periods • Part 6.A renamed to Wars and Rumors of Wars. • Part 6.A contains a new Section on Indian Wars. • Part 6.B contains a new Section on Surety of the Peace statutes. All other material is present in this edition. |
| Parts 6.A through 6.B – The Initial Southern Response to Black Freedom; The Congressional Response: The Fourteenth Amendment, The Freedmen’s Bureau Acts, and the Civil Rights Act Parts 6.C through 6.D – Labor Agitation and the Repressive Response; Nineteenth-Century Commentary Parts 6.E through 6.F – Late Nineteenth-Century State Laws and Cases; State Constitutions at the Turn of the Century Part 6.G – The Self-Defense Cases | Part 6.A – Disarmament of Whites and Armament of Blacks Parts 6.B through 6.C – The Initial Southern Response to Black Freedom; The Congressional Response: The Fourteenth Amendment, The Freedmen’s Bureau Acts, and the Civil Rights Act; Parts 7.D through 7.E – Labor Agitation and the Repressive Response; Nineteenth-Century Commentary Part 6.F – Technological and Cultural Changes Parts 6.G through 6.I – Late Nineteenth-Century State Laws and Cases; State Constitutions at the Turn of the Century Part 6.I – The Self-Defense Cases | Part 7.A – Disarmament of Whites and Armament of Blacks Parts 7.B through 7.C – The Initial Southern Response to Black Freedom; The Congressional Response: The Fourteenth Amendment, The Freedmen’s Bureau Acts, and the Civil Rights Act Part 7.D – Indians Parts 7.E through 7.F – Labor Agitation and the Repressive Response; Nineteenth-Century Commentary Part 7.G – Technological and Cultural Changes Parts 7.H through 7.I – Late Nineteenth-Century State Laws and Cases; State Constitutions at the Turn of the Century; Part 7.J – Self-Defense • Part 6.G (first edition)/Part 6.I (second editions) is now Section 7.J.1. • Additional Sections added to Part 7.J on Self-Defense (generally); Self-Defense by Prohibited Persons; Self-Defense Against Police Officers; and Stand Your Ground |
| Part 7.A – Immigration, Labor Unrest, and Alcohol Prohibition 4.F – Federal and State Military Forces of Today Part 7.B – The Federal Government Begins to Act Part 7.D – Miller’s Aftermath: The Shrinking Second Amendment Part 7.C – National Firearms Act Regulation Today; Section 8.D.1 – The Challenge of Defining Specially Regulated Firearms; Section 8.D.5 – Policing Illegal Guns Part 7.E – Armed Citizens and the Second World War | Part 7.A – Aliens Part 7.B – Changes in the Militia, and Other Federal and State Military Forces Part 7.C – Changes in Arms Technology Part 7.D – New Federal and State Laws • Part 7.B (first edition) is now Section 7.D.7. • Part 7.D contains new Sections on general Social Background; Concealed Carry; The Uniform Firearms Act; Laws on Semi-Automatic and Pump-Action Firearms; The Mailing of Firearms Act; and Congressional Legislation for the District of Columbia. Part 8.A – Two Early and Pivotal Lower Court Interpretations of Miller Part 7.E – National Firearms Act Regulation Today • All of Section 8.D.1 (first edition) and Staples v. United States from Section 8.D.5 (first edition) are now included in Section 7.E.4. Part 7.F – Armed Citizens and the Second World War Part 7.G – Individual and Collective Rights | Part 8.A – Aliens Parts 8.B – Changes in the Militia, and Other Federal and State Military Forces Part 8.B contains new Sections on Guns in Schools and Letters of Marque and Reprisal. Part 8.C – Changes in Arms Technology Part 8.D – New Federal and State Laws • Part 7.D (first edition)/ Part 8.A (second edition) is now Section 8.D.8. Part 7.E – National Firearms Act Regulation Today Part 8.F – Armed Citizens and the Second World War Part 8.G – Individual and Collective Rights |
| Part 8.A – The Second Amendment in the Lower Federal Courts Part 8.C – The Social and Political History of the Right to Arms Between Miller and Heller Part 8.B – Six Decades of Cryptic Supreme Court References to the Second Amendment Part 8.D – Federal Regulation of Firearms in the Modern Era; Section 8.B.4 – Felons and the Right to Arms Section 8.D.6 – Regulation by Litigation: Suing the Gun Industry and the Legislative Response Part 8.E – On the Threshold of an Individual Right to Arms: Full Engagement of the Second Amendment by the Fifth and Ninth Circuit | Part 8.B – The Second Amendment in the Latter Twentieth Century Part 8.C – Modern Federal Regulation of Firearms: The Gun Control Act of 1968, Its Amendments, and Administrative Regulations; Section 11.D.1 – Convicted Criminals • Section 8.B.4 (first edition) is now Section 8.C.1. Part 8.D – Suing the Gun Industry and the Legislative Response: The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act • Section 8.D.6 (first edition) is now Part 8.D. | Part 9.A – The Social and Political History of the Right to Arms in the Modern Era Part 9.B – The Second Amendment in the Later Twentieth Century • Additional Section added to Part 9.B on Firearms Freedom Acts and Second Amendment Sanctuaries. Part 9.C – Modern Federal Regulation of Firearms: The Gun Control Act • Section 8.B.4 (first edition)/Section 8.C.1 (second edition) is now Section 8.C.2.a – Right to Counsel. • Wesson v. Town of Salisbury from Section 11.D.1 (second edition) is now summarized in Section 9.C.3.c • Additional Sections added to Part 9.C on an Overview of the Gun Control Act; Due Process and the GCA (including Mens Rea and Extraterritoriality); Prohibited Persons under the GCA, GCA Penalties; and Restoration of Rights. Part 9.D – Layers of Regulation: Agency Rules and Agency Guidance Part 9.E – Suing the Gun Industry and the Legislative Response: The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act |
| Chapter 9 – The Right to Arms in the States | Chapter 10 – The Right to Arms in the States • Section on Iowa added to Part 10.B. • Sections on Property Rights and Arms Rights (covering Zoning, Shooting Ranges, and Parking Lots) added to Part 10.D. | |
| Chapter 9 – The Supreme Court Affirms an Individual Right to Arms | Chapter 10 – The Supreme Court Affirms an Individual Right to Arms; Sections 11.E.1 through 11.E.2 – “Assault Weapons”; Nonfirearm Arms | Chapter 11 – The Supreme Court Affirms an Individual Right to Arms • Part on Post-McDonald Supreme Court Cases added to Chapter 11, including Friedman v. City of Highland Park from Section 11.E.1 (second edition) and Caetano v. Massachusetts from Section 11.E.2 (second edition). |
| Part 11.A – The Aftermath of Heller in the District of Columbia: Intermediate Scrutiny Versus History and Tradition, and the Common Use Standard | Part 11.A – The Evolving Standard of Review • Two new cases added to Part 11.A. | Chapter 12 – Standards of Review • Expanded to five Parts to cover the nuances of modern Second Amendment review. |
| Part 11.D – The Presumptive Legitimacy of Disarming the Untrustworthy: Analogizing from Heller | Section 11.D.1 – Convicted Criminals Section 11.D.2 – Persons Under the Age of Twenty-One Section 11.D.3 – Aliens Section 11.D.4 – The Mentally Ill Part 11.C – Firearms Commerce: The Right to Buy and Sell | Parts 13.A through 13.B – Domestic Violence Misdemeanants; Persons Convicted of a Crime Punishable by a Felony Sentence of Over One Year or a Misdemeanor Sentence of Over Two • All of Part 11.D (first edition) and United States v. Skoien from Section 11.D.1 (second edition) are now Part 13.A. • Binderup v. Attorney General: As-Applied Challenges to the “Felon-in-Possession” Ban from Section 11.D.1 (second edition) is now Part 13.B. Part 13.C – Persons Under 21 Part 13.D – Unlawful Aliens Part 13.E – The Formerly Mentally Ill • Exercises on Litigation Practicalities and Due Process added to Part 13.E. Part 13.F – Persons Suspected of Being Dangerous • Sections on Red Flag Laws, persons on Secret Government Lists, The Intoxicated, and Self-Bans added to Part 13.F. Part 13.G – Businesses • The material from Part 11.C (second edition) is now summarized in Part 13.G. |
| Part 11.H – The Right to Bear Arms and Carrying Handguns for Self-Defense Part 8.D.5 – Policing Illegal Guns | Section 11.B.1 – Public Firearm Carriage Section 11.B.2 – Prohibited Places: Restrictions on Carrying in Particular Places or Circumstances Part 8.C.5 – Policing Illegal Guns | Part 14.A – Carrying Handguns for Self-Defense in Public Places • Excerpt-length summaries of four new cases added to Part 14.A. Parts 14.B through 14.C – Location Restrictions; Schools • Bonidy v. United States from Section 11.B.2 (second edition) is now Section 14.B.1. • Campus Carry from Section 11.B.2 (second edition) is now Section 14.B.2. • Sections on National Parks, Army Corps of Engineers Recreational Land, Every Federal Government Building, parking Lots if Premises with Liquor Licenses, and Churches added to Part 14.B. Part 14.D – Stop-and-Frisk • Terry v. United States from Section 8.D.5 (first edition) and all of Section 8.C.5 (second edition) are now Part 14.D. |
| Section 8.D.7 – Assault Weapons Restrictions | Section 11.E.1 – “Assault Weapons” Section 11.E.2 – Nonfirearm Arms | Part 15.A –“Assault Weapon” and Magazine Bans Substantially expanded from first and second editions. Part 15.B – Ban on Assembly from Imported Parts Part 15.C – Nonfirearm Arms Sections on Air Guns, Defensive Sprays, Knives, and Martial Arts Weapons added to Part 15.C. Parts 15.D through 15.F– New Technologies; Bans by Other Means: Using General Laws or Approved Gun Lists to Ban Firearms and Ammunition; Body Armor |
| Part 11.E – The Second Amendment and the Gun Control Act of 1968; Part 11.G – Child Access Prevention Laws Part 11.B – The Aftermath of McDonald in the City of Chicago: Historical Inquiry, Then Nearly Strict Scrutiny Toward the Core Part 11.K – Tyranny Control as a Justification for the Modern Right to Arms | Sections 11.F.1 through 11.F.2 – Child Access Prevention Laws; Serial Number Requirements Section 11.F.3 – Firearm Training Appendices: Concluding Exercises • Part 11.K (first edition) is now Concluding Exercise 3. | Parts 16.A through 16.B – Child Access Prevention Laws; Serial Numbers Parts 16.C through 16.E – Waiting Periods and Licensing; Emergencies; Gun Control by Nonstate Actors Part 16.F – Training and Ranges Part 16.G – Firearm Litigation for New Attorneys • Sections on Civil Compliance for Regulated Clients, Status-of-the-Gun Cases, Status-of-the-Person cases, Resources and Pointers for Firearms Cases, and Practice Pointers for Gun Cases added to Part 16.G. Concluding Exercises |
| Parts 11.C, 11.F, 11.I, and 11.J – An Alternative Methodology for Judging Second Amendment Claims: Substantial Burden; Guns in Common Use and the State Courts; Regulating the ‘‘Terror Gap’’; Gun Regulation, Local Autonomy, and Urban Violence | ||
| Chapter 10 – Firearms Policy and Status: Race, Gender, Age, Disability, and Sexual Orientation | online Chapter 12 – Firearms Policy and Status: Race, Gender, Age, Disability, and Sexual Orientation | online Chapter 17 – Firearms Policy and Status: Race, Gender, Age, Disability, and Sexual Orientation |
| online Chapter 13 – International Law | online Chapter 13 – International Law | online Chapter 18 – International Law |
| online Chapter 14 – Comparative Law | online Chapter 14 – Comparative Law | online Chapter 19 – Comparative Law |
| online Chapter 15 – In-Depth Explanation of Firearms and Ammunition | online Chapter 16 – Early Second Amendment Influences | online Chapter 21 – Antecedents of the Second Amendment |
| Part 2.D.2 – England | Chapter 2 – Arms Rights, Arms Duties, and Arms Control in the United Kingdom • Expanded material on the British law and history of arms bearing. | online Chapter 22 – Arms Laws of the United Kingdom • Full length treatment of British arms bearing rights, duties, and controls. |
| online Chapter 23 – The Evolution of Arms Technology • Full length treatment of the technological development of arms. • Some of the material in Chapter 23 is presented in compressed form in Part 2.I, Part 3.E, Section 4.B.7, Part 5.E, Part 6.C, Part 7.G, and Part 15.D. |