Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1995 23:35:41 -0700 From: Jeff Chan To: firearms-alert Subject: RESEARCH/JUDICIAL: Hardy FOPA Legal Review David Hardy, noted Second Amendment scholar, has sent me his law review article about the Firearms Owners' Protection Act. Includes a capsule history of federal gun laws and has been cited by the U.S. Supreme Court, among others. http://www.portal.com/~chan/research/hardy/fopa_rev.txt (291k text) http://www.portal.com/~chan/research/hardy/fopa_rev.txt.Z (119k) http://www.portal.com/~chan/research/hardy/fopa_rev.txt.zip (103k) or ftp://ftp.shell.portal.com/pub/chan/research/hardy/fopa_rev.txt ... Here's is the author's brief description: David T. Hardy, "The Firearms Owners' Protection Act: A Historical and Legal Perspective," 17 Cumberland Law Review 585 (1986). This article--which ran for nearly a hundred pages and 519 footnoes as printed--outlines the history of federal firearm laws. Among its other interesting historical points is original evidence that the firearms manufacturing industry itself promoted the GCA '68. The article then discusses the intended meanings of the 1986 amendments to the gun laws, which curtailed abusive enforcement powers. The article has been cited as authoritative by the U.S. Supreme Court, and two federal Courts of Appeals. -- Jeff Chan mailto:chan@shell.portal.com http://www.portal.com/~chan/ or ftp://ftp.shell.portal.com/pub/chan/ +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | We should measure progress not by how many laws | | can be passed but by how little governing people need. | +------------------------------------------------------------------+ At archive, see: highlights.html and Info Guide: firearms.faq.html firearms, liberty mailing lists: mailto:majordomo@shell.portal.com