Changing the constitutional landscape for firearms: The US supreme court's recent second amendment decisions

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2021-2026

  Vernick, Jon S ^a   Rutkow, Lainie ^a   Webster, Daniel W ^a   Teret, Stephen P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FIREARM; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

CHICAGO; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FIREARMS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUPREME COURT DECISIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054982827     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300200     Document Type: Article

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