Mass Murder: American Unexceptionalism, D.C. v Heller, and 'Reasonableness'

Southern Illinois University Law Journal, 43[2018]: 43-59

18 Pages Posted: 20 Oct 2017 Last revised: 11 May 2019

Date Written: October 19, 2017

Abstract

Is mass murder exceptionally American? If so, can America’s relatively laissez-faire gun control laws be the cause? Could a narrow reading of the Second Amendment qualify as “reasonable” or “rational” because of the social costs of this apparent American exceptionalism?

Suggested Citation

Cramer, Clayton E., Mass Murder: American Unexceptionalism, D.C. v Heller, and 'Reasonableness' (October 19, 2017). Southern Illinois University Law Journal, 43[2018]: 43-59, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3055877 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3055877

Clayton E. Cramer (Contact Author)

College of Western Idaho ( email )

5500 East Opportunity Drive
Nampa, ID 83687
United States

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