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Contemporary Moral Problems (Course Guide)

Course Materials - Instructor: Douglas Weidenbach

Ethics and Guns - Course Documents

Ethics and Gun Laws

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Key Questions
  • Does the 2nd amendment guarantee an individual’s right to own a gun?
  • Are there very practical reasons why certain “sensitive” communities (a la DC v. Heller) should outlaw guns?
  • Is there a cultural reason why the US has more gun-related deaths than other countries?
Key Terms
  • Second Amendment
    • well-regulated militia
  • Laws - Supreme Court Rulings
    • United States v. Miller (1934)
    • District of Columbia v. Heller (2008)
  • Frontier thesis
  • Campus carry
  • Mass shootings
  • Humanist values
Key People
  • John Paul Stevens, Supreme Court Justice
  • Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court Justice

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