Resources

Domestic Violence Laws in the Early United States: Using the Historical Record in Litigation 

Supreme Court precedent calls for us to look at the early United States’ historical record to determine whether modern day firearm regulations are constitutional. Some modern firearm regulations address the dangerous intersection of domestic violence and gun violence. This resource details the history and tradition of legal responses to domestic violence in the U.S. Founding Era and its relationship to firearm regulations and identifies sources for detailed examinations of this history. 

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