Citation

Glantz LH, Annas GJ. New Engl. J. Med. 2009; 360(22): 2360-2365.

Affiliation

Department of Health Law, Bioethics, and Human Rights, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Massachusetts Medical Society)

DOI

10.1056/NEJMhle0900209

PMID

19474436

Abstract

The right to possess firearms by private citizens has been a major political issue in the United States since the founding of the country. James Madison, for example, argued that there need be no concern about forming a federal government because state militias would protect the people from any threat that a federal government would usurp their individual rights.

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