Citation

Stell LK. J. Law Econ. Policy 2006; 2: 265-307.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, George Mason University School of Law)

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Abstract

Law-abiding civilians have a claim against the state, based on liberal principles of justice, that it not restrict unduly their carrying handguns for personal defense against bodily attack. When the state disables civilians' carrying handguns for personal defense but refuses to acknowledge incurring a special duty of care to protect those it disables, it demotes them from full citizenship, commits a serious injustice and diminishes the state's legitimacy...

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