Document Type
Working Paper
Publication Date
8-9-2015
SSRN Discipline
Economics Research Network; Legal Scholarship Network; Law School Research Papers - Legal Studies; Law & Society eJournals; Law & Society: Public Law eJournals; LSN Subject Matter eJournals; AARN Subject Matter eJournals; Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence & Legal Philosophy eJournals; Health Economics Network; Political Science Network; Anthropology & Archaeology Research Network; Health Law eJournals
Abstract
An individual ought to be able to protect himself or herself from gun suicide by making it more difficult to buy a gun This Article examines the constitutionality of two robust voluntary restraints on gun purchase that could save many lives A person who selected the first option would be able to purchase a gun only after receiving judicial approval Under the second option the ban on purchase would be irrevocable The Article concludes that neither option violates the Second Amendment but that a contrary holding is possible with respect to the irrevocable purchase ban
Recommended Citation
Fredrick E. Vars & Angela Selvaggio,
'Bind Me More Tightly Still': Voluntary Restraint Against Gun Suicide,
(2015).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.ua.edu/fac_working_papers/311