S. HRG. 105-890 WHOSE RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS? THE HEARING LIBRARY OF CONGRESS BEFORE THE MAY 24.1999 SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE CONSTITUTION, TE FEDERALISM, AND PROPERTY RIGHTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY ONE HUNDRED FIFTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON EXAMINING THE INTENT OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT OF THE CON- SEPTEMBER 23, 1998 Serial No. J-105-123 Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary 54-996 CC U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402 Ashcroft, Hon. John, U.S. Senator from the State of Missouri Torricelli, Hon. Robert G., U.S. Senator from the State of New Jersey CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES .............. Statement of Hon. Bob Smith, U.S. Senator from the State of New Hamp- Statement of Charlton Heston, president, National Rifle Association of Amer- ica, Beverly Hills, CA; accompanied by Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president, National Rifle Association of America, and Stephen Halbrook, Statement of Dennis A. Henigan, general counsel, Handgun Control, Inc., and director, Legal Action Project, Center To Prevent Handgun Violence, Panel consisting of Joyce Lee Malcolm, professor of history, Bentley College, Waltham, MA; Carl T. Bogus, professor of law, Roger Williams University School of Law, Bristol, RI; Robert J. Cottrol, professor of law and history, George Washington University, Washington, DC; Robert J. Spitzer, profes- sor of political science, Suny Cortland, Cortland, NY; Stephen P. Halbrook, Fairfax, VA; and Eugene Volokh, professor of law, University of California, Prepared statement of Hon. Rod Grams, U.S. Senator from the State Article: Duke Law Journal, "The Second Amendment and the Personal Prepared statement Article: The Yale Law Journal, “The Fifth Auxilliary Right," by Rob- |