Military and National Defense

Theological Justification for War
Article pending on the biblical justification for War

Legal Justification for War
Is This Any Way to Fight a War? Lessons learned in VietNam. An analysis of the morality of war and why soldiers fight by John A. Sterling (Captain, Infantry, USAR)

Article pending on the International Legal aspects of war.

Article pending on the Morality of Warfare by Col. Craig Hudgins (USMC-ret.)

Terrorism
Terrorism, Technology, and TyrannyAn article by John A. Sterling


U.S. Military


Articles pending on:
...Constitutional Authority of the President as Commander-in-Chief
...Posse Comitatus Act

ARCHIVED ARTICLES
Current Military Readiness by John Hillen, an OLIN Fellow for National Security Studies at the Council on Foriegn Relations. He ought to know!
Women In the Military Short response to a current Air Force Captain by (former Army Captain) John Sterling

General Krulak's Speech on Character Given by (former) Marine Corps Commandant Charles C. Krulak at Pepperdine University on 14 October 1998.

Training Shortfalls in Today's Military by Winslow Wheeler, Senior Defense Analyst. Read it and weep!

State Militias

What is a MILITIA? The Constitution Society

What the Militia Isn't Joyce L. Malcolm is a historian and author whose research leads her to question the premise that our Second Amendment heritage includes and absolute right to Keep and Bear Arms.

Militia HistoryA little background on the development of the milita

Committee on the Militia: A brief historical note on the existence, purpose, and work of this Congressional Committee from 1835 to 1911. The works are not produced here but the reader is given tips for where to look if one is doing research on the topic of militias.

Police, Local and State

Personal Defense

Biblical principles
What the BIBLE says about Gun Control by Larry Pratt, Executive Director of Gun Owners of America.

Current Realities
Armed Citizens Deter Crime Read this outstanding article by Don B.Kates, Jr., Lawyer, Author, Lecturer and Scholar. Better yet, buy his book!

Constitutional Principles
Second Amendment: Private Right or State Right? Aritcle on the Jurisprudence of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms by author and noted scholar, Stephen P. Halbrook.

Second Amendment
The Framer's Intent An excellent Article by Stephen Halbrook: scholar, lecturer, author and teacher.

Encroachments of the Crown on the Liberty of the subject: Pre-Revolutionary origins of the Second Amendment. Another excellent work by Stephen P. Halbrook.

Civic Republicanism Article by David C. Williams published in the Yale Law Journal.

GUN CONTROL AND 2nd AMENDMENT LINKS

Report of the Subcommitee on the Constitution. Preface by Sen. Orrin Hatch
A Summary of Guns and Violence by Gary Kleck from his new book
The Second Amendment and the Ideology of Self-Protection
National Rifle Assn. (Great link for firearms info)
The Second Amedment and State's RightsExcellent look at Constitutional and historical origins and intent


Court Cases

Court Cases Regarding the Second Amendment

Since we are the LAW and Liberty Foundation, you can be assured that we will be staying on top of the current status of the law on this, and other critical legal issues. We are contemplating a special section on Second Amendment and gun control legislation and court cases. If you hear anything that is happening in your state/country, let us know. Thanks.


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