Cocked and Loaded: Briney and the Early Spread of Statutory Expansions of Gun Rights in the States

• In Event: State and Local Policymaking

Brief Overview

We use process tracing and text analysis of self-defense related bills in state legislatures from the 1950s into the 1980s to illustrate that the spread of firearms rights bills lays the groundwork for future expansions of gun rights in the states.

Authors

• Patrick John Gauding, Sewanee-The University of the South

• Alexandra Middlewood, Wichita State University