Primary Source Spotlight: Second Amendment & Gun Control
Political cartoons
- Solution to Nothing Herb Block March 2, 1954
- Sportsmen! Kids! Maniacs! Herb Block November 27, 1963 (source record)
- You Don’t Even Need to Limit Yourself to a Few People Herb Block December 29, 1964 (source record)
- Don’t Point That Thing at Me! Herb Block March 10, 1965 (source record)
- It’s like the gun lobby guys say — Laws interfere wit’ us sportsmen Herb Block June 6, 1965 (scroll page to locate | source record)
- Shucks, It Was Just One More Little Killing Herb Block May 31, 1966 (source record)
- Ain’t Nobody Here but Jes’ Us Sportsmen Herb Block April 6, 1967 (source record)
- Fiddler Herb Block July 25, 1967 (scroll page to locate | source record)
- A Cup of Black Powder and a Few Rounds of Ammo? Certainly, Neighbor Herb Block October 8, 1970 (source record)
- Rifle (gun lobby) aimed at fallen figure (gun bill) Edmund S. Valtman March 11, 1976 (scroll page to locate | source record)
- You can do a favor for me–Rub out any gun control legislation Herb Block August 7, 1980 (scroll page to locate | source record)
- The daily sacrifices Herb Block October 1, 1993 (scroll page to locate | source record)
- You kids stop fighting Ann Telnaes April 28, 1996 (scroll page to locate | source record)
- Kids these days! Craziness in schools movies, video games–terrible! Here–Try this dandy! Herb Block April 28, 1999 (scroll page to locate | source record)
- Anywhere, Everywhere, Any Time, All the Time, U.S.A. Herb Block November 4, 1999 (source record)
- Just gunsmoke — For a moment I thought somebody somewhere might be burning a flag Herb Block March 29, 2000 (scroll page to locate | source record)
- More Herb Block gun related political cartoons (enlarged images not available online)
Second amendment historical newspaper mentions
Second Amendment: contemporary U.S. legislation
Safe Schools for All: An Album of Hope & Action primary source set
The social costs of gun ownership National Bureau of Economic Research c2004
Firearms Act U.S. legislation & code
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act
Gun control: contemporary U.S. legislation
Gun control: implementation of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System April, 2000
What should America do about gun violence? hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary January 30, 2013
Firearms-Control Legislation and Policy: [Country] Comparative Analysis February, 2013
Second Amendment – Gun Ownership and the Supreme Court Law Library of Congress
Second Amendment Rights. Second Amendment Wrongs Medium Mar. 20, 2018
Teaching resources
- Gun Violence and Next-Generation Coalitions
- The Scientific Method, School Shootings, and Civic Action
- Data Analysis to Drive Civic Action
- What Should Lawmakers Do About Guns and Gun Violence? New York Times Learning Network March 28, 2018