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1998 BYU L. Rev. 1359 (1998)
The Second Amendment in the Nineteenth Century

handle is hein.journals/byulr1998 and id is 1369 raw text is: G: \COWP51\LAWREV\ 1998-4\FINAL\KOP-FIN.WPD Dec. 1, 1998 The Second Amendment in the Nineteenth Century David B. Kopel* I. INTRODUCTION .................................. 1362 II. THE EARLY GIANTS: TUCKER, RAWLE, AND STORY ...... 1370 A. St. George Tucker: The American Blackstone ...... 1370 1. Tucker's background ....................... 1370 2. The central role of Tucker's American Blackstone 1371 3. Tucker on the right to arms in Blackstone ..... 1373 4. Tucker's appendix on the American Constitution 1375 5. Tucker's exposition of the Second Amendment .. 1377 B. Houston v. Moore ............................ 1379 C. William Rawle .............................. 1384 D. Joseph Story ................................ 1388 1. The Second Amendment in Story's Commentaries 1389 2. The Second Amendment in Story's Familiar Exposition ............................... 1393 3. The federal militia powers in Story's Commentaries ............................ 1396 E. Other Pre-1850 Sources ...................... 1397 1. Henry St. George Tucker ................... 1397 2. Benjamin Oliver .......................... 1399 3. James Bayard ............................ 1400 4. Francis Lieber ............................ 1402 5. Elliot's Debates ........................... 1404 6. Webster's Dictionary ....................... 1404 * Adjunct Professor of Law, New York University Law School, 1998; Research Director, Independence Institute, Golden, Colorado. J.D., 1985, University of Michigan; B.A. in History 1982, Brown University. I would like to thank Jim Winchester, J.D., for outstanding research assistance. Valuable aid was also provided by Paul Blackman, David Caplan, Clayton Cramer, Brannon Denning, Robert Dowlut, Mark Fuller, Richard Griffiths, Stephen Halbrook, Scott Hattrup, Charles B. Kates, Don Kates, Jerry & Dolores Kopel, Nelson Lund, Joseph Olson, Daniel Polsby, Glenn Harlan Reynolds, Doug Spittler, William Van Alstyne, Eugene Volokh, and the Cincinnati Law Library Association. 1359 Dec. 1, 1998 G: \ COWP51 \LAWREV \19 98-4 \FINAL \KOP-FIN.WPD

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