Ballistics of Peace: Comprehensive Research Library on Firearms Law, Second Amendment History, Gun Violence Prevention, and Pacifism
The Ballistics of Peace: A Comprehensive Research Bibliography
Curated by: Dru Stevenson
An interdisciplinary research library of 133 works spanning firearms law, Second Amendment history, gun violence prevention, criminology, pacifism, Quaker studies, and political theory.
Last updated: May 2026
Authority Statement: This bibliography reflects over two decades of research, teaching, and scholarship in firearms law, Second Amendment history, and the study of nonviolence.
| Title | Author(s) | Year | Category Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Why We Are Losing the War on Gun Violence in the United States | Marie Crandall, Stephanie Bonne, Jennifer Bronson, Woodie Kessel | 2020 | gun violence, public health, law [cite: 1-6] |
| Race, Rights, and Rifles | Alexandra Filindra | 2023 | #civilrights, #raceandlaw, 2A [cite: 7-14] |
| The Quakers in Peace and War | Margaret E. Hirst | 2013 | pacifism, quakerism, legal history [cite: 15-17] |
| Friends and the Indians, 1655-1917 | Rayner Wickersham Kelsey | 2013 | colonial history, indigenous rights, quakerism [cite: 18-20] |
| Texas Gun Ownership and the Second Amendment | Corey J. Biazzo Esq. | 2025 | constitutional law, texas law, 2A [cite: 21-22] |
| To Trust the People with Arms | Robert J. Cottrol, Brannon P. Denning | 2023 | jurisprudence, legal history, 2A [cite: 23-32] |
| Gun Country | Andrew C. McKevitt | 2023 | gun industry, post-WWII US, gun capitalism [cite: 33-39] |
| Policing Gun Violence | Anthony A. Braga, Philip J. Cook | 2023 | criminology, law enforcement, public safety [cite: 40-52] |
| Memory and Authority | Jack M. Balkin | 2024 | constitutional theory, originalism, legal history [cite: 53-59] |
| The Roots Of War Resistance | Peter Brock | 1981 | pacifism, nonviolence, war resistance [cite: 60-71] |
| The Quaker Peace Testimony 1660 to 1914 | Peter Brock | 1991 | quaker history, peace testimony, ethics [cite: 72-75] |
| The Economics of Arms | Keith Hartley | 2017 | defense economics, military industrial complex [cite: 76-89] |
| Common Sense in the Second Amendment | Margie Burns | 2020 | linguistics, bill of rights, legal history [cite: 90-92] |
| The Trigger: Narratives of the American Shooter | Daniel J. Patinkin | 2018 | sociology, oral history, gun culture [cite: 93-101] |
| Inside the NRA | Joshua L. Powell | 2020 | nra, political corruption, whistleblowers [cite: 102-105] |
| Vote Gun | Patrick J. Charles | 2023 | lobbying history, political polarization, nra [cite: 106-116] |
| Gun Culture in Early Modern England | Lois G. Schwoerer | 2016 | english history, social history, gun culture [cite: 117-123] |
| Is There No Other Way? | Michael N. Nagler | 2001 | nonviolence, peace studies, conflict resolution [cite: 124-140] |
| Bloodbath Nation | Paul Auster | 2023 | american culture, gun violence, social commentary [cite: 141-150] |
| Freedom Without Violence | Dustin Ells Howes | 2016 | nonviolence, civil disobedience, political thought [cite: 151-159] |
| Unforgiving Places | Jens Ludwig | 2025 | behavioral economics, chicago crime lab, gvp [cite: 160-175] |
| Imagining Peace | Benno Lowe | 1997 | early modern history, humanism, pacifism [cite: 176-185] |
| The Morality of Self-Defense and Military Action | David B. Kopel | 2017 | self-defense, just war theory, intellectual history [cite: 186-197] |
| The Six-Shooter State | Jonathan Obert | 2018 | political sociology, public security, gun politics [cite: 198-202] |
| Misfire | Tim Mak | 2021 | nra, investigative journalism, corruption [cite: 203-214] |
| Repeal the Second Amendment | Allan J. Lichtman | 2020 | legal reform, constitutional law, public policy [cite: 215-224] |
| Future of the Gun | Frank Miniter | 2014 | technology, gun rights, firearms industry [cite: 224-225] |
| World of Trouble | Richard Godbeer | 2019 | american revolution, pacifism, quaker history [cite: 226-230] |
| Empire of Guns | Priya Satia | 2018 | industrial revolution, military-industrial complex [cite: 231-235] |
| Pacifism in the United States | Peter Brock | 1968 | quakerism, civil war, us history [cite: 236-241] |
| Gun Politics in America | Harry L. Wilson | 2016 | primary sources, firearm legislation, reference [cite: 242-251] |
| War by Other Means | Daniel Akst | 2022 | world war II dissent, nonviolent resistance [cite: 252-258] |
| Gunfight | Ryan Busse | 2021 | gun industry, memoir, political polarization [cite: 259-266] |
| The Gun Dilemma | Robert J. Spitzer | 2023 | originalism, assault weapons, sanctuaries [cite: 267-272] |
| Gun Violence in Modern America | Robert Kronick | 2025 | victimology, systemic racism, social problems [cite: 273-280] |
| Quaker War Tax Resistance | David M. Gross | 2011 | civil disobedience, quaker history, theology [cite: 281-286] |
| The Second Creation | Jonathan Gienapp | 2018 | founding era, constitutional history, originalism [cite: 287-296] |
| Merchants of the Right | Jennifer Carlson | 2023 | gun sellers, political identity, sociology [cite: 297-304] |
| Manufacturing Advantage | Lindsay Schakenbach Regele | 2019 | economic history, arms industry, us history [cite: 305-318] |
| Armed Citizens | Noah Shusterman | 2020 | history of militias, second amendment origins [cite: 319-323] |
| A Well-Regulated Militia | Saul Cornell | 2006 | founding fathers, legal history, originalism [cite: 324-332] |
| Gun Violence in America: The Struggle for Control | Alexander DeConde | 2001 | social movements, second amendment, nra history [cite: 333-347] |
| Living with Guns | Craig Whitney | 2012 | liberal perspectives, pragmatism, gun safety [cite: 347-353] |
| The Mythic Meanings of the Second Amendment | David C. Williams | 2003 | constitutional mythology, legal interpretation [cite: 354-358] |
| Disarmed | Kristin A. Goss | 2006 | political science, interest groups, social reform [cite: 359-363] |
| Reload | Christopher B. Strain | 2011 | american violence, cultural history, sociology [cite: 364-370] |
| Still a Hollow Hope | Anthony D. Cooling | 2022 | judicial impact, state power, supreme court [cite: 371-376] |
| The Politics of Gun Control | Robert J. Spitzer | 2020 | gun safety movement, nra crisis, policy analysis [cite: 377-387] |
| Do Guns Make Us Free? | Firmin DeBrabander | 2015 | political philosophy, democracy, gun control [cite: 388-393] |
| One Nation under Guns | Dominic Erdozain | 2024 | founders' intent, religion, second amendment [cite: 394-407] |
| New Histories of Gun Rights and Regulation | Blocher, Charles, Miller (Eds.) | 2023 | academic, anthology, constitutional interpretation [cite: 408-409] |
| The Cult of the Constitution | Mary Anne Franks | 2020 | constitutional theory, fundamentalism, 2A [cite: 410-416] |
| Armed and Considered Dangerous | Peter Henry Rossi, James Wright | 2008 | criminology, felon rights, prisoner surveys [cite: 417-429] |
| Guns in Law | Sarat, Douglas, Umphrey (Eds.) | 2019 | jurisprudence, sociology of law, law enforcement [cite: 430-431] |
| The Positive Second Amendment | Joseph Blocher, Darrell A.H. Miller | 2018 | post-Heller law, rights discourse, theory [cite: 432-437] |
| Private Guns, Public Health | David Hemenway | 2017 | epidemiology, harm reduction, social policy [cite: 438-445] |
| Evaluating Gun Policy | Ludwig, Cook, Lumsden (Eds.) | 2003 | empirical research, violence prevention, economics [cite: 446-464] |
| Our Gun Idolatry | Edward L. Alban | 2018 | ethics, social criticism, gun culture [cite: 465-471] |
| Guns Down | Igor Volsky | 2019 | activism, legislative reform, social movements [cite: 472-479] |
| Collateral Damage | James Atwood | 2019 | christian ethics, theology, activism [cite: 480-490] |
| Gun Violence | Philip J. Cook, Jens Ludwig | 2002 | crime control, interest groups, history [cite: 491] |
| The Gun Debate (2nd Ed) | Philip J. Cook, Kristin A. Goss | 2020 | gun violence prevention, reference, health [cite: 492-502] |
| Beating Guns | Shane Claiborne, Michael Martin | 2019 | christian activism, restorative justice, nonviolence [cite: 503-516] |
| Guns across America | Robert Spitzer | 2017 | state laws, federalism, second amendment [cite: 517-523] |
| The Gun Gap | Mark R. Joslyn | 2020 | political behavior, public opinion, voting patterns [cite: 524-528] |
| The Last Gun | Tom Diaz | 2015 | gun industry, corporate responsibility, GVP [cite: 529-533] |
| Loaded | Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz | 2018 | settler colonialism, white supremacy, race [cite: 534-595] |
| The Federalist | Hamilton, Madison, Jay | 2001 | constitutional law, founding fathers, originalism [cite: 596-599] |
| The Summer of 1787 | David O. Stewart | 2008 | constitution, early republic, legal history [cite: 600-610] |
| Supplying Washington's Army | Center of Military History US Army | 2015 | military history, revolutionary war, supply lines [cite: 611-615] |
| Life of Major General James Jackson | Thomas Charlton | 2016 | biography, early republic, founding era [cite: 616-620] |
| The First Congress | Fergus M. Bordewich | 2017 | legislative history, early republic, 2A [cite: 621-630] |
| Exit Wounds | Ieva Jusionyte | 2024 | arms trafficking, mexico, border studies [cite: 631-636] |
| Gun Violence 101 | Tom Gabor, Violet Lemay | 2025 | public health, education, gvp myths [cite: 637-657] |
| Firepower | Matthew J. Lacombe | 2021 | nra, political identity, lobbying [cite: 658-663] |
| The Second | Carol Anderson | 2021 | systemic racism, african american history, 2A [cite: 664-670] |
| Gunfight: Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms | Adam Winkler | 2011 | heller, supreme court, nra history [cite: 671-675] |
| Madison's Militia | Carl T. Bogus | 2023 | slavery, founding era, second amendment [cite: 676-683] |
| Outgunned No More | Linda S. Mullenix | 2025 | mass tort litigation, gun industry liability [cite: 684-690] |
| The People and Their Peace | Laura F. Edwards | 2009 | legal culture, southern history, social inequality [cite: 691-698] |
| Routledge Handbook of Pacifism and Nonviolence | Andrew Fiala (Ed.) | 2020 | peace philosophy, ethical theory, nonviolence [cite: 699-704] |
| Trigger Points | Mark Follman | 2022 | mass shooting prevention, behavioral threat assessment [cite: 705-714] |
| Law and the Arms Trade | Laurence Lustgarten | 2021 | international law, corruption, regulation [cite: 715-722] |
| Policing the Second Amendment | Jennifer Carlson | 2022 | racial inequality, police attitudes, gun laws [cite: 723-731] |
| Citizen-Protectors | Jennifer Carlson | 2018 | gun culture, political identity, sociology [cite: 732-737] |
| Violence Inside Us | Chris Murphy | 2020 | history of violence, public policy, politics [cite: 738-755] |
| The Founders' Constitution, Vol. 4 | Philip Kurland, Ralph Lerner | 2000 | article 3, article 5, federal courts [cite: 756-757] |
| The Gun Debate (Encyclopedia) | Glenn Utter, Robert J. Spitzer | 2016 | reference, political science, social policy [cite: 758-759] |
| Private Guns, Public Health (New Ed) | David Hemenway | 2017 | epidemiology, harm reduction, social science [cite: 760-764] |
| Cry Havoc! | Beverley Nichols | 1937 | pacifism, interwar critique, arms industry [cite: 765-772] |
| Merchants of Death | H.C. Engelbrecht, F.C. Hanighen | 1934 | war profiteering, military-industrial complex [cite: 773-782] |
| The Church, the Gospel and War | Rufus M. Jones (Ed.) | 1948 | christian pacifism, theology of war, quakerism [cite: 783-786] |
| The Lives of Guns | Obert, Poe, Sarat (Eds.) | 2018 | sociology, technology, science studies [cite: 787-796] |
| In Defense of Gun Control | Hugh LaFollette | 2018 | empirical claims, moral philosophy, policy [cite: 797-803] |
| Weapon of Choice | Ian Ayres, Fredrick E. Vars | 2020 | libertarian reform, suicide prevention [cite: 804-807] |
| Reducing Gun Violence in America | Daniel Webster, Jon Vernick | 2013 | johns hopkins, evidence-based policy [cite: 808-813] |
| Early History of the Wyoming Valley | Kathleen A. Earle | 2022 | frontier justice, colonial militias, territorial dispute [cite: 814-819] |
| The Behavioral Science of Firearms | Pirelli, Wechsler, Cramer | 2018 | psychology, case law, public health [cite: 820-823] |
| The Right To Keep And Bear Arms (Docs) | Harwood W. Loomis | 2021 | primary sources, bill of rights, legal history [cite: 824-830] |
| Guns on the Internet | Connie Hassett-Walker | 2018 | digital ethnography, social media, gun culture [cite: 831-834] |
| Common Good Constitutionalism | Adrian Vermeule | 2022 | natural law, legal philosophy, conservatism [cite: 835-838] |
| Ricochet: Confessions of a Gun Lobbyist | Richard Feldman | 2007 | lobbying, nra, insider account [cite: 839-841] |
| Negroes and the Gun | Nicholas Johnson | 2014 | self-defense, african american history, 2A [cite: 842-849] |
| Don't Shoot | David M. Kennedy | 2012 | ceasefire, gang violence, community policing [cite: 850-853] |
| The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know | Philip J. Cook, Kristin A. Goss | 2014 | primer, public policy, social issues [cite: 854-862] |
| The Myths We Carry | Devin L. Hughes | 2025 | defensive gun use, gvpedia, research facts [cite: 863-865] |
| Amending the Constitution to Reduce Gun Violence | David Robinson | 2023 | 28th amendment, legal reform, public policy [cite: 866-878] |
| The Second Amendment: A Biography | Michael Waldman | 2015 | legal history, originalism, heller decision [cite: 879-884] |
| Guns In America | The Washington Post | 2016 | journalism, sandy hook, public health [cite: 885-889] |
| Firearms Law and the Second Amendment (Casebook) | Johnson, Kopel, Mocsary, O'Shea | 2017 | legal education, casebook, policy [cite: 890-899] |
| The Visual Display of Quantitative Information | Edward R. Tufte | 2001 | statistical graphics, data maps, relational graphics [cite: 900-905] |
| Forgiveness, Mercy, and Clemency | Austin Sarat, Nasser Hussain | 2007 | jurisprudence, philosophy, social practice [cite: 906-910] |
| The Early Christian Attitude to War | Cecil Cadoux | 2024 | church history, pacifism, early christianity [cite: 911-913] |
| A Manual for Courts-Martial (1928) | Office of the JAG | 1936 | military law, legal manual, history [cite: 914-916] |
| Old Dominion in the Seventeenth Century | Warren M. Billings | 1975 | virginia, primary sources, slavery [cite: 917-931] |
| Christian Attitudes Toward War and Peace | Roland H. Bainton | 2008 | just war theory, pacifism, crusades [cite: 932-937] |
| Policing, Security and Democracy | Menachem Amir, Stanley Einstein | 2001 | community policing, comparative law, security studies [cite: 938-947] |
| Origins of Terrorism | Walter Reich | 1990 | political psychology, radicalization, security [cite: 948-954] |
| Statute Law in Colonial Virginia | Warren M. Billings | 2021 | legislative history, statutory law, us history [cite: 955-960] |
| Pacifism: A Historical and Sociological Study | David A. Martin | 1965 | sociology of religion, dissent, sects [cite: 961-970] |
| The Science of Revenge | James Kimmel Jr. JD | 2025 | addiction science, neurobiology of violence, mass shootings [cite: 971-981] |
| Firearms and Their Use | W. Castles, V. Kimball | 1942 | WWII era, technical manual, marksmanship [cite: 982-989] |
| The Law of Love and The Law of Violence | Leo Tolstoy | 2010 | christian anarchism, nonviolence, legal philosophy [cite: 990-993] |
| A Letter to a Hindu | Leo Tolstoy | 2021 | anti-colonialism, gandhi, satyagraha roots [cite: 994-1008] |
| Christianity and Patriotism | Leo Tolstoy | 2022 | nationalism critique, nonviolence, political theology [cite: 1009-1016] |
| Writings on Civil Disobedience and Nonviolence | Leo Tolstoy | 1987 | christian anarchism, dukhobors, human rights [cite: 1017-1021] |
| Sources of the Quaker Peace Testimony | Howard H. Brinton | 1941 | quaker history, religious liberty, nonviolence [cite: 1022-1032] |
| Early Quakers and Their Theological Thought | Stephen Angell, Pink Dandelion | 2015 | george fox, william penn, peace testimony [cite: 1033-1037] |
| The Kingdom of God Is within You | Leo Tolstoy | 1984 | non-resistance, christian anarchism, philosophy [cite: 1038-1051] |
| A Confession / The Gospel in Brief / What I Believe | Leo Tolstoy | 1974 | russian literature, theology, nonviolence [cite: 1052-1061] |
| The Firearm Revolution | Catherine Fletcher | 2026 | renaissance history, technology, state power [cite: 1062-1076] |
| The End of Violence | Dr. Gary Slutkin MD | 2026 | epidemiology, cure violence, public health [cite: 1077-1096] |
| Worse than War: Global Costs of Violence | Anke Hoeffler, James D. Fearon | 2026 | quantitative analysis, domestic violence, economics [cite: 1097-1107] |
