- Armed America, by Clayton Cramer–Tells the story of guns in early America
- Supreme Court Gun Cases, by David B. Kopel, Stephen P. Halbrook and Alan Korwin–Reprints of everything the U.S. Supreme Court has every written on the right to arms, gun control and the right of self-defense, with commentary.
- Target Switzerland, by Stephen P. Halbrook–Shows how the Swiss militia deterred the recurrent threat of Nazi invasion.
- Origins and Development of the Second Amendment, by David T. Hardy–Presents the 75 most important documents about the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.
- Gun Control and the Constitution, by Robert Cottrol–The most important state and federal cases and law review articles dealing with gun control.
- The Origin of the Second Amendment, edited by David E. Young–Reprints every single original documentary source about the origin of the Second Amendment from 1787 until the early 1790s.
- Targeting Guns, by Gary Kleck–Almost everything that can be quantified about guns in America is in here.
- To Keep and Bear Arms, by Joyce Lee Malcolm–Tells the story of the English right to arms in the 17th century England, and how it was central to the century-long struggle between the despotic Stuart Kings and advocates of republicanism and limited government.
- Death by “Gun Control”, by Aaron S. Zelman–Examines the 20th century genocides in Turkey, the Soviet Union, China, Guatemala, Cambodia, Uganda and Rwanda, and details how each of them was preceded and facilitated by gun control.
- The Global War on Your Guns, by Wayne LaPierre–What the gun prohibition lobbies did to England, they want to do to the rest of the world–especially the United States.
This list was taken directly from an article by David Kopel
in the March 2007 issue of America’s 1st Freedom.

This list is not very honest given that Kopel leaves out the fact that he ghost wrote much of the Wayne LaPierre book that is listed.
Comment by — March 11, 2007 @ 6:48 pm
I’m not sure that this makes the list less than honest. I haven’t read all of these books, but I assume that Kopel is friends with many of these authors. It is no secret that Kopel is a Second Amendment advocate. This isn’t a list of must read books that David Kopel had nothing to do with, but rather a list of must read books for gun rights advocates.
The book in question is very good by the way.
Comment by — March 11, 2007 @ 6:57 pm