| 摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第7-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-16页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Gun Culture in the United States | 第16-23页 |
| 1.1 Gun Culture in the U.S | 第16-19页 |
| 1.1.1 The Formation of Gun Culture | 第17-19页 |
| 1.1.1.1 The Hunting and Sporting Ethos | 第17页 |
| 1.1.1.2 The Militia and Frontier Ethos | 第17-19页 |
| 1.2 The Continuation of Gun Culture | 第19-20页 |
| 1.3 Challenges against Gun Culture — Violent Crime Involving Guns | 第20-23页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Gun Ownership under Legal Protection | 第23-38页 |
| 2.1 The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution | 第23-31页 |
| 2.1.1 Debates over the Second Amendment | 第23-25页 |
| 2.1.2 The Purpose of the Second Amendment | 第25-26页 |
| 2.1.3 The Decisions over the Second Amendment by the Supreme Court | 第26-28页 |
| 2.1.4 The Difficulty in Overturning the Supreme Court Decisions | 第28-30页 |
| 2.1.5 The Impossibility of Repealing the Second Amendment | 第30-31页 |
| 2.2 Property Right | 第31-35页 |
| 2.2.1 General Definition of Property and Property Right | 第31-32页 |
| 2.2.2 Property Right and Individual Liberty | 第32-33页 |
| 2.2.3 The Influence of John Locke | 第33-35页 |
| 2.3 The Principle of Non-retroactivity | 第35-38页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Infeasibility of Gun Control | 第38-58页 |
| 3.1 Gun Control | 第38-46页 |
| 3.1.1 The Definition of Gun Control | 第38页 |
| 3.1.2 The Extent of Gun Control | 第38-46页 |
| 3.1.2.1 The Extent of Gun Control Reflected by Federal Laws | 第38-42页 |
| 3.1.2.2 The Extent of Gun Control in People’s Eyes | 第42-46页 |
| 3.2 Unknown Effects of Gun Control | 第46-52页 |
| 3.2.1 Relation of Guns and Violence Rates | 第46-47页 |
| 3.2.2 Relation of Gun Control and Violence Rates | 第47-51页 |
| 3.2.3 Impact of Unknown Gun Control Effects | 第51-52页 |
| 3.3 Changing Public Opinion | 第52-58页 |
| Conclusion | 第58-60页 |
| Works Cited | 第60-64页 |
