THE FIREARMS RESEARCH CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING LEADERS
Under the leadership of the country’s top firearms scholars and experts, the Firearms Research Center is a trusted nexus where all stakeholders – regardless of profession or politics – have a voice. The Center’s aim is to foster a broad discourse and produce meaningful change in how firearms are discussed, debated, and understood.
GEORGE A. MOCSARY
DirectorCoauthor of Firearms Law and the Second Amendment: Regulation, Rights, and Policy, the first law school casebook in the field. His scholarship has been cited by Justice Samuel A. Alito, the Illinois Supreme Court, and other federal courts. He is frequently quoted about firearms law in the popular press, including the New York Times and The Economist.
ASHLEY HLEBINSKY
Executive DirectorOne of the foremost authorities on firearms history and material culture in the United States. For a decade, she was Curator in charge of one of the largest firearms museums in the country and served as Project Director on the museum’s full-scale multimillion dollar renovation. Presently, Hlebinsky serves as a museum consultant, speaker, writer, expert witness, and television host and producer.
DAVID B. KOPEL
Senior FellowDavid Kopel is Research Director at the Independence Institute, in Denver. Along with Mocsary, he is a coauthor of the textbook "Firearms Law and the Second Amendment." Kopel has written more than 120 law review articles and two dozen books on the Second Amendment. His work has been cited by seven U.S. Supreme Court opinions, including Bruen, and in over 130 opinions of lower courts.
