Two firearms and ballistics experts and several law professors who teach and write about the Second Amendment have filed an amicus brief, on which I’m lead counsel, with the U.S. Supreme Court in two critically important cases challenging bans on so-called “assault weapons,” including the...
Read MoreA new Working Paper by Keren Karmiel, Jonathan S. Goldstein & Joseph G.S. Greenlee entitled Nothing New Under Gun Control is now available. Abstract: The U.S. Supreme Court has consolidated Viramontes v. Cook County with Grant v. Higgins to decide whether the Second Amendment protects possession...
Read MoreThis post is based on a paper that was presented at the 2026 Firearms Law Works-In-Progress Conference. The Conference is held each year on a home-and-away basis with the Duke University Center for Firearms Law. This post also appears on the CFL’s Second Thoughts blog....
Read MoreOn August 13, 2026, at one minute past midnight, a suppressor changed hands in Texas without an ATF Form 4, without a $200 tax stamp, and without an entry in the federal registry. It was the first lawful unregistered transfer of a National Firearms Act...
Read MoreThe first half of 2026 has marked another period of meaningful growth for the Firearms Research Center, as the Center built on its expanding national profile while remaining steadfast in its commitment to rigorous, balanced, and objective scholarship on firearms and the Second Amendment. During...
Read MoreA new Working Paper by Del Schlangen entitled Use of ‘Reasonable’ in Gun Control Advocacy is available. Del is a graduate of the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. The paper’s abstract reads: Recent state firearms-industry responsibility statutes impose civil liability on firearms businesses...
Read MoreOn August 5, 2026, a Texas federal district court ruled certain provisions in the National Firearms Act (NFA) to be unconstitutional as applied to the named plaintiffs and, where applicable, the plaintiffs’ agencies, political subdivisions, members, and customers. The case is Silencer Shop Foundation v....
Read MoreThis post is based on a paper that was presented at the 2026 Firearms Law Works-In-Progress Conference. The Conference is held each year on a home-and-away basis with the Duke University Center for Firearms Law. This post also appears on the CFL’s Second Thoughts blog....
Read MoreThe topic of ten-round magazines is pervasive in today’s legal debate surrounding certain firearms. While my research focuses on the past, particularly on the evolution of weapons technology, this work has been used to serve as a foundation to inform firearms debates in and out...
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