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 MoreRobert J. Spitzer is Distinguished Service Professor emeritus of political science at SUNY Cortland, and an adjunct professor at the College of William and Mary School of Law. He is the author of seven books on gun policy. His newest book, Gun Law History: How...
Read MoreA new Working Paper by Christopher R. Estock entitled Second Amendment Law Applied to Attachments and Modifications to Firearms is available. Chris is a 2023 graduate of the University of Akron McDowell School of Law. The paper’s abstract reads: The term ‘assault weapon’ has been a...
Read MoreFollowing a high-profile crime involving semiautomatic rifles or lively political debate about firearms and the Second Amendment, someone typically will ask, “Does anyone really need an AR-15?” Sometimes, this is simply a rhetorical question. But many Americans are genuinely curious about this highly popular—and seemingly...
Read MoreMass public shootings are unspeakable tragedies that take innocent lives, shatter families, and traumatize communities. There have been 3 such shootings this year—Apalachee High School in Georgia, a grocery store in Arkansas, and a commuter train in Illinois. Last year, there were 8 mass shootings,...
Read More[embed]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hZnTCSFKbJY[/embed] [This video is cross-posted on the National Rifle Association’s YouTube page.]
Read MoreThe Fourth Circuit court of appeals, sitting en banc, recently heard oral arguments in Bianchi v. Brown, a challenge to Maryland’s ban on so-called “assault weapons.” During the arguments, judges repeatedly interjected the phrase “M16s and the like” and asserted “the AR-15 is the M16.”...
Read MoreFollowing is the written testimony of FRC Senior Fellow, David Kopel, to the Colorado House Judiciary Committee on HB24 -1292, entitled “Prohibit Certain Weapons Used in Mass Shootings” Some of the factual findings of HB24-1292 are fabrications, as will be described in Part I. The...
Read MoreDonald Kilmer is a Professor of Constitutional Law at Lincoln University Law School, where his courses include Second Amendment and Firearms Law. He is co-author of the third edition of the textbook Firearms Law and the Second Amendment. Politicians and activists calling for more gun...
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