The Firearms Research Center recently hosted Virtual Seminar No. 20 featuring author and Top Shot Champion Chris Cheng. Drawing from six years of research for Proven in Blood: A Novel of War, Betrayal & Belonging, Cheng examined the history of the 100th Infantry Battalion and...
Read MoreEvery time a gun is recovered at a crime scene in America, a quiet process begins. The gun is traced backward through manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers to find out where it came from and how it got to the scene. Most people have no idea...
Read MoreIn this installment of the NRA’s Legal Scholar Interview Series, Joseph G.S. Greenlee interviews David T. Hardy. Dave is an attorney and pioneering Second Amendment scholar. He served for ten years as an attorney in the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of the Solicitor...
Read MoreThe Firearms Research Center recently hosted Virtual Seminar No. 19 featuring historian, historic arms expert, and PBS’s Antiques Roadshow appraiser Joel Bohy. Drawing from his research for Bullet Strikes from the First Day of the American Revolution, Joel demonstrated how archaeology, forensic science, ballistics, and...
Read MoreFirearms have played a central role in American history, shaping everything from technological innovation and manufacturing to military development and constitutional law. In my recent conversation with Alex Robinson on the Outdoor Life Podcast, we explore some of the most fascinating, and often overlooked, firearms...
Read MoreThe Firearms Research Center recently hosted Virtual Seminar No. 18, "Point-Counterpoint: The Constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)," featuring Professors Margaret Groban and Lahny Silva. The discussion examined the constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) under the Supreme Court's history-and-tradition framework established in New York...
Read MoreBaseball is often called America’s pastime, but its rise to national prominence is closely tied to one of the most turbulent periods in the nation’s history. In my recent interview with Our American Stories hosted by Lee Habeeb, I discuss the discovery of a baseball...
Read MoreLong before the bald eagle became a symbol of the United States, the rattlesnake represented the American colonies and their growing sense of shared identity. In my recent interview with Our American Stories hosted by Lee Habeeb, I discuss how Benjamin Franklin helped shape the...
Read MoreFor more than a century, Hiram Stevens Maxim has been remembered primarily as the inventor of the machine gun. But his story is far more complex. In my interview with Our American Stories, I explore Maxim’s overlooked role in the development of the light bulb,...
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