This is the third post in a series of six by Jonathan Goldstein adapting a set of administrative comment letters submitted in response to recent ATF rulemakings. The posts are designed to make the central legal and policy arguments more accessible to a broader audience...
Read MoreThis is the second post in a series of six by Jonathan Goldstein adapting a set of administrative comment letters submitted in response to recent ATF rulemakings. The posts are designed to make the central legal and policy arguments more accessible to a broader audience...
Read MoreKostas is Director of Legal Research and Education for the Second Amendment Foundation. This week, the Supreme Court denied certiorari in Gardner v. Maryland, a case concerning a woman who was arrested for carrying a firearm in Maryland without a license. She used it to...
Read MoreA new Working Paper by Joseph G.S. Greenlee and George A. Mocsary entitled Vampire Rules, Monarchical Legacies, and Black Codes: Wolford v. Lopez and the Limits of Post-Bruen Evasion is available. The paper’s abstract reads: This paper proposes that Wolford v. Lopez will test whether...
Read MoreUniversity of Wyoming College of Law professor and Founder/Director of the Firearms Research Center, George A. Mocsary, joined the Federalist Society for a Courthouse Steps webinar discussing the Supreme Court case Wolford v. Lopez. Following the Supreme Court’s decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v....
Read MoreA new Working Paper by R. Monnie Hedges III The Early Innings of Bruen: How Courts Have Applied the Landmark Supreme Court Decision is available. Monnie is a 2025 graduate of the Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center. The paper placed first in...
Read MoreWhen the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives tried to get rid of forced reset triggers (FRTs), it lost in federal court. So why then do manufacturers of certain reset mechanisms find themselves tied up in litigation over their products? It comes down to...
Read MoreThe Firearms Research Center’s fifteenth virtual seminar examined the increasingly important role of expert witnesses in Second Amendment litigation. This CLE-eligible seminar featured attorney Donald Kilmer, with guest lecturer Clayton Cramer, a leading firearms historian whose work has been cited by multiple courts addressing Second...
Read MoreEarlier this Term, the Supreme Court agreed to hear United States v. Hemani, a challenge to § 922(g)(3), the federal statute barring firearm possession by “unlawful users of or addicts to” controlled substances. Federal agents searching Hemani’s home discovered firearms and evidence suggesting prior drug...
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