A 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 MoreThis is the fourth 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 MoreSmith & Wesson won a notable victory in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada last month. The plaintiffs, four groups of Catholic Sisters, brought a somewhat unusual lawsuit, a shareholder derivative action, against the firearms manufacturer. The lawsuit alleged that Smith &...
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 MoreIn Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos, the Mexican government is suing several of the most popular American firearm manufacturers in an attempt to hold them liable for violence committed by Mexican drug cartels in Mexico. The Mexican government seeks billions of...
Read MoreTed Noel is a retired anesthesiologist and Second Amendment student. This post is based on a presentation at our October 2024 conference on the National Firearms Act. Property theorists debate several approaches to the concept of property ownership. Parsing out all the philosophical arguments yields...
Read MoreCharles K. Eldred is an attorney in Texas. This post is based on a presentation at our October 2024 conference on the National Firearms Act. On October 18, 2024, I gave a talk on my paper “The National Firearms Act is an Unconstitutional Tax.” The...
Read MoreJoyce Lee Malcolm is a Firearms Research Center Fellow and Professor Emerita at the George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School. She is a historian and constitutional scholar active in the area of constitutional history, focusing on the development of individual rights in Great Britain...
Read MoreJulie A. Hill is the Dean and Wyoming Excellence Chair at the University of Wyoming College of Law. She is also a nationally recognized banking-law scholar. In this podcast, Dean Hill discusses National Rifle Association of America v. Vullo and Operation Choke Point, both of which involved threats to legitimate firearm-related commerce. Consumer...
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