This is the first 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 panel was presented as part of the 2025 Fall Conference, Sparking the Revolution: Flintlocks, Gunpowder, and Policy in America’s War for Independence, held in November 2025 in partnership with the Springfield Armory National Historic Site. Featuring: Bob Cottrol, George Washington University E. Gregory Wallace,...
Read MoreLahny Silva is a professor at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, where she teaches Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, and supervises the McKinny Reentry Clinic. Her scholarship centers on prisoner reentry and the collateral consequences of conviction including felon firearm bans and restoration...
Read MoreThe Second Amendment provides: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” The Supreme Court has interpreted the amendment to apply to individuals irrespective any service...
Read MoreIt’s easy to assume that HB24-1270 is only about insurance law. To the contrary, HB24-1270 allows the police to demand that anyone, anywhere, anytime hand over a copy of his or her homeowner’s insurance. Even more alarming, under HB24-1270, a gun owner must have a...
Read MoreThis is a guest post based on a paper that was presented at the 2023 Firearms Law Works-In-Progress Workshop. The Workshop is held each year on a home-and-away basis with the Duke Center for Firearms Law. It was a great privilege to share my forthcoming article, The...
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