The expression “weapon of war” is used frequently in modern and historical discussions surrounding firearms. Today, it is used as an umbrella term to describe a range of different firearms that people perceive as being useful to warfare, regardless of whether they were actually used...
Read MoreCaleb Smith is a 2L at the University of Wyoming College of Law and a member of the Wyoming Law Review. For centuries, explorers, pioneers, and middle-class Americans have harvested wild game with firearms, providing sustenance for themselves and their families. In 2008, Justice Antonin...
Read MoreOn October 1, 2025, a new season of the popular history show, Gun Stories with Joe Mantegna, premiered on Outdoor Channel. Over its many seasons, the show has covered firearms from all corners of the world, but this episode focused on just one. In November...
Read MoreC.J. Box—a N.Y. Times best-selling author based out of Saratoga, WY—has agreed to work with the Wyoming Law Review to hold a symposium where legal scholars from around the country discuss their research covering some of the legal issues implicated in his books. This...
Read MoreA new Working Paper by Reagan Chapman entitled Bruen Means Bear; Heller Held Hunt is available. Reagan is a 2024 graduate of The University of Florida Levin College of Law. The paper’s abstract reads: This paper delves into the implications of the United States Supreme...
Read MoreA new Working Paper by Charles W. Welch IV entitled Heller, History, and Hunting is available. Chip is a graduating 3L at Delaware Law School. The paper’s abstract reads: It is intuitive that the Second Amendment would protect a right to keep and bear arms for...
Read MoreLast Friday, FRC Director George A. Mocsary presented a CLE on The Constitutional Right to Hunt. It is available in our Video Library and below. The seminar covers the history of the right to hunt, beginning with the English hunting and game laws. These laws,...
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