Guns have been around for a long time, so it would be reasonable to assume the definition of “firearm” is well settled by now. Not so, at least legally speaking. In fact, federal law defines “firearm” multiple ways, for different purposes, and those definitions have...
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 MoreIn 2025, the Department of Justice has taken several steps to revive the long-dormant process for individuals and corporations to seek restoration of gun rights as provided in 18 U.S.C. § 925(c). This culminated in the July 2025 New Proposed Rule for Relief from Disabilities,...
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 author is a J.D. Candidate at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. The author remains anonymous out of concern that even a careful, fact-based discussion of firearms law might invite professional or social backlash. That the author has such fears within a law...
Read MoreMolly is a J.D. Candidate, Class of 2026, at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. This post is part of a series written by students in the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s The Second Amendment – A Modern and Historical Perspective class. The...
Read MoreThe author is a J.D. Candidate at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. The author remains anonymous out of concern that even a careful, fact-based discussion of firearms law might invite professional or social backlash. That the author has such fears within a law...
Read MoreThe author is a J.D. Candidate at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. The author remains anonymous out of concern that even a careful, fact-based discussion of firearms law might invite professional or social backlash. That the author has such fears within a law...
Read MoreCana is a J.D. Candidate, Class of 2026, at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. This post is part of a series written by students in the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s The Second Amendment – A Modern and Historical Perspective class. The...
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