This post is based on a paper that was presented at the 2026 Firearms Law Works-In-Progress Conference. The Conference is held each year on a home-and-away basis with the Duke University Center for Firearms Law. This post also appears on the CFL’s Second Thoughts blog....
Read MoreOn June 5–6, 2025, the Firearms Research Center (FRC) at the University of Wyoming College of Law hosted the Seventh Annual Firearms Law Works-in-Progress (WIP) Conference. The conference, held on a home-and-away basis with our colleagues at the Duke Center for Firearms Law, brought together...
Read MoreThe Centre for the Study of Arms History (CSAH) is now accepting 2025 applications for two fellowships designed to support early-career researchers making meaningful contributions to the field of arms history. Applications for both fellowships are open from now until 15 October. Apply here: https://www.armshistory.org/research Cody Firearms...
Read MoreFRC friend, Jenny Carlson, and her Bringing Research & Innovation into the Debate on Guns in Society initiative at Arizona State University is hiring: Assistant/Associate Professor, Bringing Research & Innovation into the Debate on Guns in Society (BRIDGS Initiative) Arizona State University: Office of the...
Read MoreThis article was originally sent to JAMA Pediatrics with the hope of allowing an alternative interpretation of its recently published paper, Firearm Laws and Pediatric Mortality in the US, to be presented to its readership. Because JAMA’s editors denied publication, K. Alexander Adams presents it...
Read MoreWe are proud to highlight the release of the Wyoming Law Review’s Special Issue on the National Firearms Act (NFA). This collection of scholarship expands upon the discussions initiated during our October 2024 seminar, “The National Firearms Act: A Discussion on Its Historical and Legal...
Read MoreA new study published in JAMA Network Open has captured national headlines with its finding that approximately 1 in 15 adults, or about 7%, have been on the scene of a mass shooting. Other startling findings include 2% of the respondents claiming to have not...
Read MoreYang Liu was a Criminal Law Fellow, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. This post is based on a presentation at our October 2024 conference on the National Firearms Act. The regulation of firearm silencers, or suppressors, has emerged as a salient...
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...
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