A new Working Paper by Chip Welch entitled A Commentary on the Common Use Doctrine is available. Chip holds a J.D. from J.D. from Delaware Law School and is practicing in Delaware. The paper’s abstract reads: In beginning an analysis on whether AR-15s and other...
Read MoreIn United States v. Hemani, the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday held that the federal government could not prosecute Ali Hemani under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3)’s “unlawful user” provision solely because he used marijuana a few times a week while owning a firearm at home. The...
Read MoreA new Working Paper by Akhil Rajasekar entitled Of Pistols and Polities: Illegal Aliens and the Second Amendment is available. Akhil holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School and was a William H. Rehnquist Fellow at Cooper & Kirk. The paper’s abstract reads: New York...
Read MoreKostas is Director of Legal Research and Education for the Second Amendment Foundation. This week, the Supreme Court denied certiorari in Gardner v. Maryland, a case concerning a woman who was arrested for carrying a firearm in Maryland without a license. She used it to...
Read MoreThe firearms-rights community has long highlighted the dangers of Emergency Risk Protection Orders – also called red flag laws – particularly as they relate to due process rights. The Supreme Court has warned that the Second Amendment is not a “second-class right, subject to an...
Read MoreThe Firearms Research Center recently hosted an informational session featuring FRC Executive Director Ashley Hlebinsky, FRC Director George A. Mocsary, and special guest Professor Jody Madeira to discuss “Armed with Knowledge,” our new nonpartisan Second Amendment education initiative supported by a grant from the U.S....
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 MoreA new Working Paper by Jamie G. McWilliam entitled Arms is available. Jamie is an Associate at Benbrook Law Group and a FRC Research Fellow. The paper’s abstract reads: New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. Bruen reoriented Second Amendment doctrine around text and...
Read MoreThe 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...
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