A new Working Paper by Nicholas J. Johnson entitled Harnessing the Resource: Transforming Armed America into a Public Asset is available. Nick is Professor of Law at the Fordham University School of Law, FRC Fellow, and coauthor of Firearms Law and the Second Amendment: Regulation,...
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 MoreUniversity of Wyoming College of Law professor and Founder/Director of the Firearms Research Center, George A. Mocsary, joined the Federalist Society for a Courthouse Steps webinar discussing the Supreme Court case Wolford v. Lopez. Following the Supreme Court’s decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v....
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 MoreThis session 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: George A. Mocsary, Director, Firearms Research Center Megan...
Read More[audio mp3="http://firearmsresearchcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/120725guntalkc.mp3"][/audio] Firearms Research Center Executive Director Ashley Hlebinsky joined Tom Gresham on Gun Talk Radio to discuss the Center’s newly awarded U.S. Department of Education grant and its multi-year program, Armed with Knowledge: A Nonpartisan Second Amendment Initiative. She introduced listeners to the FRC’s...
Read MoreEarlier this Term, the Supreme Court agreed to hear United States v. Hemani, a challenge to § 922(g)(3), the federal statute barring firearm possession by “unlawful users of or addicts to” controlled substances. Federal agents searching Hemani’s home discovered firearms and evidence suggesting prior drug...
Read MoreIn Virtual Seminar No. 14, Sublette County Attorney Clayton Melinkovich discussed Wyoming’s mental health laws and firearm access. Drawing on his experience, Melinkovich outlined the state’s statutory framework, the evolution of concealed carry from permit requirements to constitutional carry, and 2025 changes distinguishing where permit...
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...
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