Earlier 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...
Read MoreThis fall, the Firearms Research Center will host its annual conference, Sparking the Revolution: Flintlocks, Gunpowder, and Policy in America’s War for Independence, on November 20–21, 2025, at the Springfield National Armory Historic Site in Springfield, Massachusetts. This year’s conference will explore the pivotal themes...
Read MoreA new Working Paper by Mitchell J. Kozik entitled The Preemption of Firearm Regulations in Ohio: O.R.C. 9.68 is available. Mitchell is a graduate of the University of Akron School of Law, 2025. The paper’s abstract reads: Without a firearm preemption law, Ohioans faced a...
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 MoreAt the 2025 Gun Owners of America’s Gun Owners Advocacy and Leadership Summit (GOALS) in Knoxville, Tennessee, I delivered brief remarks on the pivotal role history now plays when debating Second Amendment rights. I discussed the Supreme Court’s 2022 Bruen decision, which reshaped the legal...
Read MoreThis post is based on a paper that was presented at the 2025 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 MoreThis post is based on a paper that was presented at the 2025 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....
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