The two preeminent federal firearms acts are the Gun Control Act of 1968 and the National Firearms Act of 1934. The Gun Control Act is an exercise of Congress’s power “To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian...
Read MoreTed Noel is a retired anesthesiologist and Second Amendment student. This post is based on a presentation at our October 2024 conference on the National Firearms Act. Property theorists debate several approaches to the concept of property ownership. Parsing out all the philosophical arguments yields...
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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