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18 Aug 2016, 2:31 pm
To discuss the case, we have David Kopel, who is Adjunct Professor at University of Denver, Sturm [read post]
20 Nov 2022, 9:53 am
[Bowies were regulated like other knives; knives were sometimes regulated like handguns] This post describes and analyzes nineteenth century state statutes on Bowie knives. It is a companion to my post The legal history of bans on firearms and Bowie knives before 1900, which described case law. As detailed in that article, the term "Bowie knife" because popular for knife marketing in America and Great Britain after Jim Bowie used a traditional knife at a famous "sandbar fight" on… [read post]
11 Feb 2022, 12:56 pm
[Professors and think tanks amicus brief urges Court to grant certiorari] Today I filed an amicus brief in support of a cert. petition challenging Maryland's ban on various semiautomatic rifles. The case is Bianchi v. Frosh, and was brought by the Firearms Policy Coalition, the Second Amendment Foundation, and individual plaintiffs. Petitioners are represented by the D.C. powerhouse litigation boutique Cooper & Kirk. (Docket page here, Petition here.) Maryland Attorney General Frosh… [read post]
5 Jun 2023, 3:46 pm
The observing committee –which including two American generals and scientist David Rittenhouse& [read post]
1 Jun 2023, 11:53 am
The observing committee –which including two American generals and scientist David Rittenhouse& [read post]
19 Nov 2018, 10:56 am
If you would be interested in serving as local counsel, please email me: david at i2i.org. [read post]
2 Jul 2018, 1:42 pm
Fellow Volokh Conspirator David Post has also filed an amicus brief in the case; his brief discusses [read post]
2 Jan 2009, 8:02 pm
In response to Judge Wilkinson’s essay, Nelson Lund and David Kopel have posted “Unraveling [read post]
2 Apr 2012, 9:43 am
Butthe abstract managed to fool my frequent sparring partner David Kopel on the VolokhConspiracy [read post]
24 Apr 2017, 9:54 am
David B. [read post]
9 Nov 2022, 1:01 pm
[Communists killed the most, followed by fascists.] This post presents the data for the mass murders by the Nazi regime and its allies, by Communist regimes and their allies, and by other governments. This week is an especially appropriate time to reflect on mass murder by government. Kristallnacht was 84 years ago today, November 9, 1938. Two days ago, November 7, was the National Day for the Victims of Communism. During the 20th century, governments murdered over 200 million people. This figure… [read post]
31 Aug 2022, 1:31 pm
[Learn about all the important developments in the last year] I am delighted to announce the publication of the free, online 2022 Supplement for the law school textbook Firearms Law and the Second Amendment: Regulation, Rights, and Policy (Third Edition). My coauthors on the Supplement and the third edition of the textbook are Nicholas J. Johnson, George A. Mocsary, E. Gregory Wallace, and Donald Kilmer. The Supplement is 175 pages, and covers developments since the summer of 2021, when the… [read post]
12 Dec 2024, 4:02 pm
This June, the University of Wyoming Firearms Research Center and the Duke Center for Firearms Law will host their seventh annual joint Works-in-Progress Conference. These two Centers are the only firearms law/policy centers in the United States that are open to and that publish papers from diverse viewpoints. I am a Senior Fellow at the Wyoming Center If your paper is accepted for the Wyoming/Duke Conference, you are of course free to eventually publish it in any journal you want; however, there is… [read post]
1 Jul 2024, 10:08 pm
Extra note by Kopel: The Wyoming Law Review was recently cited in Chief Justice Roberts' opinion [read post]
27 Feb 2024, 4:48 pm
[In Cargill v. Garland, the Court should apply the National Firearms Act text that Congress did enact, and not the text that gun control advocates wish had been enacted. ] Tomorrow, February 28, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Garland v. Cargill; the case challenges the administrative prohibition on bump stocks imposed by the Trump and Biden administrations, via interpretation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE). The Supreme Court docket is here. I… [read post]
4 Jul 2018, 3:57 am
On July 4, 1876, the most exuberant celebrations of the centennial of American independence were held in Colorado. The people had just ratified a state constitution in a landslide; soon, President Grant would proclaim Colorado to be the 38th state. The constitution of "the Centennial State" was deeply rooted in the Declaration of Independence. The principles of government announced in the Declaration were elaborated in the Colorado Constitution, whose text still provides insight into the… [read post]
24 Apr 2017, 9:54 am
David B. [read post]
1 Mar 2010, 7:00 am
” David Hudson, analyzing United States v. [read post]
17 Sep 2024, 3:46 pm
[For free -- 566 pages] I'm pleased to announce the publication of the 2024 Annual Supplement for the textbook Firearms Law and the Second Amendment: Regulation, Rights, and Policy. The supplement is available here as a PDF. The base textbook was published in October 2021, and is coauthored by Nicholas J. Johnson (Fordham), George A. Mocsary (Wyoming), E. Gregory Wallace (Campbell), Donald Kilmer (Lincoln), and me. The book's public website is here, and the Aspen Publishers page for the… [read post]
28 Aug 2024, 9:49 am
[Restrictions on carry, minors, and misuse were the norm -- not bans] Controversial arms are nothing new in the United States. During the 19th century, there were widespread concerns about criminal use of arms such a Bowie knives, slungshots, blackjacks, and brass knuckles. The full history of state, territorial, and colonial laws about controversial arms is detailed in my recent article for Notre Dame's Journal of Legislation, The History of Bans on Types of Arms Before 1900, coauthored with… [read post]
