Guns Second Amendment Roundup: Washington Supreme Court Upholds Mag Ban It’s déjà vu all over again. Stephen Halbrook |The Volokh Conspiracy | 5.14.2025 8:18 PM
Guns Federal Government Urges S. Ct. to Take Second Amendment Case Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 5.1.2025 5:56 PM
Guns Federal Law Doesn't Require Evicting D.C. Subsidized Housing Residents for Pleading Guilty to Possessing Unregistered Guns Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 5.1.2025 5:48 PM
Gun Control California Concealed Carry Now Available to Out-of-Staters It’s a small step in the right direction for self-defense rights. J.D. Tuccille | 4.28.2025 7:00 AM
Nanny State 'Libertarian' Gov. Jared Polis Signs 'Restrictive' Gun Law and Booze Ban Is the small-government Democrat beefing up state power? Nick Gillespie | 4.14.2025 8:32 PM
Guns Supreme Court Lets ATF Regulate (Some) DIY Firearms Kits More litigation is required to find out which kits and unfinished parts are subject to regulation. J.D. Tuccille | 4.2.2025 7:00 AM
Guns Second Amendment Roundup: Supreme Court Decides VanDerStok Narrow decision leaves ATF regulation in limbo. Stephen Halbrook |The Volokh Conspiracy | 3.31.2025 11:01 PM
Canada To Remain Canadian, Our Northern Neighbors Should Become a Little More American Canada long relied on the U.S. for protection. Now it needs to rediscover self-reliance. J.D. Tuccille | 3.31.2025 7:00 AM
Guns N.Y. Federal Judge Upholds N.Y. Stun Gun/Taser Ban Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 3.25.2025 8:13 AM
Guns Our Guest-Blogger Prof. Robert Leider (George Mason) Is New ATF Chief Counsel/Assistant Director Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 3.20.2025 7:30 PM
Unintended Consequences Great Moments in Unintended Consequences: Printed Guns, Scratch and Sniff, Jakarta Traffic (Vol. 18) Good intentions, bad results. Austin Bragg | 3.17.2025 12:10 PM Guns Nuisance, "Modern Female Artists," Hunting, and Fiber Lines for Internet Access Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 3.17.2025 9:43 AM Guns Indiana Defendants Get "Benefit of Hindsight When It Reveals Their Conduct Was Necessary in Self-Defense," … "even though that necessity wasn't fully apparent in the moment." Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 3.14.2025 8:01 AM Self-Defense Brickbat: Run for Your Life Charles Oliver | 3.13.2025 4:00 AM Gun Control Brickbat: Let's See Some ID Charles Oliver | 3.11.2025 4:00 AM Second Amendment Mexico Aims To Reshape the U.S. Firearm Industry by Suing Gun Makers The Supreme Court will decide whether this threat to the Second Amendment is legally viable. Jacob Sullum | 3.5.2025 12:01 AM Privacy Brickbat: A Public Concern Charles Oliver | 2.25.2025 4:00 AM Guns "Kafkaesque" Gun Background Check Delays May Violate Second Amendment Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 2.11.2025 8:23 AM Guns Second Amendment Protects Marijuana Users Unless There's Concrete Showing They're Dangerous Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 2.5.2025 2:49 PM Guns Brickbat: Keep Your Hands to Yourself Charles Oliver | 1.28.2025 4:00 AM Second Amendment Guns and Grammar Though awkward and antiquated, the Second Amendment’s syntax and grammar unambiguously protect gun rights. Jay Stooksberry | 1.27.2025 11:08 AM Fourth Amendment Frisking Detained Juvenile for Gun May Be Constitutional Even When Juvenile is Detained as Reported Missing (Rather than on Suspicion of Crime) Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 1.20.2025 8:01 AM Guns 5th Cir. Says More on When Federal Ban on Gun Possession by Drug Users Is Unconstitutional Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 1.8.2025 5:27 PM Guns Ohio Court Strikes Down Categorical Prohibition on Gun Possession by People Under Indictment A few months ago, the Sixth Circuit upheld the federal categorical prohibition on gun acquisition and transportation by people under indictment. Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 1.6.2025 8:51 AM Guns The Racist Roots of Gun Control Measures restricting gun ownership still disproportionately harm black and brown people, says Maj Toure, founder of "Black Guns Matter." John Stossel | 1.1.2025 12:30 AM Free Speech Student Suspended for Saying Man Who Insulted Her "Needa Get Blasted" + Having Posted (a Year Before) a Shooting Range Video Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.20.2024 8:20 AM Gun Control Control Freaks Use Brian Thompson Murder To Peddle 'Ghost Gun' Bans More laws couldn’t have stopped the crime and won’t stop people from making their own weapons. J.D. Tuccille | 12.13.2024 7:00 AM Guns Firearms Law Works-in-Progress Conference 2025 Present your paper for review by diverse scholars David Kopel |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.12.2024 7:02 PM Guns Silencers Aren't "Arms" Protected by Second Amendment, Fourth Circuit Holds Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.12.2024 5:37 PM Second Amendment He Was Convicted of a Felony for Holding a Gun on the Sidewalk in Front of His House Gabriel Metcalf argues that his prosecution under the Gun-Free School Zones Act violated his constitutional right to keep and bear arms. Jacob Sullum | 12.12.2024 4:20 PM Government abuse After Hunter's Pardon, Joe Biden Should Support De-Weaponizing Government Power Maybe we can all agree that government officials shouldn’t target political enemies. J.D. Tuccille | 12.4.2024 7:00 AM Guns Lawsuit Challenging Hawaii's Ban on Gun Ownership by Micronesians Who Aren't U.S. Citizens but Who Are Allowed to Live in the U.S. Long-Term Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 11.29.2024 12:43 PM Free Speech NRA v. Vullo Update: Second Circuit Weighs Reviving $100M+ Damages Claim Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 11.26.2024 6:00 PM Media Criticism Jennifer Rubin Should Chill Stop accusing your political opponents of wanting to murder children. Robby Soave | 11.21.2024 3:44 PM Guns What Happens When Someone Is Denied Gun Based on Long-Ago Criminal Case, and the Underlying Court Records are Missing? Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 11.11.2024 2:29 PM Second Amendment Federal Judge Enjoins Enforcement of the Illinois 'Assault Weapon' Ban U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn says the law bans firearms covered by the Second Amendment and is not supported by historical precedent. Jacob Sullum | 11.11.2024 1:40 PM Guns Should Felons Have the Right to Challenge Their Loss of Gun Rights, on a Case-by-Case Basis? Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 11.6.2024 8:01 AM Second Amendment Divided D.C. Circuit Panel Refuses to Enjoin D.C. Magazine Cap The judges divide over whether a challenge to a law limiting the number of bullets in a magazine is likely to succeed. Is next stop the Supreme Court? Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 11.1.2024 4:26 PM gun confiscation New Zealand Government Punishes Gun Owners for Their Political Beliefs The police targeted “sovereign citizens” for surveillance and disarmament. J.D. Tuccille | 10.25.2024 7:00 AM Free Speech Court Ordered Ex-Wife to Stop Publicly Disclosing Her Ex-Husband's Alleged Past Misdeed But the Arizona Court of Appeals just reversed, concluding that speech about a person generally isn't "harassment," even if unwanted speech directed to the person may be. Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 10.18.2024 8:01 AM Gun Rights Kamala Harris Says She Owns a Handgun—Despite Fighting To Ban Others From Doing the Same Journalists should be interested in interrogating this contradiction, should the 2024 presidential candidate continue giving interviews. Billy Binion | 10.9.2024 5:15 PM Guns Most Justices Seem Inclined To Uphold the ATF's New Restrictions on Homemade Firearms The Supreme Court is considering whether a rule targeting "ghost guns" exceeds the agency's statutory authority. Jacob Sullum | 10.8.2024 7:05 PM Censorship Brickbat: I'm a Pepper Charles Oliver | 10.1.2024 4:00 AM Free Speech State Constitution Tool A great free resource for lawyers, judges, academics, and students doing cross-state constitutional law research. Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 9.24.2024 1:41 PM Guns Firearms Law Textbook 2024 Supplement Now Available For free -- 566 pages David Kopel |The Volokh Conspiracy | 9.17.2024 6:46 PM Guns DIY Guns Bring Libertarianism to the World, Says The New York Times Innovation and defiance hobble government efforts at control. J.D. Tuccille | 9.13.2024 7:00 AM Guns The FBI Is Undercounting Firearm Self-Defense Incidents "A couple million times a year, people use guns defensively," says economist and author John Lott. John Stossel | 9.12.2024 10:45 AM More
Guns Nuisance, "Modern Female Artists," Hunting, and Fiber Lines for Internet Access Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 3.17.2025 9:43 AM
Guns Indiana Defendants Get "Benefit of Hindsight When It Reveals Their Conduct Was Necessary in Self-Defense," … "even though that necessity wasn't fully apparent in the moment." Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 3.14.2025 8:01 AM
Second Amendment Mexico Aims To Reshape the U.S. Firearm Industry by Suing Gun Makers The Supreme Court will decide whether this threat to the Second Amendment is legally viable. Jacob Sullum | 3.5.2025 12:01 AM
Guns "Kafkaesque" Gun Background Check Delays May Violate Second Amendment Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 2.11.2025 8:23 AM
Guns Second Amendment Protects Marijuana Users Unless There's Concrete Showing They're Dangerous Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 2.5.2025 2:49 PM
Second Amendment Guns and Grammar Though awkward and antiquated, the Second Amendment’s syntax and grammar unambiguously protect gun rights. Jay Stooksberry | 1.27.2025 11:08 AM
Fourth Amendment Frisking Detained Juvenile for Gun May Be Constitutional Even When Juvenile is Detained as Reported Missing (Rather than on Suspicion of Crime) Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 1.20.2025 8:01 AM
Guns 5th Cir. Says More on When Federal Ban on Gun Possession by Drug Users Is Unconstitutional Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 1.8.2025 5:27 PM
Guns Ohio Court Strikes Down Categorical Prohibition on Gun Possession by People Under Indictment A few months ago, the Sixth Circuit upheld the federal categorical prohibition on gun acquisition and transportation by people under indictment. Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 1.6.2025 8:51 AM
Guns The Racist Roots of Gun Control Measures restricting gun ownership still disproportionately harm black and brown people, says Maj Toure, founder of "Black Guns Matter." John Stossel | 1.1.2025 12:30 AM
Free Speech Student Suspended for Saying Man Who Insulted Her "Needa Get Blasted" + Having Posted (a Year Before) a Shooting Range Video Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.20.2024 8:20 AM
Gun Control Control Freaks Use Brian Thompson Murder To Peddle 'Ghost Gun' Bans More laws couldn’t have stopped the crime and won’t stop people from making their own weapons. J.D. Tuccille | 12.13.2024 7:00 AM
Guns Firearms Law Works-in-Progress Conference 2025 Present your paper for review by diverse scholars David Kopel |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.12.2024 7:02 PM
Guns Silencers Aren't "Arms" Protected by Second Amendment, Fourth Circuit Holds Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.12.2024 5:37 PM
Second Amendment He Was Convicted of a Felony for Holding a Gun on the Sidewalk in Front of His House Gabriel Metcalf argues that his prosecution under the Gun-Free School Zones Act violated his constitutional right to keep and bear arms. Jacob Sullum | 12.12.2024 4:20 PM
Government abuse After Hunter's Pardon, Joe Biden Should Support De-Weaponizing Government Power Maybe we can all agree that government officials shouldn’t target political enemies. J.D. Tuccille | 12.4.2024 7:00 AM
Guns Lawsuit Challenging Hawaii's Ban on Gun Ownership by Micronesians Who Aren't U.S. Citizens but Who Are Allowed to Live in the U.S. Long-Term Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 11.29.2024 12:43 PM
Free Speech NRA v. Vullo Update: Second Circuit Weighs Reviving $100M+ Damages Claim Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 11.26.2024 6:00 PM
Media Criticism Jennifer Rubin Should Chill Stop accusing your political opponents of wanting to murder children. Robby Soave | 11.21.2024 3:44 PM
Guns What Happens When Someone Is Denied Gun Based on Long-Ago Criminal Case, and the Underlying Court Records are Missing? Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 11.11.2024 2:29 PM
Second Amendment Federal Judge Enjoins Enforcement of the Illinois 'Assault Weapon' Ban U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn says the law bans firearms covered by the Second Amendment and is not supported by historical precedent. Jacob Sullum | 11.11.2024 1:40 PM
Guns Should Felons Have the Right to Challenge Their Loss of Gun Rights, on a Case-by-Case Basis? Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 11.6.2024 8:01 AM
Second Amendment Divided D.C. Circuit Panel Refuses to Enjoin D.C. Magazine Cap The judges divide over whether a challenge to a law limiting the number of bullets in a magazine is likely to succeed. Is next stop the Supreme Court? Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 11.1.2024 4:26 PM
gun confiscation New Zealand Government Punishes Gun Owners for Their Political Beliefs The police targeted “sovereign citizens” for surveillance and disarmament. J.D. Tuccille | 10.25.2024 7:00 AM
Free Speech Court Ordered Ex-Wife to Stop Publicly Disclosing Her Ex-Husband's Alleged Past Misdeed But the Arizona Court of Appeals just reversed, concluding that speech about a person generally isn't "harassment," even if unwanted speech directed to the person may be. Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 10.18.2024 8:01 AM
Gun Rights Kamala Harris Says She Owns a Handgun—Despite Fighting To Ban Others From Doing the Same Journalists should be interested in interrogating this contradiction, should the 2024 presidential candidate continue giving interviews. Billy Binion | 10.9.2024 5:15 PM
Guns Most Justices Seem Inclined To Uphold the ATF's New Restrictions on Homemade Firearms The Supreme Court is considering whether a rule targeting "ghost guns" exceeds the agency's statutory authority. Jacob Sullum | 10.8.2024 7:05 PM
Free Speech State Constitution Tool A great free resource for lawyers, judges, academics, and students doing cross-state constitutional law research. Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 9.24.2024 1:41 PM
Guns Firearms Law Textbook 2024 Supplement Now Available For free -- 566 pages David Kopel |The Volokh Conspiracy | 9.17.2024 6:46 PM
Guns DIY Guns Bring Libertarianism to the World, Says The New York Times Innovation and defiance hobble government efforts at control. J.D. Tuccille | 9.13.2024 7:00 AM
Guns The FBI Is Undercounting Firearm Self-Defense Incidents "A couple million times a year, people use guns defensively," says economist and author John Lott. John Stossel | 9.12.2024 10:45 AM
