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Today’s Columns on Guns
Amy Barnhorst in the New York Times: "The Mental Health System Can't Stop Mass Shooters" Saul Cornell in The Conversation: "Five Types of Gun Laws the Founding Fathers Loved" Steven…
The Right Coast
After FL School Shooting, Is The Second Amendment Worth Dying For?
The point is that Stephens plainly states what most liberals are unwilling to admit: if we really want to stop gun violence in America, we re going to have to…
The Right Coast
After FL School Shooting, Is The Second Amendment Worth Dying For?
The point is that Stephens plainly states what most liberals are unwilling to admit: if we really want to stop gun violence in America, we re going to have to…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Court Declines to Review California’s Ten-Day Waiting Period for Gun Purchases
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolThe Supreme Court today denied certiorari in Silvester v. Becerra, the Ninth Circuit ruling upholding California's ten-day waiting period for gun purchases against a…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Dissenting from denial of cert, Justice Thomas complains Second Amendment has become “constitutional orphan”
Main February 20, 2018Dissenting from denial of cert, Justice Thomas complains Second Amendment has become "constitutional orphan"The Supreme Court this morning issued this order list which is mostly full of…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Toxic Masculinity and Gun Control
By Tracy Thomas
Men and Guns: Are Masculinity and Firearms Inextricably Linked?Data shows gun violence is disproportionately a male problem. Of the 97 mass shootings in which three or more victims died since 1982, only three…
The Right Coast
Clarence Thomas rips high court’s decision not to hear case challenging California gun law: Second Amendment is ‘disfavored right’
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas criticized the high court after the justices denied a petition to hear a case challenging a California law requiring a 10-day waiting period for gun…
The Right Coast
Clarence Thomas rips high court’s decision not to hear case challenging California gun law: Second Amendment is ‘disfavored right’
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas criticized the high court after the justices denied a petition to hear a case challenging a California law requiring a 10-day waiting period for gun…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Why hiring people with criminal records benefits all of us”
Main December 16, 2017"Why hiring people with criminal records benefits all of us"The title of this post is the headline of this recent FoxNews commentary authored by Mike Jandernoa. Here…
The Right Coast
NRA-Republican Backed Bill Makes it Easier for Feds to Disarm Citizens | Mises Wire
On Wednesday, the Republican controlled house voted to further federalize gun laws in this country. While Ryan McMaken has noted the danger in further centralizing gun legislation, there is another…