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Sentencing Law and Policy
Lots of gun news from DC: Gilbert Arenas gets probation for gun possession, while Dick Heller loses latest Second Amendment case
Main March 26, 2010Lots of gun news from DC: Gilbert Arenas gets probation for gun possession, while Dick Heller loses latest Second Amendment caseProponents of gun rights in DC might…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Jail or no jail? Fateful day arrives for Arenas”
Main March 25, 2010"Jail or no jail? Fateful day arrives for Arenas"The title of this post is the headline of this new AP piece focused on the high-profile sentencing question…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Federal prosecutors recommend 3-month prison sentence for gun possession by Gilbert Arenas
Main March 23, 2010Federal prosecutors recommend 3-month prison sentence for gun possession by Gilbert Arenas As detailed in this new post at a Washington Post blog, "Prosecutors recommended on Tuesday…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Guns don’t kill people, people kill people … after cops sell the guns
Main March 15, 2010Guns don't kill people, people kill people ... after cops sell the guns The cheeky title of this post is inspired by this new story reporting on…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Supreme Court should uphold local, state regulation of guns”
Main March 7, 2010"Supreme Court should uphold local, state regulation of guns" The title of this post is the headline of this editorial from my hometown Columbus Dispatch in this…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Could there be five votes for only “partial” incorporation of the Second Amendment?
Main March 2, 2010Could there be five votes for only "partial" incorporation of the Second Amendment?I have only so far had a chance to skim part of the oral argument…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Interesting Third Circuit gun forfeiture case involving the Eighth Amendment
Main March 2, 2010Interesting Third Circuit gun forfeiture case involving the Eighth Amendment Though the major gun buzz today is all about the Supreme Court's consideration of the Second Amendment's…
EvidenceProf Blog
My New Article: Lawyers, Guns, and Money: Why the Tiahrt Amendment’s Ban on the Admissibility of ATF Trace Data in State Court Actions Violates the Commerce Clause and the Tenth Amendment
By Colin Miller
Everyone today is understandably focused on McDonald v. City of Chicago, in which the Supreme Court could eventually find that the Second Amendment is incorporated through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause and/or that…
Surf and Turf Law
Beyond Gun Control – ABA Teleconference on McDonald v. City of Chicago
Next week, the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in McDonald v. City of Chicago, a case asking whether the Fourteenth Amendment’s Privileges or Immunities Clause or the…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Fourth Circuit (unpublished!?) opinion followsSkoienonHellerchallenge to § 922(g)(9) … just after Seventh Circuit vacates it
Main February 23, 2010Fourth Circuit (unpublished!?) opinion follows Skoien on Heller challenge to § 922(g)(9) ... just after Seventh Circuit vacates it As both a Second Amendment believer a fed…