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It’s Far Too Early to Enlist Trayvon Martin into the Anti-Gun Cause

Trayvon Martin is now a household name or, at least, a 24-hour news-cycle and blogosphere fixture.  Exactly why George Zimmerman shot and killed young Martin is in dispute, and the facts will be heard and judged by a jury of … Continue reading

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New Study Shows the Benefits of the Second Amendment

In my personal life I have a lot of Top Five lists.  This includes Top Five Movies I Wish I’d Directed (not to be confused with my Top Five Favorite Movies), Top Five Novels I Wish I’d Authored, and so on.  As … Continue reading

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Stop the Presses! The Second Amendment is NOT merely a Pesky Carve-Out.

Last month I had the displeasure of analyzing a recent decision in the Eastern District of California that upheld an arbitrary licensing process for carrying a concealed firearm in Yolo County, California.  Although law-abiding residents can now carry concealed in … Continue reading

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ATF Delenda Est: Fast and Furious Part II

In March I wrote about Operation Fast and Furious, the latest atrocity by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). It was a plan by the ATF to export firearms to Mexico, in violation of the US International Traffic … Continue reading

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Is the Second Amendment merely a pesky carve-out?

A few weeks ago the Second Amendment suffered a setback in the Ninth Circuit.  In Richards v. County of Yolo, District Judge Morrison England issued summary judgment against a challenge to the California county’s permitting process for carrying a concealed … Continue reading

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A Constitutional Analysis of Wyoming’s Firearms Freedom Act

O. Shane Balloun, a third-year law student at the University of Wyoming College of Law, recently published a comment (that’s “article commenting on a case or law” in legal-journal speak) in the Wyoming Law Review, “The Disarming Nature of the … Continue reading

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WLG joins Chicago Gun Case

Living conditions in post-Civil War New Orleans weren’t exactly what you would call ideal.

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