David B. Kopel is Research Director of the Independence Institute and co-author of the textbook Firearms Law and the Second Amendment (Wolters Kluwer).
In the 20th century, far more people were murdered by genocidal governments than by armed criminals.
A Chicago suburb's law to confiscate firearms and magazines has been blocked by a temporary restraining order.
In 2000, the Million Mom March brought hundreds of thousands of people together to demonstrate against guns.
A 1989 shooting at a Cal. schoolyard began the national "assault weapon" issue. It was a consequence of law enforcement failure.
Americans' right to elect their Sheriffs comes from ancient English legal tradition.
Amicus brief in Supreme Court cert. petition argues that Alameda County, Calif., ban on new gun stores violates the Second Amendment.
Uganda terrorizes its own citizens under the auspices of UN gun control mandate.
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