Does the Supreme Court's Hemani case, addressing the federal ban on unlawful drug users possessing guns, present problems under the canon of constitutional avoidance? Read on for more today on the blog... firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/11/shou...

SCOTUS Gun Watch - Week of 11/18/25 firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/11/scot...

How did early American public carry licensing laws actually operate? Read on for more today on the blog, including an interactive database of 116 licensing rules enacted between 1866 and 1935... firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/11/an-i...

SCOTUS Gun Watch - Week of 11/11/25 firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/11/scot...

Today on the blog: how the Supreme Court's Wolford case implicates questions about 1st Amendment protection of speech on private property and why the justices should consider those comparisons. firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/11/wolf...

SCOTUS Gun Watch - Week of 11/4/25 firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/11/scot...

SCOTUS Gun Watch - Week of 9/9/25 firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/09/scot...

Today on the blog: the Center's undergraduate summer research assistants describe their experience digging into historical weapons regulation, enforcement, and historical context firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/09/a-mu...

SCOTUS Gun Watch - Week of 9/2/25 firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/09/scot...

Guest author Margaret Groban analyzes the recent First Circuit oral argument in a case challenging Maine's new 72-hour waiting period law for gun purchases... firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/08/liti...

Today on the blog: after the Supreme Court's March decision upholding federal regulation of ghost guns, how have states sought to address the issue and why are constitutional arguments becoming more prominent in challenges to ghost-gun laws? firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/08/how-...

SCOTUS Gun Watch - Week of 8/25/25 firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/08/scot...

Today: in the final guest post from our works-in-progress conference hosted w/ the Wyoming Firearms Research Center, Leo Bernabei argues that First Amendment doctrine can and should inform Second Amendment law even post-Bruen. firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/08/our-...

Of interest to firearms scholars: Apply now for the CFM Early-career Fellowship and the ARES Emerging Experts Fellowship, which support promising researchers in arms history. See the link for more details... firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/08/now-...

SCOTUS Gun Watch - Week of 8/18/25 firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/08/scot...

This new guest post by Brazilian attorney Antonio Pedro Machado compares the local dynamics of firearms regulation in the United States and Brazil - summarizing work presented at our recent WIP conference hosted w/the Wyoming Firearm Research Center. firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/08/fede...

In a new guest post today, K. Alexander Adams evaluates the impact of different regulatory approaches on gun theft - summarizing a paper he presented at our recent WIP conference hosted w/the University of Wyoming Firearms Research Center firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/08/beyo...

2025 Firearms Law Works-in-Progress Conference in Laramie, Wyoming firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/08/2025...

SCOTUS Gun Watch - Week of 8/11/25 firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/08/scot...

Today on the blog, Prof. Martin Edwards examines the Federal Firearm License system for gun sales and how its restrictions may reduce transaction costs - summarizing work presented at our recent WIP conference hosted w/the Wyoming Firearm Research Center firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/08/the-...

SCOTUS Gun Watch - Week of 8/4/25 firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/08/scot...

In a new post today, Tom Chittum traces the history of firearm silencers and examines why courts have excluded them from Second Amendment protection - summarizing work presented at our recent WIP conference hosted w/the Wyoming Firearm Research Center firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/08/the-...

Some states have recently mandated gun safety training for all public school K-12 students. How will these classes operate, and might they face constitutional challenges from parents? Center RA Alison Riddoch explores these questions in a new post today... firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/07/an-e...

Today on the blog: Prof. Natalie Nanasi evaluates the logic of exempting law enforcement from federal statutes that bar domestic violence offenders from possessing guns, a guest post out of the Center's recent WIP conference w/ the Wyoming Firearm Research Center firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/07/unof...

SCOTUS Gun Watch - Week of 7/28/25 firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/07/scot...

In the first post summarizing work presented at the Center's annual works-in-progress conference hosted w/the Wyoming Firearm Research Center in June, Andrew Nell proposes an alternative to the "common use" test for gun bans that looks to national consensus. firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/07/a-po...

SCOTUS Gun Watch - Week of 7/21/25 firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/07/scot...

Scholarship Highlight: Age Restrictions and Michael Bellesiles firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/07/scho...

Gunmakers can be sued in tort when the claim is based on violating state or federal law - does the term "violation" require a separate finding of guilt or liability? Guest author Ryan Gerber @brooklynlawschool.bsky.social examines the issue today on the blog... firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/07/what...

SCOTUS Gun Watch - Week of 7/14/25 firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/07/scot...

What can recent gun litigation tell us about injunctive relief following the blockbuster Trump v. CASA decision? Read on for more today on the blog... firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/07/inju...

SCOTUS Gun Watch - Week of 7/7/25 firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/07/scot...

Litigation Highlight: Ninth Circuit Strikes Down California’s “One Gun Per Month” Rule firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/07/liti...

SCOTUS Gun Watch - Week of 6/30/23 firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/06/scot...

Where does litigation challenging state assault weapon and large-capacity magazine bans under the Second Amendment currently stand in lower courts? See our comprehensive update today on the blog, as the Supreme Court signals it will take up the issue soon... firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/06/an-u...

The Ambitions of History and Tradition—In and Beyond the Second Amendment firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/06/the-...

Scholarship Highlight: Tiers of Scrutiny, Domestic Violence Prohibitions, and Ghost Guns firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/06/scho... @umnlawschool.bsky.social

SCOTUS Gun Watch - Week of 6/23/25 firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/06/scot...

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld the federal ban on possessing guns within 1,000 ft of a school - in a case that raises important questions about gun-free buffer zones, history, and technological change... firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/06/liti...

The Georgia Supreme Ct recently rejected a state const'l challenge to gun-carry age restrictions and examined how the state's const'l and legal history impact an originalist approach - read on for more on the blog! (cross-posted @statecourtreport.bsky.social) firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/06/geor...

SCOTUS Gun Watch - Week of 6/16/25 firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/06/scot...

Last week, SCOTUS denied review in a major assault weapon ban 2A case with an interesting statement by Justice Kavanaugh suggesting the Court will take up the issue soon after additional appellate decisions. Does that rationale hold up? firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/06/assa...

SCOTUS Gun Watch - Week of 6/9/25 firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/06/scot...

Today on the blog: in a guest post, gun historian @spitzerb.bsky.social examines historical weapon licensing laws and argues that they were "a ubiquitous regulatory tool from the country’s beginning." firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/06/hist...

SCOTUS Gun Watch - Week of 6/2/25 firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/06/scot...

Scholarship Highlight: Sensitive Places, Public Health Emergencies, and Technological Innovation firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/05/scho...

In a new guest post today, Kevin Wang evaluates parallels between the 2nd Amendment's "common use" standard for protected arms and the 8th Amendment's "evolving standards of decency" test @stanfordlaw.bsky.social firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/05/what...

SCOTUS Gun Watch - Week of 5/27/25 firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/05/scot...

How have Iowa courts navigated gun-law challenges under both the fed 2nd Amendment and the new state const'l right to bear arms requiring strict scrutiny? In a new guest post today, former Iowa trial judge and Drake Law prof. Stephen Carroll takes a deep dive... firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/05/the-...

New on the blog today: Prof. @drustevenson.bsky.social analyzes the background of the proposed federal guns-rights restoration program for prohibited possessors and initial public comments on the interim rule allowing DOJ to move forward 👇 firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/05/init...