My son killed his first buck with the same rifle I used to kill my first deer when I was about his age. It was a great day. This is the picture we took to memorialize it. That true story inspired me to write a law review article I called, “The Firearm That Isn’t: Silencers […]
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“The Supreme Court has not ruled on the issue of red flag laws, which is still an emerging area of law, Chittum said.” I’ve previously written about SCOTUS’ decision in Caniglia v. Strom (https://lnkd.in/gXx-85r2), rejecting a blanket “community caretaking” exception to the Fourth Amendment. The case involved the seizure of firearms from a man police
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There’s a lot of nuance to gun law. I spoke with CNN reporter Emma C. Tucker about mental health, private sales, licensing, and background checks to help explain the law and how fact-specific it can be. Read the story here: https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/02/us/nyc-shooter-mental-health-firearms.
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In Federalist 51, James Madison wrote, “If men were angels, no government would be necessary.” He might’ve said instead: “If some men were not fools, no laws would be necessary.” I wrote a piece about one historically enduring type of poor human judgment, and the laws meant to address it. I’m grateful to the Duke
What Goes Up … : A Brief Legal History of Celebratory Gunfire Read More »
One of the most useful things I learned at the ATF Academy was how to breathe. (Another one: how to back up a car at a high rate of speed. I still use that a lot!) You can’t imagine how tempted I was to post a picture that says “Just Breathe” and then watch 10,000
