Guns have improved in almost every respect since the founding of our nation. They are lighter, more durable, more reliable, more accurate. But they are not any quieter. Silencers can make them quieter but they have been strictly regulated since their invention more than a century ago and courts say they’re not protected by the […]
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This story in the New York Post highlights one of the many internal inconsistencies in the law. Of course, in a country with as many laws ours, conflict is inevitable. I’ve written before about the exception in federal law that allows illegal aliens, drug users, felons, fugitives, etc. to possess firearms. (https://lnkd.in/eARUZJRP.) They just have
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Some critics say ShotSpotter can’t distinguish gunfire from fireworks. This tragic case says differently. About a week after Independence Day in 2022, Rickey Latham’s 10-year old son still had some bottle rockets. Latham and the boy were setting them off late into the evening and that began to annoy his neighbor. A confrontation ensued and
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When was the last time you dusted under your bed? Prolly been a minute. Unfortunately (for him), same for this guy. Early one morning in May 2021, police responded to a ShotSpotter alert of gunfire near a residence in Ft. Myers, Florida. When they arrived, they spoke to a man who told police he was
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This quote speaks to me: “I’m sorry for the length of this letter. It would’ve been shorter if I had more time.” It has been attributed to many famous writers, most often (but incorrectly, it seems) Mark Twain. It captures the challenge of writing well in brief, and especially to the process of editing what
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Happy Independence Day! If you’re like me (and most Americans), your celebration today will involve fireworks in one way or another. As I mentioned in this blog post at Duke University School of Law’s Center for Firearms Law (https://lnkd.in/gEU2kw7t), our Founders anticipated that fireworks would be used to mark this day for generations to come.
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If, like Rockwell,* you always feel like somebody’s watching you, it probably isn’t the government. Well, I mean, the government almost surely is watching you—it collects information on virtually everyone, in more ways than most people realize. When you bank, drive on the road, travel by air. Your taxes, of course. And this doesn’t include
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“The devil is in the details—and this budget proposal is short on those,” said Thomas Chittum, a former associate director at the ATF. The law establishing a right to relief offers “only vague criteria and assessing future dangerousness is challenging.” I recently wrote about Mel Gibson wanting his gun rights back (https://lnkd.in/gjZvfSYf) and the statute
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Happy West Virginia Day! “Montani Semper Liberi.” For those not familiar, that is West Virginia’s motto. It means, “Mountaineers are Always Free.” It’s written at the bottom of the state seal. At the center of the seal is a stone bearing the date June 20, 1863 (162 years ago today). That’s the day West Virginia
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I’m just a regular everyday normal guy.* But once upon a time, I was “The Government.” When you don’t deal with them everyday, it’s easy to think of federal agents as unfeeling, nameless, faceless authorities. The Government. Just an endless number of Agent Smiths. https://lnkd.in/gGsDfCw2 In reality, they’re just everyday normal people, too. Most are
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