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Supremacy Clause Immunity

I’ve been reading “The 1811” for nearly 30 years. This is the first time I’m published in it. Hopefully you belong to the ...
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Father and Son in a Field

My son killed his first buck with the same rifle I used to kill my first deer when I was about his age. ...
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CNN: mental health & guns

“The Supreme Court has not ruled on the issue of red flag laws, which is still an emerging area of law, Chittum said.” ...
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CNN Story on NYC Shooting

There’s a lot of nuance to gun law. I spoke with CNN reporter Emma C. Tucker about mental health, private sales, licensing, and ...
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What Goes Up … : A Brief Legal History of Celebratory Gunfire

In Federalist 51, James Madison wrote, “If men were angels, no government would be necessary.” He might’ve said instead: “If some men were ...
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Scarecrow Advice

One of the most useful things I learned at the ATF Academy was how to breathe. (Another one: how to back up a ...
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