The 2016 Republican Party platform, which condemned Democrats for proposing laws that would “eviscerate the Second Amendment,” devoted three paragraphs to gun rights. The 2020 platform did not discuss the subject at all because there was no 2020 platform; the party instead promised to “enthusiastically support the President’s America-first agenda.” This time around, the Republican […]
Date:Â Friday, October 18, 2024 Location: Laramie, Wyoming Abstracts Due:Â July 29, 2024 Manuscripts Due:Â August 29, 2024 The Wyoming Law Review and the University of Wyoming Firearms Research Center announce a call for papers for a Symposium this fall on the National Firearms Act (NFA). Papers may address any aspect of the NFA, including but not limited […]
In June 2022, the Supreme Court clarified the constitutional test for gun control laws, saying they must be “consistent with this Nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation.” To illustrate the public safety implications of that ruling, Bloomberg Law reported last year that the decision had “forced the Justice Department to abandon a firearms charge against an […]