Dave Kopel RSS feed http://davekopel.org http://davekopel.org Dave Kopel's RSS feed. Dave is Research Director of the Independence Institute in Colorado, and writes on the Second Amendment, the media, and civil liberty issues. Copyright 2024. David B. Kopel en-us Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:00:00 GMT Audioblog RSS Feeder 1.20 15 Law, Politics, Second Amendment, Elections Dave Kopel RSS feed http://davekopel.org http://www.davekopel.com/images/davekopelsmall.jpg Updates about Dave's newest articles and blog posts. Amicus brief National Shooting Sports Foundation v. James. NY State attempts to evade the federal Protection of Law Commerce in Arms Act. https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25-1026/403166/20260330110754486_25-1026%20-%20NRA%20-%20Amicus%20Brief.pdf Sup. Ct. cert. petition. Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:13:00 GMT Guns Are Lethal: The History of Five Centuries of Improvements in Firearms Efficacy. Efforts to impose tort liability for "excessive" lethality conflict with centuries of constitutional recognition of firearms' inherently lethal role in the constitutional right to arms. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6278038 68 William and Mary Law Review (forthcoming 2026). Mon, 13 Apr 2026 09:09:00 GMT 2A Scholar David Kopel Reacts to SCOTUS Weed and Guns Oral Arguments. https://thereload.com/podcast-2a-scholar-david-kopel-reacts-to-scotus-weed-and-guns-oral-arguments/ The Reload. 40 mins. video. Mon, 13 Apr 2026 09:09:00 GMT Colorado Inside Out. Government should stop releasing insane violent criminals. Worst candidate for Colo. Attorney General is incompetent Jena Griswold. Senator Bennett ought to say whether he agrees with people who want to exterminate Israel. Colorado child care program is foundering because state government prioritizes loafers and big business over safety net for Colorado citizens. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwEgfJQyHFM Channel 12 PBS, Denver. 30 min. TV video. Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:16:00 GMT Amicus brief in U.S. v. Hemani. Federal ban on firearms possession by marijuana users violates the history and tradition of the right to arms. https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24/24-1234/395093/20260130135618341_24-1234%20-%20NRA%20-%20Amicus%20Brief.pdf Sup. Ct. merits case. Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:12:00 GMT Testimony on Colo. SB26-004. University of Colorado study shows that Colorado's red flag gun confiscation law is failing and inaccurate. Rather than fix it, the gun confiscation lobbies aim to expand it. https://completecolorado.com/2026/01/29/recklessly-expanding-colorados-red-flag-reporting/ Written testimony, Colo. Sen. State Affairs Comm. Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:13:00 GMT Amicus brief in Wolford v. Lopez. Hawaii's "vampire rule" that bans licensed firearms carriers from entering public premises is contrary to the American legal tradition. Persons with carry permits are far more law-abiding than the general population. https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24/24-1046/385523/20251124110017851_24-1046%20-%20NRA%20-%20Amicus%20Brief.pdf U.S. S.Ct. merits case. Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:13:00 GMT