SCHOLARSHIP

New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen: Originalism and the Relevance of Common Law Restrictions on Exercise of a Right, David T. Hardy, 2023

Cleveland State Law Review: The True Meaning of “Going Armed” in the Statute of Northampton: A Response to Patrick J. Charles - Richard E. Gardiner, 2023

Mark Smith, Attention Originalists: The Second Amendment was Adopted in 1791, Not 1868, 31 Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 1, Fall 2022

Restoring the Right to Bear Arms: New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen by David, August 6, 2022

Kates and Levinson: A Post-Bruen Look at the Roots of Modern Second Amendment Scholarship, August 1, 2022

Charles C. Cooke “Rewriting Heller” August 29, 2021

The Ethics of “Gun - Free Zones” July 29, 2022

Miller v. Bonta Opinion- Assault Weapon Ban in California Ruled Unconstitutional, June 4, 2021

SCOTUS Takes a 2A Case - What next? - with Chuck Michel & Stephen Halbrook - Bing video, April 28, 2021

"Banning America's Rifle: An Assault on the Second Amendment?," 22 Federalist Society Law Review (June 28, 2021).

Faux Histoire of the Right to Bear Arms: Young v. Hawaii (9th Cir. 2021),” Independent Institute (July 13, 2021).

“The Right of ‘The People’ to ‘Bear Arms’: The Common Law, the Second Amendment, and the Carrying of Firearms Outside the Home” (2019).

“The Second Amendment in the Supreme Court: Where It’s Been and Where It’s Going,” 29 Hamline Law Review, No. 3, 449-49 (Summer 2006).

“To Bear Arms for Self-Defense: A ‘Right of the People’ or a Privilege of the Few? Part 1”, Federalist Society Review Vol. 21 (Mar. 23, 2020).

“To Bear Arms for Self-Defense: A ‘Right of the People’ or a Privilege of the Few? Part 2”, Federalist Society Review Vol. 21 (Mar. 31, 2020).

“Tort Liability for the Manufacture, Sale, and Ownership of Handguns?” 6 Hamline University Law Review 351-382 (1983).


Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself.
They are the American people’s liberty teeth and keystone under
independence.... From the hour the Pilgrims landed to the present day,
events, occurrences, and tendencies prove that to ensure peace, security,
and happiness, the rifle and pistol are equally indispensable.... The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference; they
deserve a place of honor with all that’s good... A free people ought to be armed.
— George Washington