Second Amendment Paper

I just posted a new paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2805105 Here is the abstract: The right to keep and bear arms is a vital element of our liberal order, but its philosophic basis is no longer appreciated by American elites. The left rejects the understanding of poli

Guns on college campuses

In today's NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2016/05/31/should-guns-be-permitted-on-college-campuses So far this morning, the comments section is filled mostly with fact-free or factually mistaken nonsense. If anyone wants to rebut some of the comments, it might be useful. _

Promise and Perils in the Nascent Jurisprudence of the Second Amendment

This article may be of interest to some on the list: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2675323 ___ To post, send message to Firearmsregprof@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/c

Short Debate on the Second Amendment

Members of this list might be interested in the following: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2662700 ___ To post, send message to Firearmsregprof@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://li

Re: Saul Cornell - "A Well Regulated Militia"

See Nelson Lund, /The Ends of Second Amendment Jurisprudence/, 4 Tex. Rev. L. & Pol. 157, 183 n.71 (1999); Nelson Lund, /Outsider Voices on Guns and the Constitution/, 17 Const. Comm. 701, 707-08 & n.28 (2000). On 4/30/2012 12:09 AM, Joseph E. Olson wrote: I don't follow Prof. Cor

A critique of the McDonald opinions

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1658198 ___ To post, send message to Firearmsregprof@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof Plea

Re: [postHeller] 42 USC 1981 does it all.

Let's assume that Balkin's argument is correct. How is anyone going to persuade any court (let alone the Supreme Court) to accept the implications (whatever they may be) of what Balkin himself says was an "inadvertent" so-called holding? That would require a rather significant reorientation of

Sotomayor and the Second Amendment

An op-ed that may be of interest, today at Real Clear Politics: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/07/12/sotomayor_and_the_second_amendment_97420.html ___ To post, send message to Firearmsregprof@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, cha

Heller and Nonlethal Weapons

Craig Lerner and I have posted a paper on /Heller/ and nonlethal weapons on SSRN: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1421486 Nelson Lund ___ To post, send message to Firearmsregprof@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change

Re: Negligence liability for proprietors who exclude guns fromtheirproperty

I'm probably even less of a torts expert than Eugene, but I wonder if it might be relevant that a shopper willingly enters a mall in full knowledge that the owner has forbidden guns to be carried there? Nelson Lund George Mason Volokh, Eugene wrote: > I stress again that I'

Re: Shotguns as recommended for self-defense for some people over handguns

ult, especially if short-barreled shotguns were eligible, which in my opinion they should be. Nelson Lund Joseph E. Olson wrote: > Unfortunately, Eugene, the shotgun idea is the result of ignorance by > gun owners as well as the general populace. Many in both groups > believe the /nonsens

Commentary on Heller

Today the Heritage Foundation posted a short summary and evaluation of the principal arguments in the Heller case, along with a condensed summary of my own analysis of the case. It's at: http://www.heritage.org/Research/LegalIssues/upload/wm_1851.pdf Nelson

New Article on Parker/Heller Decision

For those who may be interested, a new article about the DC Circuit's decision in the Parker case can be downloaded at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1021356 The abstract is set out below. Nelson Lund George Mason Law School ABSTRACT The District of Columbia forbids a

Re: good quote

, fewer people would have died. So Virginia should allow firearms on campus, they argue. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18152668/from/ET/ Nelson Lund Joseph E. Olson wrote: Good quote: "As a culture, we are very bad at thinking about technology. We look to it either as something to fear

New Article on Right to Arms under Article IV

For those who are interested, my new article, "Have Gun, Can't Travel: The Right to Arms under the Privileges and Immunities Clause of Article IV," can be downloaded at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=828592 Nelson Lund Patrick Henry Professor of Constitutio