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Stephen P. Halbrook » Articles
The Supreme Court Should Review and Enjoin the Illinois Gun Ban
Commentary
May 11, 2023
Illinois Gun Ban Enjoined
The banned “assault weapon” features improve accuracy and reduce the risk of stray shots.
Commentary
May 8, 2023
A Judge Who Understands Firearms
Judge Stephen McGlynn of the Southern District of Illinois asks probing questions about the state’s new rifle ban.
Commentary
May 1, 2023
To Preserve Liberty, Not Slavery
Carl Bogus invented the fiction that the purpose of the Second Amendment was slave control.
Commentary
Apr. 12, 2023
Persons Aged 18-20 Are Entitled to Carry Firearms
Commentary
Apr. 11, 2023
Second Amendment Roundup: An Opening Judicial Salvo in Defense of Illinois’ New Rifle Ban
Commentary
Mar. 14, 2023
Analogical Reasoning and the Second Amendment
In historical inquiry, reasoning by analogy is a commonplace task for any lawyer or judge.
Commentary
Dec. 19, 2022
Should Courts Appoint Historians as Experts in Second Amendment Cases?
Courts, not “experts,” should say what the law is.
Commentary
Dec. 16, 2022
Did the Fourteenth Amendment Alter the Meaning of the Second Amendment?
1791, not 1868, is the key date for determining the original understanding of the Second Amendment.
Commentary
Dec. 15, 2022
When the Second Amendment’s Plain Text Covers Conduct, It Is Presumptively Protected
Commentary
Dec. 14, 2022
America’s Rifle, the AR-15 Is Protected by the Second Amendment
Commentary
Dec. 13, 2022
What the U.S. Supreme Court Bruen Decision Will Mean for America
The U.S. Supreme Court declared New York’s “good-cause” requirement for the right to bear arms outside the home unconstitutional, but the struggle for freedom is hardly over.
Commentary
Aug. 25, 2022
Supreme Court Second Amendment Ruling is about Self-Defense
Commentary
July 15, 2022
What Firearms Have “Common-Use” Protections?
Here’s an Uncomfortable Question ... For Gun-Control Activists
Commentary
May 25, 2022
Ukraine War Reintroduces U.S. Politicians to the Second Amendment
Commentary
Mar. 30, 2022
The Right of the People to Keep and Bear Arms
The Second Amendment in the U.S. Bill of Rights
Research Article
Feb. 24, 2022
What Will the U.S. Supreme Court Decide?
Commentary
Jan. 3, 2022
When Is a Constitutional Right Not a Right?
When you need official approval to exercise it. That’s what New York’s pistol-permit law does.
Commentary
Nov. 4, 2021
In New York State Rifle, the Court Should Look to Text, History, and Tradition
Commentary
Nov. 1, 2021
Supreme Court’s Latest Second Amendment Case Isn’t about Race, It’s about Rights
Does a person need to be assaulted, shot, or wounded in order to carry a firearm for self-defense?
Commentary
Oct. 26, 2021


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