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The Cato Institute held its 21st annual Constitution Day Symposium in Washington, D.C. In this third panel, legal scholars spoke about guns, drugs, and abortion, and the recent Supreme Court…

The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution held a hearing on stopping gun violence. Most of the hearing focused on “red flag laws” or “extreme risk orders,” which law enforcement …

The National Constitution Center held a panel discussion following Supreme Court oral argument in Chiafalo v. Washington and Colorado Department of State v. Baca. The two cases concern wheth…

Law enforcement and mental health officials testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee about proposed legislation that would allow federal courts to either temporarily or permanently ba…

Officials from the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the U.S. Air Force testified at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on proposed legislation from Ranking Member Diann…

Speakers talked about the right to bear arms and other personal freedoms as well as personal responsibility and self-control. Many of the attendees were smoking and drinking beer during this…

Panelists spoke about individual gun rights and efforts to pass gun control legislation. Among the topics they addressed were congressional proposals to enact fuller background checks for fi…

Advocates for and against stricter gun-control laws testified at a hearing on gun violence prevention. The hearing was held in part in reaction to the December 2012 elementary school shootin…

David Martosko and Dave Kope spoke about personal freedoms and gun rights at the Independence Institute’s annual Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Party that the organization created in protest…

The Senate Judiciary Committee held its fourth day of hearings on the appointment of Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court seat vacated by the retirement of Justice John Paul Stevens. Witnes…

The Senate Judiciary Committee held its fourth day of hearings on the appointment of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court seat vacated by the retirement of Justice David Souter. …

Representatives of the District of Columbia and Mr. Heller and his attorneys spoke to reporters separately. They answered reporters' questions about details of the two sides of the Second Am…

The panelists discussed the U.S. Supreme Court case, District of Columbia v. Heller, which concerns the constitutionality of the District of Columbia’s ban on the private possession of handg…

A debate on gun control was held between Second Amendment expert David Kopel and gun control advocate Arnie Grossman. The debate was moderated by Cynthia Hessin. Topics included statistics o…

Participants discussed recent lawsuits filed by various cities against gun manufacturers. They focused on the ethical nature of suing gun manufacturers and dealers for the damage that the gu…

Authors David Kopel (No More Wacos: What’s Wrong With Federal Law Enforcement and How to Fix It) and Joel Dyer (Harvest of Rage: Why Oklahoma City is Only the Beginning) spoke about the root…

The committee heard testimony from several panels on proposals to ban the manufacture and sales of assault rifles in the United States. The panel of citizens affected by assault rifles deliv…