Of Arms & the Law


"Content centers around the Second Amendment with detours to gun dogs, firearms, crime, pirates, and politics."

Author: David T. Hardy is a lawyer and author based in Tucson, Ariz. He is co-author of Michael Moore Is A Big Fat Stupid White Man and author of Origins and Development of the Second Amendment: A Sourcebook and This Is Not an Assault: Penetrating the Web of Official Lies Regarding the Waco Incident. He is also producer and director of the documentary In Search of the Second Amendment.

Blawg Related Categories: Constitutional Law

Recent Posts from Of Arms & the Law


  • VCDL President at Virginia Tech

    Here's some video on his presentation. Quite a good argument for allowing CCW on campus. Hat tip to reader Nick L.....

  • McDonald v. Chicago briefs

    They're online, here. Scroll down about 3/4 of the page. So far we have the two party briefs, and four amicus ones. Deadline for amici supporting the right side is Monday, so there should be…

  • "Smart guns"

    "The Unrequited Dream of Smart Guns". Via Instapundit.

  • Maybe we should just legalize bribery....

    As it is, Congressional leaders have to buy votes by giving things to a legislator's district, which costs us far more than would a simple bribe. If, for example, the leadership needed a vote to…

  • Permits for toy guns

    That's going to become a requirement in New South Wales.

  • Will the Chicago case lead to a constitutional reawakening?

    That's the question asked in the Wall Street Journal Online.

  • Attempted hijack of Maesrk Alabama

    This time, tho, the ship had armed guards who shot back, and the pirates quickly took several KIAs. Howard Nemerov notes, strangely, the NY Times plays down the rifles and the defense and sounds rather,…

  • 7th Circuit questions ban on gun ownership by misdemeanor DV defendants

    There's quite a discussion at the Volokh Conspiracy, regarding today's decision that calls into question the Lautenberg Amendment. The court concludes that the law should be given intermediate scrutiny (in part because the firearm was…

  • Cory Maye gets a new trial!

    Good news! Via Instapundit... UPDATE: here's the opinion. Maye's attorney got a ruling transferring the case to another county, due to local bias. Then he discovered the second county was no better, and moved to…

  • NRA's Chicago brief

    Pdf is here. Between this and Petitioner's brief, I think the ground is covered very well. Petitioner emphasizes incorporation under the privileges or immunities clause (which makes far more sense) and NRA emphasizes incorporation under…