Article (Volokh Conspiracy Blog)
The Volokh Conspiracy –
January 20, 2026
Subject(s): 2nd Amendment: Historical Issues
Article (Volokh Conspiracy Blog)
The Volokh Conspiracy –
January 18, 2026
Subject(s): 2nd Amendment: Historical Issues
Article (Volokh Conspiracy Blog)
The Volokh Conspiracy –
January 15, 2026
Subject(s): Firearms Law & Precedent
Article (Volokh Conspiracy Blog)
The Volokh Conspiracy –
January 14, 2026
Subject(s): 2nd Amendment: Historical Issues
Article (Volokh Conspiracy Blog)
The Volokh Conspiracy –
January 14, 2026
Subject(s): Firearms Law & Precedent
Article (Volokh Conspiracy Blog)
The Volokh Conspiracy –
January 13, 2026
Subject(s): 2nd Amendment: Historical Issues, Firearms Law & Precedent
Article (Magazine & Newspaper)
American Rifleman –
January 2026
Subject(s): 2nd Amendment: Historical Issues
Gen. Gage’s broken promise to return surrendered firearms in 1775 Boston—after disarming citizens under the guise of temporary safekeeping—exemplifies how British efforts to confiscate colonial weapons galvanized American resistance and helped establish the right to keep and bear arms as a foundational liberty.
Article (Magazine & Newspaper)
America’s 1st Freedom –
January 1, 2026
Subject(s): 2nd Amendment: Historical Issues
Gen. Gage’s broken promise to return surrendered firearms in 1775 Boston—after disarming citizens under the guise of temporary safekeeping—exemplifies how British efforts to confiscate colonial weapons galvanized American resistance and helped establish the right to keep and bear arms as a foundational liberty.
Article (Volokh Conspiracy Blog)
The Volokh Conspiracy –
December 21, 2025
Subject(s): Firearms Law & Precedent
Article (Volokh Conspiracy Blog)
The Volokh Conspiracy –
December 15, 2025
Subject(s): Firearms Law & Precedent
Article (Volokh Conspiracy Blog)
The Volokh Conspiracy –
December 8, 2025
Subject(s): 2nd Amendment: Historical Issues
Article (Volokh Conspiracy Blog)
The Volokh Conspiracy –
December 2, 2025
Subject(s): Firearms Law & Precedent
Article (Volokh Conspiracy Blog)
The Volokh Conspiracy –
November 21, 2025
Subject(s): 2nd Amendment: Historical Issues, Firearms Law & Precedent
Article (Scholarly)
2025
Subject(s): 2nd Amendment: Historical Issues
The National Firearms Act rests solely on Congress’s taxing power, not a power to ban firearms, and short-barreled rifles and silencers—mistakenly included in 1934—should be removed from the Act because they are in common use and rarely used in crime.
Article (Volokh Conspiracy Blog)
The Volokh Conspiracy –
October 20, 2025
Subject(s): Firearms Law & Precedent
Article (Volokh Conspiracy Blog)
The Volokh Conspiracy –
October 9, 2025
Subject(s): 2nd Amendment: Historical Issues, Firearms Law & Precedent
Article (Volokh Conspiracy Blog)
The Volokh Conspiracy –
October 8, 2025
Subject(s): Firearms Law & Precedent
Article (Volokh Conspiracy Blog)
The Volokh Conspiracy –
October 5, 2025
Subject(s): Firearms Law & Precedent
Article (Volokh Conspiracy Blog)
The Volokh Conspiracy –
October 1, 2025
Subject(s): Firearms Law & Precedent
Article (Volokh Conspiracy Blog)
The Volokh Conspiracy –
September 9, 2025
Subject(s): Firearms Law & Precedent