Research Assistant at Duke Center for Firearms Law. J.D. Candidate at Duke University School of Law. See profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/genesa-cefali-421048116/
In Heller II, the D.C. Circuit claimed that long gun registration requirements are novel, not historic. Heller III reiterated this line, stating that the registration requirement for long guns lacks the “historical pedigree” of the registration requirement for handguns. But is this entirely right? Historical American firearm registration laws suggest that long gun registration is […]
The historical record suggests: Maybe not.