In June 2022, the Supreme Court decided the much-anticipated case, New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen, requiring courts to follow the text, history and tradition of the Second Amendment in evaluating the constitutionality of modern-day gun control laws. Our panel will discuss what Bruen means for Second Amendment rights, gun control laws, and the landscape of litigation over them as well how courts have been applying Bruen.
Featuring:

Mr. Stephen Halbrook, Senior Fellow, Independent Institute
Prof. William Merkel, Associate Professor of Law, Charleston School of Law
Prof. Mark Smith, Visiting Fellow in Pharmaceutical Public Policy and Law, Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford; Presidential Scholar and Senior Fellow in Law and Public Policy, The Kings College; Distinguished Scholar and Senior Fellow of Law and Public Policy, Ave Maria School of Law
Moderator: Hon. Steven J. Menashi, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit