David Kopel

law professor at Denver University and policy analyst at CATO Institute

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David Kopel is a research director at the Independence Institute, a libertarian think tank, an associate policy analyst with the Cato Institute and adjunct professor of advanced constitutional law at the University of Denver's Sturm College of Law.

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The Supreme Court seems likely to strike down a New York law that restricts who can carry guns in public. That was the takeaway from today’s oral arguments.

First gun control case in more than a decade reaches Supreme Court. How it could affect Californians

The Supreme Court seems likely to strike down a New York law that restricts who can carry guns in public. That was the takeaway from today’s oral arguments.

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Yesterday's attack on a Republican baseball practice  was one of 155 shootings involving four or more people since the first of this year. That's almost one such incident every day.

Gun violence strikes Congress: How will lawmakers respond?

Yesterday's attack on a Republican baseball practice was one of 155 shootings involving four or more people since the first of this year. That's almost one such incident every day.

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In just over two years since 26 killings at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, there've been 100 school shootings: one every five weeks.  Congress has done nothing, but in…

America's Gun Debate Continues: With Schools in the Crossfire

In just over two years since 26 killings at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, there've been 100 school shootings: one every five weeks.  Congress has done nothing, but in…

from To the Point

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