David B. Kopel

Publications

• Big Business as Gun Control
  129 DICK. L. REV. 851 (2025) · Dickinson Law Review (2017-Present) · 2025
• Machine Gun History and Bibliography
  25 WYO. L. REV 45 (2025) · Wyoming Law Review · 2025
• Negating democratic consent: How the Colorado Supreme Court has nullified Colorado constitutional limits on taxes, debt, and corporate privilege
  102 DENV. L. REV. 449 (2024) · Denver Law Review · 2024
• The History of Bans on Types of Arms Before 1900
  50 J. LEGIS. 223 (2024) · Journal of Legislation · 2024
• The National Popular Vote Violates the Colorado Constitution
  98 DENV. L. REV. F. (2020) · Denver Law Review Forum · 2020
• FEDERAL CIRCUIT SECOND AMENDMENT DEVELOPMENTS 2018
  Lincoln Memorial University Law Review Archive · 2020

• The Right to Arms in Nineteenth Century Colorado
  95 DENV. L. REV. 329 (2018) · Denver Law Review · 2018
• Data Indicate Second Amendment Underenforcement
  68 DUKE L.J. 79 (2018) · Duke Law Journal · 2018
• The Federal Circuits’ Second Amendment Doctrines
  61 ST. LOUIS U. L.J. (2017) · Saint Louis University Law Journal · 2017
• Lyman Trumbull: Author of the Thirteenth Amendment, Author of the Civil Rights Act, and the First Second Amendment Lawyer
  47 LOY. U. CHI. L.J. 1117 (2016) · Loyola University Chicago Law Journal · 2016
• The Posse Comitatus And The Office Of Sheriff: Armed Citizens Summoned To The Aid Of Law Enforcement
  104 J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY 761 (2015) · Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology · 2015
• Evolving Christian Attitudes towards Personal and National Self-Defense Commentary: Gun Control Policy and the Second Amendment: Responses
  Connecticut Law Review · 2013
• Knives and the Second Amendment
  47 U. MICH. J. L. REFORM 167 (2013) · University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform · 2013
• Ancient Hebrew Militia Law
  90 DENV. L. REV. F. (2013) · Denver Law Review Forum · 2013
• The Great Gun Control War of the Twentieth Century—and its Lessons for Gun Laws Today
  39 FORDHAM URB. L.J. 1527 (2012) · Fordham Urban Law Journal · 2012
• The Arms Trade Treaty: Zimbabwe, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Prospects for Arms Embargoes on Human Rights Violators
  114 PENN ST. L. REV. 891 (2010) · Penn State Law Review (2003 - Present) · 2010
• The Arms Trade Treaty: Zimbabwe, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Prospects for Arms Embargoes on Human Rights Violators
  114 DICK. L. REV. 891 (2010) · Dickinson Law Review (1908-2003) · 2010
• State Court Standards of Review for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
  50 SANTA CLARA L. REV. 1113 (2010) · Santa Clara Law Review · 2010

• The Second Amendment in the Tenth Circuit: Three Decades of (Mostly) Harmless Error
  86 DENV. L. REV. 901 (2009) · Denver Law Review · 2009
• Pretend Gun-Free School Zones: A Deadly Legal Fiction
  Connecticut Law Review · 2009
• The Human Right of Self-Defense
  22 BYU J. PUB. L. 43 (2007) · Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law · 2007
• Self-Defense in Asian Religions
  2 LIBERTY U. L. REV. (2007) · Liberty University Law Review · 2007
• Is Resisting Genocide a Human Right
  81 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 1275 (2006) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2006
• THE FIRST AMENDMENT GUIDE TO THE SECOND AMENDMENT
  81 TENN. L. REV. (2005) · Tennessee Law Review · 2005
• The Torah and Self-Defense
  109 DICK. L. REV. 17 (2004) · Dickinson Law Review (1908-2003) · 2004
• The Torah and Self-Defense
  109 PENN ST. L. REV. 17 (2004) · Penn State Law Review (2003 - Present) · 2004
• The Evolving Police Power: Some Observations for a New Century
  27 UC L. CONST. Q. 511 (2000) · UC Law Constitutional Quarterly · 2000
• Treating Guns Like Consumer Products
  148 U. PENN. L. REV. 1213 (2000) · University of Pennsylvania Law Review · 2000

• The Supreme Court’s Thirty-Five Other Gun Cases: What the Supreme Court Has Said About the Second Amendment
  18 ST. LOUIS U. PUB. L. REV. (1999) · Saint Louis University Public Law Review · 1999
• The Sounds of the Supremes: A Reply to Professor Yassky
  18 ST. LOUIS U. PUB. L. REV. (1999) · Saint Louis University Public Law Review · 1999
• Tench Coxe and the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, 1787-1823
  7 WM. & MARY BILL RTS. J. 347 (1999) · William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal · 1999
• The Second Amendment in the Nineteenth Century
  1998 BYU L. REV. 1359 (1998) · BYU Law Review · 1998
• Can Soldiers Be Peace Officers? The Waco Disaster and the Militarization of American Law Enforcement
  30 AKRON L. REV. (1997) · Akron Law Review · 1997
• Communitarians, Neorepublicans, and Guns: Assessing the Case for Firearms Prohibition
  56 MD. L. REV. 438 (1997) · Maryland Law Review · 1997
• INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON GUN CONTROL
  15 N.Y.L. SCH. J. INT'L & COMP. L. (1995) · NYLS Journal of International and Comparative Law · 1995
• The Sullivan Principles: Protecting the Second Amendment from Civil Abuse
  19 SETON HALL J. LEGIS. & PUB. POL'Y (1995) · Seton Hall Journal of Legislation and Public Policy · 1995
• It Isn't About Duck Hunting: The British Origins of The Right to Arms
  93 MICH. L. REV. 1333 (1995) · Michigan Law Review · 1995