Dave Kopel RSS feed http://davekopel.org http://davekopel.org Dave Kopel's RSS feed. Dave is Research Director of the Independence Institute in Colorado, and writes on the Second Amendment, the media, and civil liberty issues. Copyright 2024. David B. Kopel en-us Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT Audioblog RSS Feeder 1.20 15 Law, Politics, Second Amendment, Elections Dave Kopel RSS feed http://davekopel.org http://www.davekopel.com/images/davekopelsmall.jpg Updates about Dave's newest articles and blog posts. The Centuries Long History of Multi-Shot Firearms. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj21rLSHti0 Video for U. Wyo. Firearms Research Center. 59 minutes. Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:13:00 GMT Amicus brief, Supreme Court, Viramontes v. Cook County, Illinois. https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25-238/423023/20260904105631201_25-238_%2025-566%20-%20NRA%20-%20Amicus%20Brief.pdf Modern semiautomatic firearms are the product of five centuries of incremental advances in repeating- arm technology. The notion that traditional knife regulations just banning most the most popular rifle in the nation "is, in nineteenth-century parlance, fiddle-faddle, flapdoodle, and bunkum." Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:09:00 GMT The Gun That Won the Revolution. https://reason.com/2026/06/28/the-gun-that-won-the-revolution/ The American Long Rifle was accurate at long distances, unlike British smoothbores. Reason magazine, America 250 issue. Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:09:00 GMT The Doodle Desk with David Kopel. PBS12. https://youtu.be/cmdjG2FLuvY?si=VYaV1hpaYJFeKHSW Kyle Dyer sits down with constitutional law expert David Kopel to discuss his career, Colorado politics, his family’s public affairs legacy and his decades on Colorado Inside Out. Kopel shares what drives his research, how his views have evolved and why he values informed debate, all while they draw each other’s portraits. 31 mins. Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:16:00 GMT The Story of the Colorado Inside Out (CIO) Time Machine https://youtu.be/vCje8Jk1q_U?si=11byautXU0eMif19 A look back that the Emmy-winning historical reenactments examining Colorado history through the lens of the long-running political discussion program Colorado Inside Out (CIO). Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:12:00 GMT Fiddlers, Drunkards, Marijuana, and the Second Amendment. https://reason.com/volokh/2026/06/19/fiddlers-drunkards-marijuana-and-the-second-amendment/ The Supreme Court's unanimous decision in Hemani. Reason/Volokh Conspiracy. Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:13:00 GMT Amicus brief in Wolford v. Lopez. Hawaii's "vampire rule" that bans licensed firearms carriers from entering public premises is contrary to the American legal tradition. Persons with carry permits are far more law-abiding than the general population. https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24/24-1046/385523/20251124110017851_24-1046%20-%20NRA%20-%20Amicus%20Brief.pdf U.S. S.Ct. merits case. Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:13:00 GMT