The Second Amendment at the Supreme Court: “700 Years of History” and the Modern Effects of Guns in Public
GIFFORDS Law Center held its 2021 Second Amendment Symposium, The Second Amendment at the Supreme Court: “700 Years of History” and the Modern Effects of Guns in Public, in Davis, CA, on October 1, 2021.
The event was hosted at University of California Davis School of Law in collaboration with the UC Davis Law Review.
For an overview of the event, see below, or check out the full symposium agenda.
AGENDA
- Welcome Remarks | Dean Kevin Johnson
- Panel 1 | A Turning Point for Public Carry Historical Scholarship? Substantive and Methodological Responses to Young
- Saul Cornell, Fordham University
- Brennan G. Rivas, Southern Methodist University
- Mark Frassetto, Everytown Law
- Moderator: Carlton F. W. Larson, UC Davis
- Panel 2 | Race and Firearm Regionalism from the Founding Era to the Modern Second Amendment
- Darrell A.H. Miller, Duke Law School
- Pratheepan Gulasekaram, Santa Clara Law School
- Ann Tweedy, University of South Dakota
- Sally Hadden, Western Michigan University
- Moderator: Lisa Ikemoto, UC Davis
- Keynote Speaker | California Attorney General Rob Bonta
- Panel 3 | Conversation on Gun Violence Research and Litigation
- John Donohue, Stanford
- Jesenia Pizarro-Terrill, ASU
- Moderator: Kelly Drane, GIFFORDS
- Panel 4 | Consequences of Using a Firearm in Public: Self-Defense Doctrine and Second Amendment Law
- Cynthia Lee, George Washington University School of Law
- Kami Chavis, Wake Forest Law School
- Joseph Blocher, Duke Law School
- Eric Ruben, Southern Methodist University
- Moderator: Lisa Tu, GIFFORDS Law Center
Browse our full library of publications from 2021’s Second Amendment Symposium, The Second Amendment at the Supreme Court: “700 Years of History” and the Modern Effects of Guns in Public, published in the UC Davis Law Review.
UC Davis Law Review Symposium Articles
| Title | Author | Issue Tags | Link | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common Use, Lineage, and Lethality | Miller, Darrell A. H. & Tucker, Jennifer | 2A | Download PDF | Common Use, Lineage, and Lethality, 55 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 2495 |
| The Myth of Open Carry | Frassetto, Mark A. | 2A Public Carry History | Download PDF | The Myth of Open Carry, 55 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 2515 |
| The Long Arc of Arms Regulation in Public: From Surety to Permitting, 1328–1928 | Cornell, Saul | 2A Public Carry History | Download PDF | The Long Arc of Arms Regulation in Public: From Surety to Permitting, 1328-1928, 55 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 2545 |
| Enforcement of Public Carry Restrictions: Texas as a Case Study | Gardner Rivas, Brennan | Public Carry | Download PDF | Enforcement of Public Carry Restrictions: Texas as a Case Study, 55 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 2603 |
| Tribes, Firearm Regulation, and the Public Square | Tweedy, Ann E. | 2A Public Carry Other Issues | Download PDF | Tribes, Firearm Regulation, and the Public Square, 55 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 2625 |
| The Right to Regulate Arms in the Era of the Fourteenth Amendment: The Emergence of Good Cause Permit Schemes in Post-Civil War America | Cornell, Saul | 2A History Licensing/Registration | Download PDF | The Right to Regulate Arms in the Era of the Fourteenth Amendment: The Emergence of Good Cause Permit Schemes in Post-Civil War America, 55 U.C. Davis L. Rev. Online 65 |
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