Guns Everywhere: Individual Rights and Communal Harms after NYSRPA v. Bruen
GIFFORDS Law Center held its 2022 Second Amendment Symposium, Guns Everywhere: Individual Rights and Communal Harms after NYSRPA v. Bruen, in Los Angeles, CA, on October 20–21, 2022.
The event was hosted at the University of California-Los Angeles School of Law in collaboration with the UCLA Criminal Justice Law Review and the UCLA School of Law Criminal Justice Program.
For an overview of the event, see below, or check out the full symposium agenda.
AGENDA
- Panel 1 | Non-carceral Solutions to Gun Violence: A Focus on Community Violence Intervention
- Claudia Bracho, Peace Fellow, Urban Peace Institute
- Talib Hudson, Director of Research and Innovation, National Network for Safer Communities
- Michael Saavedra, Peacekeeping and Legal Lead, Dignity and Power Now
- Moderator: Paul Carrillo, Founder, Southern California Crossroads
- Keynote | Eddie Bocanegra, Senior Advisor, Community Violence Intervention, Department of Justice (DOJ)
- Panel 2 | The History of the Second Amendment: How We Got to Bruen—and Where We Go From Here
- Jake Charles, Professor, Pepperdine Caruso School of Law
- Saul Cornell, Professor, Guenther Chair in American History, Fordham University
- Danny Li, Attorney
- Eric Ruben, Assistant Professor, SMU Dedman School of Law
- Moderator: Esther Sanchez-Gomez, Litigation Director, GIFFORDS Law Center
- Panel 3 | Police Violence and Public Safety in a World of Concealed Carry
- Kiel Brennan-Marquez, Professor, UConn School of Law
- Guha Krishnamurthi, Associate Professor, University of Oklahoma College of Law
- Julia Diaz Martinez, Check the Sheriff Coalition
- Peter Salib, Assistant Professor, University of Houston Law Center
- Moderator: Alicia Virani, Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Director of the Criminal Justice Program, UCLA School of Law
- Panel 4 | Different Enforcement and Disparate Impacts of Gun Laws
- Melissa Barragan, Assistant Professor, Cal Poly Pomona
- Sarah Britto, Assistant Professor, Cal State Dominguez Hills
- David Olson, Professor, Loyola University Chicago
- Sharone Mitchell Jr., Head Public Defender, Cook County Public Defender
- Moderator: Ingrid Eagly, Professor, UCLA School of Law
- Panel 5 | Guns at Poll-Booths and Protests: The Chilling Effect on First Amendment Activities and Against Criminal Justice Reform
- Joseph Blocher, Professor, Duke Law School
- Matt Fogelson, Attorney/Author
- Kelly Sampson, Senior Counsel and Director of Racial Justice, Brady Campaign
- Reva Siegel, Professor, Yale Law School
- Moderator: Allison Anderman, Senior Counsel & Director of Local Policy, GIFFORDS Law Center
Browse our full library of publications from 2022’s Second Amendment Symposium, Guns Everywhere: Individual Rights and Communal Harms after NYSRPA v. Bruen, published in the UCLA Criminal Justice Law Review.
UCLA Criminal Justice Law Review Symposium Articles
| Title | Author | Issue Tags | Link | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quiet Riot: A Framework for Prosecuting the Open Carry of Firearms at Elections | Fogelson, Matthew A. | Guns & Democracy | Download PDF | Quiet Riot: A Framework for Prosecuting the Open Carry of Firearms At Elections, 7 UCLA CRIM. JUST. L. REV. 83 |
| So Far, So Good: Enforcing California’s Gun Violence Restraining Orders Before and After Bruen | Gee, Harvey | ERPO | Download PDF | So Far, So Good: Enforcing California’s Gun Violence Restraining Orders Before and After Bruen, 7 UCLA CRIM. JUST. L. REV. 155 |
| The Supreme Court’s Second and Fifteenth Amendment Hypocrisy Could Shoot Down Voting Rights . . . and People | Kelly Sampson | 2A Guns & Democracy | Download PDF | The Supreme Court’s Second And Fifteenth Amendment Hypocrisy Could Shoot Down Voting Rights . . . And People, 7 UCLA CRIM. JUST. L. REV. 183 |
| Guns Everywhere: Individual Rights and Communal Harms After NYSRPA v. Bruen | Editors, Voices from the CJLR 2022 Symposium | 2A | Download PDF | Guns Everywhere: Individual Rights And Communal Harms After NYSRPA V. Bruen, 7 UCLA CRIM. JUST. L. REV. 249 |
GIFFORDS LAW CENTER SYMPOSIUMS
2024 Buffalo, NY
Paths Forward from the Age of Gun Violence: Industry Accountability and the Modern Second Amendment
Hosted at University of Buffalo School of Law.
2023 MINNEAPOLIS, MN
Aiming for Answers: Balancing Rights, Safety, and Justice in a Post-Bruen America
Hosted at University of Minnesota Law School.
2023 chicago, il
Litigating the Second Amendment: Gun Safety Advocacy in the Wake of Heller and Bruen
Hosted at University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign College of Law.
2022 los angeles, ca
“Guns Everywhere: Individual Rights and Communal Harms after NYSRPA v. Bruen“
Hosted at University of California-Los Angeles School of Law.
2021 davis, ca
“The Second Amendment at the Supreme Court: ‘700 Years of History’ and the Modern Effects of Guns in Public“
Hosted at University of California-Davis School of Law.
2019 san francisco, ca
“Heller at 10: A Symposium on the Last and Next Decade of the Modern Second Amendment“
Hosted at University of California-Hastings School of Law.
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