Aiming for Answers: Balancing Rights, Safety, and Justice in a Post-Bruen America
GIFFORDS Law Center held one of its 2023 Second Amendment Symposiums, Aiming for Answers: Balancing Rights, Safety, and Justice in a Post-Bruen America, in Minneapolis, MN, on October 27, 2023.
The event was hosted at University of Minnesota Law School in collaboration with the Minnesota Law Review.
For an overview of the event, see below, or check out the full symposium agenda.
AGENDA
- Panel 1 | Race and the Disparate Impact of Gun Law Enforcement, Historically and Today
- Daniel Scott Harawa, Associate Professor of Clinical Law, NYU School of Law
- Jennifer Behrens, Associate Director for Administration & Scholarship, Duke University School of Law
- Brennan Gardner Rivas, Historian & Researcher
- Keith Ellison, Attorney General of the State of Minnesota
- Moderator: Esther Sanchez-Gomez, Litigation Director, GIFFORDS Law Center
- Panel 2 | Bruen, A Year in Review
- Eric Ruben, Associate Professor of Law, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law
- Shira Feldman, Director of Constitutional Litigation, Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence
- Saul Cornell, Paul and Diane Guenther Chair in American History, Fordham University
- Brannon Denning, Starnes Professor of Law, Samford University Cumberland School of Law
- Moderator: Janet Carter, Senior Director at Everytown for Gun Safety
- Keynote | Stories of Resiliency and Community in the Wake of the Tops Shooting
- John Elmore, Attorney
- Kristen Elmore-Garcia, Attorney
- Jennifer Tucker, Director of Center for the Study of Guns and Society at Wesleyan University
- LaVonne Ansari, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, Community Health Center of Buffalo, Inc.
- Moderator: Leigh Rome, Senior Litigation Attorney & Pro Bono Manager, GIFFORDS Law Center
- Panel 3 | Gun Violence, Domestic Violence, & Rahimi
- Kelly Roskam, Director of Law and Policy, Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions
- Alicia Nichols, Director of Innovation, Battered Women’s Justice Project
- Julia F. Weber, Consultant, GIFFORDS Law Center
- Megan Walsh, Visiting Assistant Clinical Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law School
- Moderator: Natalie Nanasi, Director of the Judge Elmo B. Hunter Legal Center for Victims of Crimes Against Women & Associate Professor of Law, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law
- Breakout Rooms
- Room 1: Civil Justice and the Second Amendment: Keeping Firearms Manufacturers Accountable for their Unlawful Conduct
- Presenter: Heidi Li Feldman, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
- Room 2: Firearms and the Homeowner: Defending the Castle, the Curtilage, and Beyond
- Featured Speaker: Cynthia Lee, Edward F. Howrey Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School
- Room 1: Civil Justice and the Second Amendment: Keeping Firearms Manufacturers Accountable for their Unlawful Conduct
- Panel 4 | Non-Carceral Solutions to Gun Violence
- Jake Charles, Associate Professor of Law, Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law
- Christopher Lau, Assistant Clinical Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School
- Michael Ulrich, Assistant Professor of Health Law, Ethics & Human Rights, Boston University School of Law
- Kelly Sampson, Senior Counsel & Director of Racial Justice, Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence
- Moderator: William Clark, Senior Litigation Attorney and Second Amendment Issues Manager, GIFFORDS Law Center
Browse our full library of publications from 2023’s Second Amendment Symposium, Aiming for Answers: Balancing Rights, Safety, and Justice in a Post-Bruen America, published in the Minnesota Law Review.
Minnesota Law Review Symposium Articles
| Title | Author | Issue Tags | Link | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aiming for Answers: Balancing Rights, Safety, and Justice in a Post-Bruen America | Nowlan, Chad | 2A | Download PDF | Aiming for Answers: Balancing Rights, Safety, and Justice in a Post-Bruen America, 108 Minn. L. Rev. 2797 |
| Firearms Carceralism | Charles, Jacob D. | Policing/Prosecution | Download PDF | Firearms Carceralism, 108 Minn. L. Rev. 2811 |
| Firearms and the Homeowner: Defending the Castle, the Curtilage, and Beyond | Lee, Cynthia | Sensitive Places | Download PDF | Firearms and the Homeowner: Defending the Castle, the Curtilage, and Beyond, 108 Minn. L. Rev. 2889 |
| Age Restrictions and the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, 1791–1868 | Walsh, Megan & Cornell, Saul | Minimum Age Laws | Download PDF | Age Restrictions and the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, 1791-1868, 108 Minn. L. Rev. 3049 |
| Scientific Context, Suicide Prevention, and the Second Amendment after Bruen | Ruben, Eric | ERPO | Download PDF | Trouble’s Bruen: The Lower Courts Respond, 108 Minn. L. Rev. 3187 |
| The Second Amendment’s Racial Justice Complexities | Harawa, Daniel S. | 2A Policing/Prosecution | Download PDF | The Second Amendment’s Racial Justice Complexities, 108 Minn. L. Rev. 3225 |
| A Great American Gun Myth: Race and the Naming of the “Saturday Night Special” | Behrens, Jennifer L. & Blocher, Joseph | 2A History | Download PDF | A Great American Gun Myth: Race and the Naming of the “Saturday Night Special”, 108 Minn. L. Rev. Headnotes 293 |
| Refining the Dangerousness Standard in Felon Disarmament | McWilliam, Jamie G. | Firearm Prohibitions | Download PDF | Refining the Dangerousness Standard in Felon Disarmament, 108 Minn. L. Rev. Headnotes 315 |
| “Proven” Safety Regulations: Massachusetts 1805 Proving Law As Historical Analogue for Modern Gun Safety Laws | Clark, Billy | 2A History | Download PDF | “Proven” Safety Regulations: Massachusetts 1805 Proving Law As Historical Analogue for Modern Gun Safety Laws, 108 Minn. L. Rev. Headnotes 327 |
| Curbing Gun Violence Under PLCAA and Bruen: State Attorney General–Driven Solutions to the Surging Epidemic | Lamb, David | Bruen PLCAA/Industry Accountability | Download PDF | Curbing Gun Violence Under PLCAA and Bruen: State Attorney General-Driven Solutions to the Surging Epidemic, 108 Minn. L. Rev. Headnotes 351 |
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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