Stephen P. Halbrook is a Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute. He has taught legal and political philosophy at George Mason University, Howard University, and Tuskegee Institute, and he received his J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center and Ph.D. in social philosophy from Florida State University.
The winner of three cases before the U.S. Supreme Court (Printz v. United States, United States v. Thompson/Center Arms Company, and Castillo v. United States), he has testified before the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution, Subcommittee on Crime of the House Judiciary Committee, Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, and House Committee on the District of Columbia.
A contributor to numerous scholarly volumes, he is the author of the books, Gun Control in Nazi-Occupied France: Tyranny and Resistance; Gun Control in the Third Reich: Disarming the Jews and “Enemies of the State”; The Founders’ Second Amendment: Origins of the Right to Bear Arms; That Every Man Be Armed: Evolution of a Constitutional Right; A Right to Bear Arms; Firearms Law Deskbook: Federal and State Criminal Practice; Securing Civil Rights: Freedmen, the Fourteenth Amendment, and the Right to Bear Arms; State and Federal Bills of Rights and Constitutional Guarantees; and Target Switzerland: Swiss Armed Neutrality in World War II. Dr. Halbrook’s scholarly articles have appeared in such journals as the Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law, Drug Law Report, George Mason University Law Review, Journal of Air Law and Commerce, Journal of Law and Policy, Law & Contemporary Problems, National Law Journal, Northern Kentucky Law Review, St. John’s Journal of Legal Commentary; Seton Hall Constitutional Law Journal, Tennessee Law Review, University of Dayton Law Review, Valparaiso University Law Review, Vermont Law Review, and William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal.
Dr. Halbrook's popular articles have appeared in such publications as the Wall Street Journal, Newsday, San Francisco Chronicle, National Review, Investor’s Business Daily, Kansas City Star, Washington Examiner, Shreveport Times, Sacramento Bee, Providence Journal, Tampa Tribune, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, History News Network, San Antonio Express-News, The Daily Caller, Detroit News, Honolulu Star Advertiser, Birmingham News, Environmental Forum, USA Today, and Washington Times. He has also appeared on numerous national TV/radio programs on CNN, Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, Court TV, NewsMax TV, CBN, Voice of America, and C-SPAN.
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Feddie Night Fights: NYSRPA v. Bruen: What Rights Does the Second Amendment Guarantee Outside the Home?
Saint Louis Student Chapter
Online EventShall Not Be Infringed: A Second Amendment Debate
Arizona State Student Chapter
Sandra Day O'Connor College Of Law - Arizona State University111 E. Taylor St.
Phoenix, AZ 85004
"Assault Weapon" Ban, or Assault on the Second Amendment?
Rutgers-Camden Student Chapter
Rutgers Law School217 N 5th St
Camden, NJ 08102
Concealed Carry & the Court: Previewing N.Y. State Rifle v. Bruen
Texas Student Chapter
ZoomUniversity of Texas School of Law
Austin, TX 78705
The Right to Bear Arms – What Will the Supremes Say?
Yale Student Chapter
Yale Law School127 Wall St
New Haven, CT 06511
Feddie Night Fights: NYSRPA v. Bruen: What Rights Does the Second Amendment Guarantee Outside the Home?
Saint Louis Student Chapter
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Banning America's Rifle: An Assault on the Second Amendment?
Federalist Society Review, Volume 22
The AR-15 rifle has aptly been called “America’s Rifle.” It is the most popular rifle...
New Gun Rights Decision: State of Vermont v. Misch
On February 19, the Vermont Supreme Court upheld a state ban on common firearm magazines...
The Right to Bear Arms
Civil Rights Practice Group Teleforum
Does the Second Amendment “right of the people” to “bear arms” protect an individual right...
To Bear Arms for Self-Defense: A “Right of the People” or a Privilege of the Few? Part 2
Federalist Society Review, Volume 21
Note from the Editor: The Federalist Society takes no positions on particular legal and public...