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 2012. David B. Kopel en-us Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:31:00 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. 'Mr. Colorado Legislature' inspired awe http://www.chieftain.com/opinion/ideas/mr-colorado-legislature-inspired-awe/article_c10d0542-494a-11e1-b492-0019bb2963f4.html Jerry Kopel tribute by Tom McEvoy, Pueblo Chieftain Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:31:00 GMT Former Colorado lawmaker Gerald Kopel remembered for love of state http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_19796585 Denver Post's obituary of my dad. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:08:00 GMT Obamacare in Wonderland http://ssrn.com/abstract=1988167 Dave Kopel and Gary Lawson explain why the individual mandate is unconstitutional, depending on what the meaning of "unconstitutional" is. Forthcoming in Am.J. of Law and Med. Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:48:00 GMT How Does The Independence Institute Make A Real Difference For Gun Rights? http://youtu.be/tGwcZxBT5jk Another segment from GunLawShow.com Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:41:00 GMT The McDonald Case, How Can We Learn From It? http://youtu.be/QCmJBTi013o Kopel segment on GunLawShow.com  Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:40:00 GMT Laws about gun ownership in early America http://volokh.com/2011/12/09/laws-about-gun-ownership-in-early-america/ Short tritique of a NYU law review's wildly inaccurate claims. Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:37:00 GMT Mercedes-Benz: The car for people who admire mass-murdering racist totalitarian thugs http://volokh.com/2012/01/11/mercedes-benz-the-car-for-people-who-admire-mass-murdering-racist-totalitarian-thugs/ Company touts Che, having formerly been extremely pro-Hitler Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:36:00 GMT Independence Institute amicus brief on Obamacare Medicaid mandate http://davekopel.org/Briefs/Medicaid-mandate.pdf Filed in S.Ct. on Jan. 17 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:35:00 GMT Obama gets what he wants: Power to imprison Americans forever without trial http://current.com/shows/the-young-turks/videos/cenk-we-were-supposed-to-get-change-not-defense-authorization-act-stripping-civil-liberties Young Turks show on Current TV. Kopel briefly mentioned at 2:10. Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:49:00 GMT Colorado Inside Out postgame http://video.cpt12.org/video/2169538273 Cheating by state legislative redistricting comm'n. Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:38:00 GMT Colorado Inside Out. Dec. 02, 2011 http://video.cpt12.org/video/2173803136 Arrest of former Arapahoe County sheriff Pat Sullivan, State Legis. map controversy, the cost of Occupy Denver, and the 2nd Amendment. Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:35:00 GMT Laws about gun ownership in early America http://volokh.com/2011/12/09/laws-about-gun-ownership-in-early-america/#comments Rebuts errors in NYU L. Rev. article claiming that poor whites were not allowed to own guns.   Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:02:00 GMT