California

 

Prof. Roger McGrath (California State University Northridge History Department)

        (818) 677-3566

        Expert on gun topics related to:  Criminology, history.

        Books on these topics:

  • Gunfighters, Highwaymen & Vigilantes: Violence on the Frontier (University of California Press 1984).

        Journal articles, book chapters, and magazine articles on these topics:

  • Violence and Lawlessness on the Western Frontier, in Violence in America: The History of Crime (Ted Robert Gurr ed., Sage Publications 1989).
  • Death Before Dishonor, Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture (an article on the use of guns in dueling in the old West).
  • Treat Them to a Good Dose of Lead, Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture (an article on crime control in the old West).
  • The Myth of Violent Frontier, Harper's Magazine.

        Works on other topics:

  • More than 30 articles, encyclopedia entries, and book reviews.

        Interviewed as an expert on the Old West, World War II, and the history of crime in the A & E and History Channel documentaries The Real West (25 episodes), Biography (6 episodes), and Tales of the Gun (3 episodes); and a dozen more documentaries on the Discovery Channel, TNT, and other networks, including Forgotten Wars, Crimes in Time, Outlaws, Outlaws and Lawmen, and The Story of the Gun.

        Other television and radio experience:  CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, and others.

        Other academic specialties:  The American West, the Irish in America, World War II.  

 
 

 

Prof. William Vizzard (California State University Sacramento, Department of Criminal Justice)

        (916) 278-5069, vizzard@csus.edu

        Expert on gun topics related to:  Criminology, law enforcement.

        Agent, supervisor, and manager for 27 years with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms; worked primarily on firearms and explosives laws.

        Books on these topics:

  • In the Crossfire: A Political History of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (Lynne Rienner 1997), the only scholarly history of the ATF.
  • Shots in the Dark: Politics, Policy and Symbolism of Gun Control (Rowan & Littlefield, forthcoming 2000).

        Journal articles and monographs on these topics:

  • Final Report: Justice-Treasury State and Local Law Enforcement Program (with George Bollinger).
  • Increased Automatic Weapons Use, The Police Chief (with Lyman Shaffer).
  • The Police Officer and Federal Firearms Laws, The Police Chief.
  • The Impact of Agenda Conflict on Policy Formulation and Implementation: The Case of Gun Control, Public Administration Review, reprinted in Guns in America: A Reader (Jan Dizard et al. eds., NYU Press, 1999).
  • Reassessing Bittner's Thesis: Understanding Coercion and the Police in Light of Waco and the Los Angeles Riots, Police Studies.
  • No More Wacos: A Book Review Essay, Police Quarterly.
  • Re-examining Firearms Investigations, FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin.
  • A Systematic Approach to Controlling Firearms Markets, Journal on Firearms and Public Policy, forthcoming.

        Television and radio experience:  National Public Radio and many local television and radio programs.

        Other academic specialties:  Criminal investigation, federal criminal justice policy and history, organizational theory, policing.  

 
 

 

Prof. Eugene Volokh (UCLA Law School)

        (310) 206-3926, volokh@law.ucla.edu (http://www.law.ucla.edu/faculty/volokh)

        Expert on gun topics related to:  Criminology, constitutional law, lawsuits against gun manufacturers.

        Former clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.

        Teaches one of the few U.S. law school classes on firearms regulation.

        Testified on the Second Amendment by invitation of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution, Sept. 25, 1998 (http://www.law.ucla.edu/faculty/volokh/beararms/testimon.htm).

        Journal articles on firearms-related topics:

        Works on other topics:

  • About 30 other law review articles on other topics.
  • About 30 op-eds on various topics in publications such as the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, The New Republic, and the Los Angeles Times.

        Television and radio experience:  Dozens of appearances on the Today Show, NBC Nightly News, NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, various CNN programs, various CSPAN programs, NPR All Things Considered, NPR Morning Edition, and NPR Marketplace, plus very many appearances on local programs.

        Other academic specialties:  Affirmative action, church-state relations, copyright, cyberspace law, race discrimination, religious freedom, sexual harassment.  

  
 

 

Colorado

 

Prof. David Kopel (New York University School of Law, adjunct)

        (303) 279-6536, david@i2i.org (http://i2i.org/davepage.htm)

        Expert on gun topics related to:  Criminology, constitutional law, lawsuits against gun manufacturers.

        Research Director, Independence Institute.

        Co-teaches one of the few U.S. law school classes on firearms regulation (http://www.i2i.org/gun.htm).

        Technical Consultant for the International Wound Ballistics Association.

        Testified on firearms-related questions four times at the invitation of Congressional subcommittees, and dozens of times at the invitation of various state legislatures.

        Books on firearms-related topics:

  • Supreme Court Gun Cases (Bloomfield Press 2003) (with Stephen Halbrook and Alan Korwin).
  • The Samurai, the Mountie, and the Cowboy: Should America Adopt the Gun Controls of Other Democracies? (Prometheus Books 1992), named 1992 Book of the Year by the American Society of Criminology Division of International Criminal Justice.
  • Gun Control and Gun Rights: A Coursebook (New York University Press, forthcoming 2001) (with Ron Noble).
  • Supreme Court Gun Cases (Bloomfield Press, forthcoming 2000) (with Alan Korwin).
  • No More Wacos: What's Wrong with Federal Law Enforcement, and How to Fix It (Prometheus Books 1997) (with Paul Blackman), winner of the 1997 Thomas S. Szasz Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Cause of Civil Liberties, presented by the Center for Independent Thought.
  • Editor and contributor, Guns: Who Should Have Them? (Prometheus Books 1995).

        Articles on firearms-related topics:

  • The Second Amendment in the Nineteenth Century, BYU Law Review.
  • All the Way Down the Slippery Slope: Gun Prohibition in England, and Some Lessons for America, Hamline Law Review (with Joseph Olson).
  • Tench Coxe and the Right to Keep and Bear Arms in the Early Republic, William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal (with Stephen Halbrook).
  • The Supreme Court's Thirty-five Other Second Amendment Cases, St. Louis University Public Law Review.
  • Clueless: How Anti-gun Activists Misuse BATF Tracing Data, Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University Law Review.
  • The Brady Bill Comes Due: The Supreme Court Saves Federalism, George Mason Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Law Journal.
  • Communitarians, Neorepublicans, and Guns: Assessing the Case for Firearms Prohibition, Maryland Law Review (with Chris Little).
  • Guns, Germs, and Science: Public Health Approaches to Gun Control, Journal of the Medical Association of Georgia.
  • The Ideology of Guns and Gun Control in the United States, Quarterly Journal of Ideology.
  • It Isn't about Duck Hunting: The British Origins of the Right to Arms, Michigan Law Review.
  • The Sullivan Principles: Protecting the Second Amendment from Abuse of Civil Law, Seton Hall Legislative Journal (with Richard Gardiner).
  • “Shall Issue”: The New Wave of Concealed Handgun Laws, Tennessee Law Review (with Clayton Cramer).
  • A Tale of Three Cities: The Right to Bear Arms in State Courts, Temple Law Review (with Clayton Cramer and Scott Hattrup).
  • Rational Basis Analysis of "Assault Weapon" Prohibition, Journal of Contemporary Law.
  • Japanese Gun Control, Asia-Pacific Law Review.
  • Peril or Protection? The Risks and Benefits of Handgun Prohibition, Saint Louis University Public Law Review.
  • "Sorry, Wrong Number": Why Media Polls on Gun Control are often Unreliable, Political Communication (with Gary Mauser).
  • Canadian Gun Control: Should America Look North for a Solution to its Firearms Problem?, Temple Journal of International and Comparative Law.

        Other works:

  • 14 book chapters on firearms regulation and other issues, 8 other law journal articles, 9 monographs, and many op-eds and magazine articles.

        Television and radio experience:  Nightline, McNeil-Lehrer News Hour, Crossfire, MSNBC News, History Channel, A & E Network, Diane Rehm Show, CBC, CBS Radio, hundreds of talk radio programs.

        Other academic specialties:  Computers and communication, criminal law enforcement, environmental law, sentencing.  


 

 

Florida

 

Prof. James Wright (Florida Central University, Department of Sociology and Anthropology)

        (407) 823-5083, jwright@mail.ucf.edu

        Expert on gun topics related to:  Criminology.

        Testified on firearms and public safety by invitation of the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, March 31, 1995.

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