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David B. Kopel
Associate Policy Analyst
David Kopel, associate policy analyst, is research director at the Independence Institute and adjunct professor of Advanced Constitutional Law at Denver University, Sturm College of Law. He is the author of No More Wacos: What's Wrong with Federal Law Enforcement, and How to Fix It, Antitrust After Microsoft, The Samurai, the Mountie, and the Cowboy: Should America Adopt the Gun Controls of Other Democracies?, and nine other books. He is an expert on firearms policy, juvenile crime, drug policy, antitrust, constitutional law, criminal sentencing, and environmental law.
Media Contact: 202-789-5200
To Book a Speaking Engagement: 202-789-5226
Books and Book Chapters
"Restoring the Right to Bear Arms," Chapter 31 of the Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th edition.
After Prohibition: An Adult Approach to Drug Policies in the 21st Century, contributor (2000).
"The Expanding Federal Police Power," Chapter 17 of the Cato Handbook for Congress: 105th Congress (1999).
"Terrorism," Chapter 21 of the Cato Handbook for Congress: 105th Congress (1999).
Cato Studies
"Prison Blues: How America's Foolish Sentencing Policies Endanger Public Safety," Policy Analysis no. 208, May 17, 1994.
"Trust the People: The Case against Gun Control," Policy Analysis no. 109, July 11, 1988.
Opinion and Commentary
"Gun Rights and the Constitution: Was Heller Insignificant?," The New Ledger, March 26, 2009
"Free Plaxico Burress," The Wall Street Journal, December 4, 2008
"What Next for D.C.'s Gun Laws," by Robert A. Levy and David Kopel, The Wall Street Journal, August 8, 2008
"Heller's Kitchen," New York Sun, June 30, 2008
"Ready to Shoot," by Ed Nowicki and David Kopel, Baltimore Sun, February 27, 2008
Speeches and Testimony
"Confirmation Hearings for the Appointment of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court of the United States of America," July 16, 2009.
"Assessing the Threat of Terrorism," September 10, 1996.
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