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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
"Granting Certiorari to an ACA Challenge," Scotusblog.com, August 2, 2011
"The Libyan Intervention Is Not Wholly Legal," Daily Caller, April 18, 2011
"Health Insurance Is Not "Commerce"," by David Kopel and Rob Natelson, National Law Journal, March 28, 2011
"Why Obamacare Mandate Penalty Can't Be a Tax," Orange County Register, March 6, 2011
"Gun Rights and the Constitution: Was Heller Insignificant?," The New Ledger, March 26, 2009
Speeches and Testimony
"Regarding S. 436," Congressional Testimony, November 15, 2011.
"Confirmation Hearings for the Appointment of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court of the United States of America," with Stephen P. Halbrook, written testimony prepared for the United States Senates Committee on the Judiciary, July 1, 2010.
"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.
Multimedia
State Reciprocity and the Second Amendment (September 19, 2011) [Daily Podcast, 09:03]
Incorporating the Second Amendment (June 22, 2010) [Daily Podcast, 09:38]
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