Why aren’t background checks universal? What is the “gun show loophole?” Is Pennsylvania’s Castle Doctrine working as intended? Are more people dying from guns than at any time in history? What do we know about who commits crime with firearms? What do we know about who commits murder? Where does murder happen? In this session, we will use a data driven approach to understanding why Pennsylvania and federal firearms laws are configured in the way they are.

This CLE course is designed to help both the practitioner trying to understand the “why” behind Pennsylvania’s firearms laws as well as assisting attorneys interested in firearms public policy to understand the current state of play in firearms regulation.