- Video: The Nuts and Bolts of Trying Firearms Cases
by Richard O. Ely II, AFPD, Southern District of Texas
Rafael Andrade, AFPD, District of Puerto Rico
- Defending Federal Firearms Cases
by John Paul Reichmuth, Assistant Federal Public Defender, N.D. CA; updated by Brent E. Newton, Assistant Federal Public Defender, S.D. TX
- Defending Against a Federal Firearms Prosecution
by Timothy J. Henry, Assistant Federal Public Defender, D. KS
- How to Handle Firearms Cases: Basic Firearms Information for Lawyers
by Richard Ely, Assistant Federal Public Defender, S.D. TX
(Providing basic information regarding firearms including ballistics, a glossary of terms, mechanical features, investigation, serialization, firearms handling in court, and statutory enhancements.)
- Video: Attacking Trace Evidence Such as Fingerprints, Toolmarks and Firearm Matches
by Jack Cunha, Cunha and Holcomb Attorneys at Law, Boston, MA
- Video: Firearm and Toolmark Identification
by Jack Cunha, Cunha and Holcomb Attorneys at Law, Boston, MA
- The Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)
by Lisa Call, Assistant Federal Defender, M.D. FL
- Video: Defending Against Armed Career Criminal & Career Offender Designations
by Raquel Lazo, Assistant Federal Public Defender, D. NV; Brenda Weksler, Assistant Federal Public Defender, D. NV
- "Annotated" USSG Sect. 2K2.1 & Commentary
by Brent E. Newton, Assistant Federal Public Defender, S.D. TX
- Is That Prior a Violent Felony or a Crime of Violence?: An Analytical Framework for Approaching ACCA (and Career Offender) Predicates
by Denise C. Barrett and Laura Mate, National Sentencing Resource Counsel Project
- Potential Uses of Begay & Chambers: Annotated Caselaw Outline
by Anne E. Blanchard & Sara E. Noonan, Sentencing Resource Counsel Project
(discussing caselaw for use in ACCA cases and career offender guideline cases)
- Begay and Beyond: Chipping Away at "Crimes of Violence"
by Timothy Crooks, Supervisory Assistant Federal Public Defender, S.D. TX; and Margaret Katze, Assistant Federal Public Defender, D. NM
- NACDL Restoration of Rights Project
This resource provides a collection of individual downloadable documents that profile the law and practice in each U.S. jurisdiction relating to relief from the collateral consequences of conviction. The 54 jurisdictional profiles include provisions on loss and restoration of civil rights and firearms privileges.
- Charts Prepared in Logan v. United States, 128 S.Ct. 475, 169 L.Ed.2d 432 (2007)
These charts show whether civil rights and firearms rights are lost or retained (by reason of a misdemeanor, felony, or misdemeanor punishable by more than two years) and how such rights are restored (whether automatically, by expungement, set aside, pardon, or a civil rights restoration procedure), in the 50 states and the District of Columbia.