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Megan Walsh

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Visiting Assistant Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Gun Violence Prevention Law Clinic, University of Minnesota Law School. Mom. Duke fan. Trying to do a little writing but all my cases get in the way.

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Megan Walsh @meganwalshgvp.bsky.social · Aug 29

My commentary on the constitutionality of assault weapons bans in the Star Tribune. www.startribune.com/minneapolis-...

Opinion | An assault weapons ban is Minnesota’s constitutional and necessary next step

"The cost of allowing weapons of war on our streets is our children’s bodies, and our Constitution does not burden us with paying that price," Megan Walsh writes.

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Megan Walsh @meganwalshgvp.bsky.social · 5d

Judge Tunheim ruled the state’s case against Fleet Farm can move to trial. The GVP Clinic has been supporting the AG on this case since its inception and we look forward to preparing for trial. www.fox9.com/news/fleet-f...

Fleet Farm gun lawsuit moves forward after judge denies company’s efforts to dismiss

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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 9d

Everyone read my man @jacobdcharles.bsky.social

Lawrence Solum @lsolum.bsky.social · 12d

Charles on Equity, CASA, and History and Tradition, buff.ly/BvqSHQ1 - Jacob D. Charles (Pepperdine University - Rick J. Caruso School of Law) has posted Equity’s Bruen Moment: Trump v. CASA and Lessons for the Future of History & Tradition (77 Fla. L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2025)) on SSRN.

Charles on Equity, CASA, and History and Tradition

acob D. Charles (Pepperdine University - Rick J. Caruso School of Law) has posted Equity’s Bruen Moment: Trump v. CASA and Lessons for the Future of History & Tradition (77 Fla. L. Rev. __…

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Megan Walsh @meganwalshgvp.bsky.social · 9d

www.startribune.com/red-flag-gun...

A state law has prevented school and workplace shootings, but enforcement is inconsistent

Public records show that the state’s red flag gun law has helped law enforcement confiscate guns from people with violent plans. Some counties, though, have rarely or never used it raising worry about...

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Megan Walsh @meganwalshgvp.bsky.social · 9d

“these things were very controversial at the onset, but I think Minnesota did a pretty good job on this statute,” said Kandiyohi County Sheriff Eric Tollefson ...
“Everyone’s fear was that family members and estranged spouses would run rampant and take people’s guns away, but that’s not happening.”

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Megan Walsh @meganwalshgvp.bsky.social · 11d

The Women’s Law Student Association organized such a great 5k this morning! Happy to join my students and our very tall Dean. All proceeds went to Standpoint, a wonderful org that supports survivors of domestic violence, an issue always in my ♥️

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Megan Walsh @meganwalshgvp.bsky.social · 13d

Jillian and James‘s writing is always evidence based and cuts to the heart of the issue. “What makes a difference is reducing access to the weapons that turn suicidal intent into mass casualties and building systems to intervene earlier.”
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To prevent mass shootings, focus on the evidence - MinnPost

The conversation around mass shootings often collapses into “it’s the guns” versus “it’s the people.” The reality is more complicated.

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Megan Walsh @meganwalshgvp.bsky.social · 22d

I tell my students they need to fit in self-care time because our work is a marathon. OrangeTheory is my self care and I improved my 12 minute benchmark this week. I still have many bad runs because it’s running and I’m me but it’s still nice to see progress.

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Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com · 27d

Months after surviving an assassination attempt, the Hoffman family issued a strong statement condemning the horrific political violence against Charlie Kirk and urging all leaders not to accept this as our reality.

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Megan Walsh @meganwalshgvp.bsky.social · 27d

Minnesota is still mourning Fletcher and Harper. And praying for Lydia and kids who laid their bodies on other kids
to protect them from bullets two weeks ago. And crying because friends Melissa and Mark Hortman are gone. There is nothing I can say about yesterday other than what Ruth said.

Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 28d

For the past six years I have led a state gun violence prevention organization. My response to today’s gun violence can be summed up as follows:

I want everyone to be safe from gun violence.

And I want everyone to want that for everyone else.

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Megan Walsh @meganwalshgvp.bsky.social · Sep 4

Hey look, here is a proposed gun regulation I think is unconstitutional and morally wrong.

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · Sep 4

This move by the Trump administration is an overtly discriminatory civil rights violation. Trans people have the same legal rights as other Americans — end of story. There are lots of good reasons to keep certain people from owning guns. Being trans isn't one of them. https://cnn.it/4niJnxG

Trump DOJ is looking at ways to ban transgender Americans from owning guns, sources say | CNN Politics

Senior Justice Department officials are weighing proposals to limit transgender people’s right to possess firearms, according to two officials familiar with the internal discussions.

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Megan Walsh @meganwalshgvp.bsky.social · Sep 4

James and Jillian's work is excellent and I use their swiss cheese model to teach my students about GVP. They note the "crisis demands layered solutions", necessarily including "sensible gun policies that reduce the firepower available to those intent on harm." www.startribune.com/mental-healt...

Counterpoint | Mass shootings demand layered solutions, and that includes sensible gun laws

"Crisis demands layered solutions: stronger mental health systems, trained communities, smarter media coverage, safer schools — and sensible gun policies," Violence Prevention Project Research Center ...

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MPR News @mprnews.org · Sep 3

Today on Minnesota Now: Megan Walsh, the director of the Gun Violence Prevention Clinic at the University of Minnesota Law School, joins host Nina Moini after Twin Cities-area mayors gathered Tuesday at the Capitol to call for more authority to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.

Minnesota law professor on the debate over assault weapon bans

A group of Twin Cities-area mayors gathered at the Capitol Tuesday to call for more authority to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines if the Legislature refuses to do it at the state level....

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Megan Walsh @meganwalshgvp.bsky.social · Sep 3

"Unless your argument begins and ends with one goal — fewer dead children — you’ve missed the only point that matters."
www.startribune.com/annunciation...

Annunciation parent: This violence is not normal

"The stories, the tears, the sound bites — they fade. And then it happens again. Like it always does," Sam Hasler writes.

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Megan Walsh @meganwalshgvp.bsky.social · Sep 3

Today’s 10th Circuit opinion also uses test of whether a weapon is in common use for self-defense as the benchmark to determine if a weapon gets any Second Amendment protection, the connection I discuss in my commentary last week. www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/f...

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Jake Charles @jacobdcharles.bsky.social · Sep 2

About a year ago, I wrote this op-ed in @newrepublic.com about a pretty wild district court decision holding that the federal machine gun ban violates the Second Amendment.

Today, the Tenth Circuit correctly reversed: www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/f....

newrepublic.com/article/1853...

The Right’s Dystopian Vision for America: Machine Guns For All

A recent lower court ruling asserting a constitutional right to own military hardware suggests that the conservative legal movement has the country on a grim path.

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Megan Walsh @meganwalshgvp.bsky.social · Aug 29

My commentary on the constitutionality of assault weapons bans in the Star Tribune. www.startribune.com/minneapolis-...

Opinion | An assault weapons ban is Minnesota’s constitutional and necessary next step

"The cost of allowing weapons of war on our streets is our children’s bodies, and our Constitution does not burden us with paying that price," Megan Walsh writes.

www.startribune.com

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Megan Walsh @meganwalshgvp.bsky.social · Aug 28

Even though I do this work every day, turns out it is a lot harder to speak articulately about gun violence after a school shooting two miles from my house that took place while I was dropping my daughter off for her first day of kindergarten. Devastating day. Tomorrow back to work.

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LibsMpls @libsmpls.bsky.social · Aug 27

School shootings feel different when it’s in your own neighborhood. It’s okay to not be okay, fellow Minneapolis residents.

Community vigil tonight at 8:00pm in Lynnhurst Park.

Moms Demand Action @momsdemand.bsky.social · Aug 27

UPDATE: At least two children, ages 8 and 10, were shot and killed and at least 17 more people, including 14 children, were wounded during a back-to-school mass at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis.

Schools & churches should be sanctuaries of safety for children, not where they go to die.

Moms Demand Action @momsdemand.bsky.social · Aug 27

BREAKING: A gunman opened fire at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, while preschool classes were in session during the first week of school. Early reports indicate multiple victims, including children.

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Megan Walsh @meganwalshgvp.bsky.social · Aug 22

We won another felon-in-possession case this week too, and I haven’t even had time to post about it.

Megan Walsh @meganwalshgvp.bsky.social · Aug 22

Big decision in the MN AG suit against Glock yesterday, in which Judge Sande denied Glock’s motion to dismiss in full. The Clinic looks forward to digging into discovery as the case proceeds. www.fox9.com/news/glock-l...

Glock lawsuit in Minnesota survives efforts to dismiss

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Megan Walsh @meganwalshgvp.bsky.social · Aug 20

Well this how I think and talk about background checks. They function as a way to enforce other laws. Your Salerno stuff demonstrates the problems with their analysis on the waiting period. Also your sordid sources article of course. The 10th should read your work! 😊

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Jake Charles @jacobdcharles.bsky.social · Aug 20

NEW: 10th Cir declares that New Mexico’s 7 day waiting period for gun purchases violates the Second Amendment.

Evidence shows such laws have a marked effect on firearm suicides, saving untold lives, but no matter — Bruen means history is all that counts.

www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/f...

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Megan Walsh @meganwalshgvp.bsky.social · Aug 16

Not bad for my first one-mile test since high school 🏃🏻‍♀️

Megan Walsh @meganwalshgvp.bsky.social · Aug 16

Aidan Vogelson ('25) did a tremendous job leading the briefing. It was also the product of a long project by Meghan Zula ('25), Anthony Benz ('25) and Jaxon Alston ('26) analyzing the law on what arms the 2A protects. We are thankful for great collaboration with Mille Lacs County Attorney's Office.

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