Megan Walsh
@meganwalshgvp.bsky.social
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.
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
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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My commentary on the constitutionality of assault weapons bans in the Star Tribune. www.startribune.com/minneapolis-...
I’m looking forward to joining my friends George Mocsary, Director of the Firearms Research Center at Univ. of Wyoming Law, and Executive Director Ashley Hlebinsky for a cozy fireside chat to discuss historical analogues and Bruen at FRC’s fall conference. firearmsresearchcenter.org/forum/2025-f...
2025 Fall Conference: Sparking the Revolution: Flintlocks, Gunpowder, and Policy in America’s War for Independence - University of Wyoming
This fall, the Firearms Research Center will host its annual conference, Sparking the Revolution: Flintlocks, Gunpowder, and Policy in America’s War...
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November 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I’m looking forward to joining my friends George Mocsary, Director of the Firearms Research Center at Univ. of Wyoming Law, and Executive Director Ashley Hlebinsky for a cozy fireside chat to discuss historical analogues and Bruen at FRC’s fall conference. firearmsresearchcenter.org/forum/2025-f...
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Powerful story out today from @oklahomawatch.bsky.social that localizes the Gun Violence Data Hub's reporting on the alarming rates of gun suicide among older Americans
oklahomawatch.org/2025/11/07/i...
oklahomawatch.org/2025/11/07/i...
Isolation, Illness and Guns: Why More Older Oklahomans Are Dying by Suicide - Oklahoma Watch
More older Americans are dying by gun suicide. The rate is particularly high in Oklahoma, and especially in rural counties.
oklahomawatch.org
November 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Powerful story out today from @oklahomawatch.bsky.social that localizes the Gun Violence Data Hub's reporting on the alarming rates of gun suicide among older Americans
oklahomawatch.org/2025/11/07/i...
oklahomawatch.org/2025/11/07/i...
Nominations are still open for the inaugural AALS Firearms Section Emerging Scholar Award. Deadline is November 12! firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/10/nomi...
Nominations Open: AALS Firearms Section Emerging Scholar Award | Duke Center for Firearms Law
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November 7, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Nominations are still open for the inaugural AALS Firearms Section Emerging Scholar Award. Deadline is November 12! firearmslaw.duke.edu/2025/10/nomi...
I mean, can confirm there are many intelligent, feisty, beautiful single women at Democratic canvassing events ☺️💙
The solution to the male loneliness epidemic is attending a local Democratic Party canvassing event.
WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I mean, can confirm there are many intelligent, feisty, beautiful single women at Democratic canvassing events ☺️💙
Great day for many reasons, including getting this in the mail! With @jacobdcharles.bsky.social.
November 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Great day for many reasons, including getting this in the mail! With @jacobdcharles.bsky.social.
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Two years after the deadliest mass shooting in state history, Maine residents voted Tuesday to make it easier for family members to petition a court to restrict a potentially dangerous person’s access to guns. https://to.pbs.org/3XbGfbL
Maine voters approve red flag gun law after mass shooting that killed 18
Two years after the deadliest mass shooting in state history, Maine residents voted Tuesday to make it easier for family members to petition a court to restrict a potentially dangerous person’s access...
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November 5, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Two years after the deadliest mass shooting in state history, Maine residents voted Tuesday to make it easier for family members to petition a court to restrict a potentially dangerous person’s access to guns. https://to.pbs.org/3XbGfbL
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And by adopting a new red flag law, Mainers took a meaningful step to prevent gun violence. This measure will give families, courts, and law enforcement the tools they need to intervene when someone poses a serious risk to themselves or others—while preserving the rights of responsible gun owners.
November 5, 2025 at 3:07 AM
And by adopting a new red flag law, Mainers took a meaningful step to prevent gun violence. This measure will give families, courts, and law enforcement the tools they need to intervene when someone poses a serious risk to themselves or others—while preserving the rights of responsible gun owners.
Today, I got to doorknock with my favorites for Susie Kaufman for SLP School Board. Vote is Tuesday!
November 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Today, I got to doorknock with my favorites for Susie Kaufman for SLP School Board. Vote is Tuesday!
I was glad to have an opportunity yesterday to discuss Minnesota’s implementation of its extreme risk protection order process at the National Alliance on Mental Illness’s state conference yesterday, and its role in keeping Minnesotans safe during periods of crisis.
November 2, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I was glad to have an opportunity yesterday to discuss Minnesota’s implementation of its extreme risk protection order process at the National Alliance on Mental Illness’s state conference yesterday, and its role in keeping Minnesotans safe during periods of crisis.
One of our state treasures passed today. Rest in all your ribbons, Marjorie Johnson. I, too, really, really want to win a ribbon, but she is so much more charming when she says it. www.startribune.com/at-104-minne...
At 104, Minnesota’s most famous baker is getting ready for another State Fair
Marjorie Johnson isn't ready to stop baking — or competing: "I really, really want to win a ribbon."
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October 31, 2025 at 2:37 AM
One of our state treasures passed today. Rest in all your ribbons, Marjorie Johnson. I, too, really, really want to win a ribbon, but she is so much more charming when she says it. www.startribune.com/at-104-minne...
Cert grant on g(3) will be interesting because the Court will have to tell us how the government can determine if someone is dangerous enough to disarm them. Second 2A grant of the term. We will see if they have appetite for any more.
October 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Cert grant on g(3) will be interesting because the Court will have to tell us how the government can determine if someone is dangerous enough to disarm them. Second 2A grant of the term. We will see if they have appetite for any more.
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Cert granted in United States v. Hemani, a Second Amendment challenge to the federal prohibition on unlawful drug users possessing firearms.
It's the 2nd Second Amendment case the Supreme Court has taken up this term.
www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
It's the 2nd Second Amendment case the Supreme Court has taken up this term.
www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
October 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Cert granted in United States v. Hemani, a Second Amendment challenge to the federal prohibition on unlawful drug users possessing firearms.
It's the 2nd Second Amendment case the Supreme Court has taken up this term.
www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
It's the 2nd Second Amendment case the Supreme Court has taken up this term.
www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
I'm proud to be an Executive Committee member of the AALS Section on Firearms Law and part of a committee that created our first Section Award. Please consider nominating an emerging scholar in firearms law for our inaugural award.
October 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I'm proud to be an Executive Committee member of the AALS Section on Firearms Law and part of a committee that created our first Section Award. Please consider nominating an emerging scholar in firearms law for our inaugural award.
I'm happy to be heading to OKC to present at the Midwest Clinical Conference with my colleague JaneAnne Murray about representing and working with survivors. (And also to see the Indigo Girls.)
October 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I'm happy to be heading to OKC to present at the Midwest Clinical Conference with my colleague JaneAnne Murray about representing and working with survivors. (And also to see the Indigo Girls.)
Proud of my former students Will Roberts, Arielle Hugel, and Callan Showers, who were instrumental to the State’s successful summary judgment briefing. The case against Fleet Farm will be the GVP Clinic’s first trial. law.umn.edu/news/2025-10...
Minnesota Law’s Gun Violence Prevention Clinic Succeeds in Federal District Court in Fleet Farm Case | University of Minnesota Law School
The Gun Violence Prevention Clinic, led by Professor Megan Walsh, collaborated with the Minnesota Attorney General's Office in State of Minnesota v. Fleet Farm LLC et al, earning a significant victory...
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October 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Proud of my former students Will Roberts, Arielle Hugel, and Callan Showers, who were instrumental to the State’s successful summary judgment briefing. The case against Fleet Farm will be the GVP Clinic’s first trial. law.umn.edu/news/2025-10...
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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October 3, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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...
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Everyone read my man @jacobdcharles.bsky.social
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. __…
buff.ly
September 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Everyone read my man @jacobdcharles.bsky.social
“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.”
“Everyone’s fear was that family members and estranged spouses would run rampant and take people’s guns away, but that’s not happening.”
September 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
“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.”
“Everyone’s fear was that family members and estranged spouses would run rampant and take people’s guns away, but that’s not happening.”
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 ♥️
September 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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 ♥️
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.”
www.minnpost.com/community-vo...
www.minnpost.com/community-vo...
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.
www.minnpost.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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.”
www.minnpost.com/community-vo...
www.minnpost.com/community-vo...
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.
September 17, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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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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.
September 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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.
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.
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.
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.
I want everyone to be safe from gun violence.
And I want everyone to want that for everyone else.
September 11, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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.
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.
Hey look, here is a proposed gun regulation I think is unconstitutional and morally wrong.
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.
cnn.it
September 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Hey look, here is a proposed gun regulation I think is unconstitutional and morally wrong.
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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September 4, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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...