{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Checkpoints and Preemption: a Panel Discussion on Gun Rights","description":"As gun violence escalates around the country, we spoke with two authors, Ms. Rachel Simon and Professor Geoffrey Corn, about their forthcoming publications in our Special Gun Rights Issue. Both authors offered insightful and novel takes on the issue of gun rights and regulation. Ms. Simon\u2019s Article examines how aggressive state-level preemption legislation restricts communities\u2019 ability to craft gun policy that meets their particular needs. Professor Corn\u2019s Article addresses the problem of illegal firearm possession and proposes the use of Illegal Firearm Checkpoints (IFCPs), via the \u201cspecial needs\u201d exception to the Fourth Amendment. Tune in to the latest episode of Pod Curiam to learn how preemption and IFCPs might operate in tandem to curb gun violence in the U.S. ","author_name":"Pod Curiam","author_url":"http:\/\/www.cardozolawreview.com","html":"