Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America - Faculty Book Podcast

Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America? tells the story of the six-year courtroom battle that culminated in the Supreme Court’s 2008 ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller, invalidating a law banning handgun possession in Washington, DC. In the book, author Adam Winkler gives a historical overview of the battle between gun rights and gun control advocates, and brings to light what he argues are the often misunderstood legal and historical issues central to history of guns in America. -- Winkler, a Professor at the UCLA School of Law, is joined by Nelson Lund, the Patrick Henry Professor of Constitutional Law and the Second Amendment at George Mason University School of Law, to discuss the book.

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Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America - Faculty Book Podcast is an episode from Faculty Division Bookshelf by The Federalist Society.

This episode is 23:01 long.

This episode was published on Jul 31, 2012.

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