Constitutional Law

A Second Look at the Second Amendment

In an op-ed on the upcoming Supreme Court gun-control case, Larry Tribe writes that "a legislature's choice to limit the citizenry to rifles, shotguns and other weapons less likely to augment urban violence need not, and should not, be viewed as an unconstitutional abridgment of the right of the people to keep or bear arms."

ACS will host a panel discussion on District of Columbia v. Heller on March 13 in Washington, D.C., featuring Carl Bogus, Dave Kopel, John Payton, and moderator Dahlia Lithwick. (RSVP). Starting this Monday, ACSBlog will host an online discussion, led by Mark Tushnet and Adam Winkler, on the Second Amendment and Professor Tushnet's new book "Out of Range: Why the Constitution Can't End the Battle Over Guns."

Full post as published by ACS Blog on March 05, 2008 (boomark / email).