The Constitutional Right To Bear Arms Has Outlived Its Usefulness
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'A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.' '2nd Amendment
Recent mass shooting tragedies have renewed the national debate over the 2nd Amendment. Gun ownership and homicide rates are higher in the U.S. than in any other developed nation, but gun violence has decreased over the last two decades even as gun ownership may be increasing. Over 200 years have passed since James Madison introduced the Bill of Rights, the country has changed, and so have its guns. Is the right to bear arms now at odds with the common good, or is it as necessary today as it was in 1789?
Rick Francona
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- Retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel
Heather Mac Donald
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- Thomas W. Smith Fellow, Manhattan Institute & Author, The War on Cops
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- Partner in the Washington office of Baker & Hostetler LLP, a Visiting Fellow at the Nixon Center, and a Contributing Editor of the National Review and National Interest
Jack Cloonan
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- 25-year Veteran of the FBI and President of Clayton Consultants
John Hutson
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- Retired Rear Admiral, Resident and Dean of Franklin Pierce Law Center
Darius Rejali
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- Professor of Political science and chair of the political science department at Reed College, in Portland, Oregon
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