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History of Guns & Gun Regulations Since Jamestown
In the news:
Kansas City shooting of a Black teenager who was at the wrong address. A New York woman in the wrong driveway shot dead. Alabama birthday party mass shooting. Nashville school mass shooting. Half Moon Bay mass shooting. Monterey Park Lunar New Year mass shooting. And many, many more. This episode is about America's guns, gun rights and gun regulations.
The History Behind News:
In this interview, my guest and I talk about the following topics:
- How to correctly read the 2nd Amendment.
- How 200 proposed amendments became 10 for our Bill of Rights.
- Why is the 2nd Amendment part of our Bill of Rights?
- The first Supreme Court case to give a personal right to bear arms.
- Starting in 1960, law articles began the discourse on the personal right to bear arms guaranteed by the 2nd Amendment.
- What is gun rights 2.0?
- Regulating guns began in 1619, with America's first English settlement in Jamestown.
- How NRA morphed from helping gun regulation laws to opposing any regulation.
About my guest:
Dr. Robert Spitzer is a professor at the Political Science Department of the State University of New York at Cortland, AKA SUNY Cortland. He has testified before Congress and participated in meetings at the White House, and his work has been cited by federal courts. He is the author of fifteen books, including several on gun control. His latest book, published just this year, is The Gun Dilemma, which we discussed.
The Interview:
You can listen to my full interview with Dr. Spitzer on Spotify. And you can watch part of the interview below:
Adel Aali
Host & Producer
History Behind New podcast
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