Nowadays there's not much that enflames passions more than a conversation about gun safety, the NRA, and the "right to bear arms." In this episode, Constitutional law professor Eugene Volokh goes toe-to-toe with Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Ed Larson and host Bill Curtis as they argue what the framers meant when they crafted the second amendment on this encore edition of Politics: Meet Me in the Middle.

Episode Timestamps:

2:10 2nd Amendment Lesson
4:06 Deeper Dive into the 2nd Amendment
5:39 What is the militia?
6:25 Individual Rights
7:40 The right to bear arms

8:07 break 1

8:32 The Changing View of the 2nd Amendment
10:05 Types of Arms Allowed
13:00 Cars as Weapons vs Guns and background checks

16:10 break 2

16:54 The NRA Influence and reasonable purpose
18:20 Defining Assault weapons
21:20 Protecting rights strategy
22:36 Do we need protection from our government
24:00 Is it really a 2nd Amendment issue?
27:32 Closing Remarks

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