The Right To Bear Arms Is A Freedom Too Far

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🗓️ 10 December 2015

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Filmed at the Sadler's Wells Lilian Baylis Studio on 27th March 2013. Arguing in favour of the motion was journalist, novelist and broadcaster Will Self. Arguing against the motion was author and Mail on Sunday columnist Peter Hitchens. Joining us via Google+ Hangouts were celebrated sociologist and Professor of International Affairs at The George Washington University, Amitai Etzioni and Attorney at Law and Research Fellow at the Independent Institute, Stephen Halbrook. The debate was chaired by Editor-in-chief of The Week magazine and co-founder of Intelligence Squared, Jeremy O'Grady. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Thank you for downloading this Intelligence Squared podcast.
0:03.3	For more information on our debates, talks and discussions,
0:06.5	visit intelligence squared.com and sign up to the newsletter. Good evening to you all here in London. How nice to see you all around the world watching in online.
0:23.8	I'm Jeremy O'Grady from Intelligence Squared.
0:25.9	Welcome to the fourth event in our new series of Google Plus
0:29.3	versus debates organized by Intelligence Squared. Tonight we're debating the big one, guns. Our motion,
0:37.0	the right to bear arms is a freedom too far and it couldn't be more timely considering that very motion or a
0:44.7	version of it is tearing the United States Congress apart at the moment and it's a
0:48.8	motion that very much describes a very big difference between the United States and the United Kingdom on two sides of the
0:55.6	pond.
0:56.6	Right, to debate these issues tonight.
0:58.2	We've invited four esteemed speakers, two of them here in the hall, here Sadler's Wells in London. We have
1:06.3	Will Self, the well-known writer and the equally well-known writer and journalist
1:10.7	Peter Hitchins and online from America. and
1:13.0	online from America we've got Stephen Hullbrook
1:17.0	US attorney who's often spoken up and defended the NRA
1:22.0	and the very well known professor Amitai Etsioni.
1:27.5	Now and they are going to be challenging our two speakers here from the Google Plus hangout.
1:35.8	Wherever you are, be it in London or online, you'll get a chance to put your questions to the
1:41.3	speakers and have your chance to vote.
1:43.2	For those of you watching online, we have Hannah Black on the hangout,
1:47.4	who will be monitoring your comments and questions,
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