The Second Amendment and gun rights

We the People

National Constitution Center

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🗓️ 20 October 2016

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Joseph Blocher of Duke University and attorney Alan Gura discuss how Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump may enforce or undermine the right to bear arms. Get the latest constitutional news, and continue the conversation, on Facebook and Twitter. We want to know what you think of the podcast! Email us at [email protected]. Please subscribe to We the People and Live at America’s Town Hall on iTunes, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app. We the People is a member of Slate’s Panoply network. Check out the full roster at Panoply.fm. Despite our congressional charter, the National Constitution Center is a private nonprofit; we receive little government support, and we rely on the generosity of people around the country who are inspired by our nonpartisan mission of constitutional debate and education. Please consider becoming a member to support our work, including this podcast. Visit constitutioncenter.org to learn more. This show was engineered by Jason Gregory and produced by Nicandro Iannacci. Research was provided by Lana Ulrich. The host of We the People is Jeffrey Rosen. Special thanks to Tom Donnelly for hosting this week.

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0:00.0	I'm Tom Donnelly, Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies at the National
0:06.7	Constitution Center and welcome to We The People, a weekly show of
0:10.0	constitutional debate. Jeffrey Rosen is away this week.
0:13.4	The National Constitution Center is the only institution in America
0:16.3	chartered by Congress to disseminate information about the US
0:19.0	Constitution on a nonpartisan basis.
0:21.9	This week we continue our series on the candidates in the Constitution
0:25.0	in which the statements and proposals of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump
0:28.2	are compared to the text and history of the Constitution. Before we turn to the topic, a brief announcement.
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0:56.8	We turn now to the Second Amendment, which states,
1:00.1	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.
1:08.5	Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have taken positions on several proposals related to gun rights and regulation including a no-buy list
1:14.7	for terrorism suspects, background checks for buyers, and assault weapon bans.
1:19.6	There is also a great deal of interest in how the fundamental right to gun ownership will be protected
1:23.4	or threatened with the appointment of new justices to the Supreme Court.
1:27.1	Joining me to discuss the Second Amendment and the 2016 presidential election are two leading
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