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The Second Amendment: Guns, Gun Rights & The American Debate
Few provisions of the Constitution generate more passionate debate than the Second Amendment. What does it actually protect? How has its meaning evolved since it was ratified? And how should Americans understand the fraught arguments over individual rights, public safety, and constitutional interpretation?
Join us for a conversation with Mike McIntire, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and author of Ricochet: Guns, Greed and The American Way of Violence for a probing examination of the Second Amendment and America’s deeply contested relationship with guns.
The Second Amendment is only 27 words long, but its meaning has become the subject of an enormous legal, political, and cultural debate. The conversation will explore the history and interpretation of the amendment, the forces that have shaped America’s gun culture, and the ways in which the Supreme Court’s recent decisions have influenced the national conversation.
McIntire brings decades of experience investigating the intersection of politics, public policy, and power. In Ricochet, he examines the complex forces surrounding America’s gun debate and the consequences of a political system in which the Second Amendment has become one of the country’s most divisive constitutional issues.
Join us for an engaging conversation about the Second Amendment, its place in the Constitution, and what it means in America today.
This virtual webinar will be hosted via Zoom. Registered participants will receive an invitation with a link prior to the program. Please register by clicking the link below:
https://marktwainlibrary.org/events/conversations-the-constitution-and-our-rights-part-ii-virtual/
Hosted in partnership with the Mark Twain Library.