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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