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Podcast: Joyce Lee Malcolm and the Second Amendment

Ben and Joel are joined by Joyce Lee Malcolm to discuss  McDonald v. Chicago , a Second Amendment case before the Supreme Court, and the history of the right to bear arms. Malcolm is a professor of law at George Mason University School of Law. She is a historian and constitutional scholar. She is the author of seven books including  To Keep and Bear Arms: The Origins of an Anglo-American Right  and  Guns and Violence: The English Experience .  Her work on the Second Amendment and the right to be armed has been widely cited in court opinions and legal literature including the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark 2008 opinion,  District of Columbia v. Heller This coming week -- on May 5 -- she'll appear in Philadelphia at the National Constitution Center  for a discussion about "RETHINKING THE SECOND AMENDMENT: THE CHICAGO GUN CASE AND THE FUTURE OF GUN RIGHTS." The event is 6:30 p.m. Wednesday and is free, but reservations required. Check  constitutioncenter.org  for details. CL