The ‘Nice Girl’ Who Saved the Second Amendment

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The ‘Nice Girl’ Who Saved the Second Amendment

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https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine ... amendment/
Excellent read.
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“Everybody seemed to leap upon it, looking for a political benefit, rather than allowing for a cooling-off period.” As a historian, Malcolm prefers to take the long view. As a leading scholar of the Second Amendment, however, she is also expected to have snap opinions on gun rights, and in fact she often has engaged in the news-driven debates about violence and firearms. “Something deep inside of me says that people never should be victims,” she says. “And they never should be put in the position of being disarmed by their government.”
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That IS a good read! Thankyou for posting!
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Thanks for sharing.
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Nice... Thanks!.... Crossposted elsewhere.. :patriot:
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Excellent read. I'm happy to see that she understands why the 2nd amendment is in the constitution and how it is still very relevant today. It's amazing how many people out there don't.
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Good stuff.

I ordered her book. As soon as I read it I'll review it for youse guys.
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anygunanywhere wrote:Good stuff.

I ordered her book. As soon as I read it I'll review it for youse guys.
I was thinking about seeing if her To Keep and Bear Arms and Guns and Violence: The English Experience were both available on my Kindle.
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RoyGBiv wrote:Nice... Thanks!.... Crossposted elsewhere.. :patriot:
I did too.

Great article!!!
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C-dub wrote:
anygunanywhere wrote:Good stuff.

I ordered her book. As soon as I read it I'll review it for youse guys.
I was thinking about seeing if her To Keep and Bear Arms and Guns and Violence: The English Experience were both available on my Kindle.
To Keep and Bear Arms isn't available on Kindle. I looked.
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Great post. I ordered the book as well. I can't understand why I didn't hear about her on CNN. I must have had the sound turned down.
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Thanks for this post. I will be looking to read more of her research.

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anygunanywhere wrote:
C-dub wrote:
anygunanywhere wrote:Good stuff.

I ordered her book. As soon as I read it I'll review it for youse guys.
I was thinking about seeing if her To Keep and Bear Arms and Guns and Violence: The English Experience were both available on my Kindle.
To Keep and Bear Arms isn't available on Kindle. I looked.
Bummer :grumble
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Here's an interview with her on PBS.

https://youtu.be/TyXcY7NJHFg
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She said that currently the militia is the National Guard. Wrong!! She needs to do more research and get her facts straight on exactly who the militia is.
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anygunanywhere wrote:She said that currently the militia is the National Guard. Wrong!! She needs to do more research and get her facts straight on exactly who the militia is.
If Scalia quoted her 3 times in the Heller decision... I'm gonna give her some slack.
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