Meg Mott
After twenty years of teaching political theory and constitutional law to Marlboro College undergraduates, Meg Mott has taken her love of argument to the general public.
The right of the people to keep and bear arms has become one of the more contentious rights in American politics. On the one side are people who have legitimate fears that the government wants to take away their guns. On the other side are people who have legitimate fears that armed militias will threaten the peace. How can we address both of these concerns?
This presentation considers the political theory behind the Second Amendment and how two recent Supreme Court decisions overturned federal and state gun laws. If the Court cannot resolve this issue to everyone’s satisfaction, how might pro-gun and anti-gun forces peaceably coexist? The goal of the talk is to take seriously an opposing point of view even if you can’t endorse it.
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