How the Supreme Court's defense of expansive gun rights was 'invented' from false history

by Jennifer Tucker, Wesleyan University In the opening scene of “The Last Duel," the new film set in 14th-century France, a herald announces the rules for conduct at a tournament to the death. He declares that no members of the public – whatever their social background – are allowed to bring we...

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