Booktv now to be joined by author Nadine Strossen kim. Well talk about her book hate why we should resist it with free speech, not censorship in a minute, but Nadine Strossen. Tell us about your. Oh, peter, im delighted to be here. My career has basically been as a civil, libertarian and human rights crusader. In addition to being a constitutional law professor, which is how i have earned my living. But as a volunteer, i was the National President , the American Civil Liberties union, the aclu for 18 years. Many people are surprised to learn that is a volunteer position because it is very demanding in terms of time. In fairness, the aclu uses the title president for the chair of the board. We do have a paid full time ceo, the executive director. But in my educational capacity, i about rights, including freedom of speech, and in my advocacy capacity, i advocate for a very broad interpretation and enforcement of those rights, including free speech. Where do you teach common law . At new
Im here today with the authors Cameron Mcwhirter and Zusha Elinson sin to discuss their new on the air 15 rifle, the seemingly ubiquitous weapon that is at the center of the debate over guns in the united so weapon associate ended with Mass Shootings but much beloved by many law abiding gun owners and gun rights advocates, the ar 15 was once banned in the states, but now is not only legal but is the bestselling rifle in america. Cameron let me start you and im if you can just provide some basic sort of biographical information about this weapon. What does what does a ar 15 stand for . What the term semiautomatic mean . And what are some of the other distinctive aspects of this weapon . Well, thats that is a ar 15 is a term that everyone about. But both sides of the gun debate dont really seem to understand. R stands for armalite and. It was the 15th. Armalite was the Small Company that invented this rifle and it was the 15th. It weapon that they had invented. The 15th device that they
Is at the center of the debate over guns in the united so weapon associate ended with Mass Shootings but much beloved by many law abiding gun owners and gun rights advocates, the ar 15 was once banned in the states, but now is not only legal but is the bestselling rifle in america. Cameron let me start you and im if you can just provide some basic sort of biographical information about this weapon. What does what does a ar 15 stand for . What the term semiautomatic mean . And what are some of the other distinctive aspects of this weapon . Well, thats that is a ar 15 is a term that everyone about. But both sides of the gun debate dont really seem to understand. R stands for armalite and. It was the 15th. Armalite was the Small Company that invented this rifle and it was the 15th. It weapon that they had invented. The 15th device that they had invented. There is some debate as to whether it stood for armalite, the company, or armalite research. Thats thats thats been discussed. But it di
Well, were pleased here on booktv now to be joined by author Nadine Strossen kim. Well talk about her book hate why we should resist it with free speech, not censorship in a minute, but Nadine Strossen. Tell us about your. Oh, peter, im delighted to be here. My career has basically been as a civil, libertarian and human rights crusader. In addition to being a constitutional law professor, which is how i have earned my living. But as a volunteer, i was the National President , the American Civil Liberties union, the aclu for 18 years. Many people are surprised to learn that is a volunteer position because it is very demanding in terms of time. In fairness, the aclu uses the title president for the chair of the board. We do have a paid full time ceo, the executive director. But in my educational capacity, i about rights, including freedom of speech, and in my advocacy capacity, i advocate for a very broad interpretation and enforcement of those rights, including free speech. Where do you
Minute, but Nadine Strossen. Tell us about your. Oh, peter, im delighted to be here. My career has basically been as a civil, libertarian and human rights crusader. In addition to being a constitutional law professor, which is how i have earned my living. But as a volunteer, i was the National President , the American Civil Liberties union, the aclu for 18 years. Many people are surprised to learn that is a volunteer position because it is very demanding in terms of time. In fairness, the aclu uses the title president for the chair of the board. We do have a paid full time ceo, the executive director. But in my educational capacity, i about rights, including freedom of speech, and in my advocacy capacity, i advocate for a very broad interpretation and enforcement of those rights, including free speech. Where do you teach common law . At new York Law School in the heart of manhattan and still full time teaching. I took emeritus status several years ago. Peter, i love teaching. Thank goo