Voter suppression, things happening around the country and all these different state white initiatives to limitss access. But today were going to be talking about her new book, the second, which is as you may guess about the Second Amendment, race and guns and fatally an equal america. Lots to talk about and will dive right into. Professor anderson i i welcome o virtually. Thanks so much ratting me, jeff. Whats interesting when first saw this scope that you come here, i think a lot of times we think aboutk the second amendmt in very contemporary terms about arguments we may be having about National Rifle association or even School Violence or those contemporary problems, but this book takes us in the way back machine, centuries into the past, and talks about the seeds that were planted that lead led there. Maybe we can begin with where you start this narrative and how you kind of saw the art of the story beginning. Look, what launched this book action was the killing of Philando Castil
Should be talking about now with all the Voter Suppression and all the statewide initiatives to limit access but today were going to be talking about professor andersons new book the second which is about the Second Amendment and were going to dive right into it. Welcome and thank you for joining us. Thank you for having me, jeff. Whats interesting when i first saw this book about the scope that you cover here. I think a lot of times we think about the Second Amendment in very contemporary terms arguments we may be having all the National Rifle association were School Violence or those contemporary problems. But this book takes us in the way back machine centuries into the this was the killing of Philando Castille because here you had a black man that was pulled over by police and he said officer, i have a licensed weapon. He kills Philando Castille so hes gone down simply because he has a license. Was anything that was careless but the guy. The hand or a website that struck me the vir
Impact of the Second Amendment. Host carol anderson, it is july 3, 2022. What is the july 4, 17 76 celebration mean to you . Prof. Anderson it means that we are so precariously pert as this democracy that we are heralding on july 4, 1776. We are in a perilous time, to me, as perilous as it was when the Continental Army looked like they were getting their butts kicked, as perilous as it looked when the south attacked fort sumter and launched the civil war. We are in perilous times where our democracy is hanging by a thread. Host why do you say that . Prof. Anderson weve got what i call a land, sea, and air attack happening on american democracy. The land attack is the assault on Voting Rights. The sea attack is the attack to wash away the teaching of real American History. And the air attack is the loosening of gun laws while having a narrative that the insurrection was legitimate political discourse. And well seeing that there was all of this violence and threats raining down on electi
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