Short Circuit 174 | The Right to “Bear” Arms

Second Amendment scholar David Kopel sits down with us to set the stage for a big issue we’ll hear a lot about over the next year: What “keep and bear arms” means outside of the home. Whether it’s conceal carry or open carry, does the Constitution protect that right, and if so, how? There’s a case at the Supreme Court from the Second Circuit challenging New York’s conceal carry law, and another case waiting in the wings from the Ninth Circuit. We get into some history, some legal tactics, and some judicial speculation—although only of a healthy kind.

Transcript: https://ij.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Short-Circuit-174_otter.ai-FINAL.pdf

New York State Rifle & Pistol Assoc. v. Corlett (cert petition), https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/20/20-843/164031/20201217110211298_2020-12-17%20NRA-Corlett%20Cert%20Petition%20FINAL.pdf

Young v. Hawaii, https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2021/03/24/12-17808.pdf

Errors of Omission, https://www.illinoislawreview.org/online/errors-of-omission/

David Kopel, https://davekopel.org/

Anthony Sanders, https://ij.org/staff/asanders/

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