The Wisconsin Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy at the University of Wisconsin – Madison is presenting a day-long conference on the moral and legal status of gun ownership today.
GUNS IN AMERICA: Conflicting Points of View
Gun ownership by private citizens is one of the most hotly debated issues in America today. What should the legal status of gun ownership be? Should the laws be more restrictive than they are now? Should they be less restrictive? What are the consequences of having so many guns in private hands? For this conference we have brought together researchers representing contrasting points of view and four different academic disciplines for a thoughtful discussion of these important questions.
All sessions will be held in The Pyle Center. 702 Langdon Street Madison, WI, on Thursday November 1st, 2012.
The conference schedule is as follows:
Session I: Legal Issues (9:30-11:30)
Joseph E. Olson (Hamline University School of Law), “The dimensions of self-defense under the Second Amendment: not as Trivial as Some Believe”
Joseph Blocher (Duke University School of Law), “Second Amendment Localism”
Session II: Empirical Issues (12:30-2:30 pm)
Carlisle Moody (Department of Economics, College of William and Mary), “Whither the Right-to-Carry Debate?”
Stephen Hargarten (Medical College of Wisconsin), “Gun Violence: The Strengths and Limits of the Disease Model”
Session III: Philosophical Issues (3:00-5:00 pm)
Timothy Hall (Department of Philosophy, Oberlin College), “How There Can Be a Right to Bear Arms”
Jeff MacMahan (Department of Philosophy, Rutgers University), “Guns and Self-Defense”
For further information, please write to Deborah K. Hunt at dkhunt@charter.net
ok i left college early. but even I be a retard it is sooo obvious that self defense is a right. indeed what other right does one have?
and you might use that right with any means at your disposal.
I find it sad that shootings always happen in so called “gun free zones” it is clear that the criminals do not pay attention to the sign on the door.
I am also sad that the UW system as decided for me that I basically have no 2nd amendment rights simply because I live on campus. I am former military, have a concealed carry permit and housing at my campus is apartment style so it is really no different then if I lived off campus. Some how, the UW system still feels they have the right to remove my rights. I hope this topic comes up.