March 26, 2009 6:00 PM - 100 attended
The Struggle Continues: Gun Rights - CATO vs. Brady Center. Don't miss it!
The Struggle Continues:
Gun Rights
Thursday, March 26 - @ 6pm
The Gleacher Center
450 N. Cityfront Plaza
In Partnership with the Cato Institute and
the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence
Free Admission
Reservations required. Click here to RSVP.
For more information, call [masked]
Washington D.C.’s gun laws have been in the news again lately, with language repealing many of D.C.’s current gun laws included in the bill to give residents voting rights. Previously, the Supreme Court’s decision in the infamous Heller case overturned the city’s handgun ban, while still leaving open “reasonable restrictions” on guns. With that decision, many believe that Chicago will be the next city to have its laws held up to Supreme Court scrutiny. What will this mean for Chicago? What, if any, are the reasonable limits on gun ownership? The debate over gun control is one that cannot be answered easily, and emotions run high on both sides. In our new program series, The Struggle Continues, we’ll take a look at current issues in civil rights and liberties. Join us for the first in this compelling series as we look at different sides of the gun rights issue.
Featured Speakers:
Dennis Henigan: Dennis A. Henigan is the Vice President for Law and Policy at the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence and Founder of its Legal Action Project. He is the author of Lethal Logic: Exploding the Myths that Paralyze American Gun Policy (Potomac Books 2009).
Robert A. Levy: Robert A. Levy is chairman of the Cato Institute's board of directors, and was co-counsel to Mr. Heller in his D.C. gun case. His new book, co-authored with William Mellor, is The Dirty Dozen: How Twelve Supreme Court Cases Radically Expanded Government and Eroded Freedom.
Start the discussion now! Visit our Struggle Continues discussion blog at http://strugglecontin...
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Michael B
This was a fantastic debate! Bob Levy (Cato) gave an apologetic Dennis Henigan (Brady Campaign to Curtain Person Defense) a lesson in history and numbers. Of course Henigan chose to pursue that which he repeatedly accused Levy when he used unsupported "facts" and numbers. Gretchen Helfrich did a GREAT job moderating! She is a pro.
Posted March 27, 2009 at 8:21 AM
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Alan IliffThis was a very good event. (I was also invited by the Cato Institute.) I'm not sure what the "how many people..." question is about. There were about 200 people at the debate, according to the Freedom Museum staff that I talked with. I saw a total of 6 Libertarians I know there, including me and my wife, but there may have been more I did not see.
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With over 20,000 gun laws on the books, it is crystal clear that gun laws do not prevent crime. Bearing arms is a basic human right. Come watch this debate and do whatever you can to participate in the effort to have our right to bear arms recognized in Chicago and in Illinois.