Episode 46. America's Rifle: The Case for the AR-15 by Stephen P. Halbrook
Alex Ooley is joined by Stephen Halbrook to discuss his book, America's Rifle: The Case for the AR-15.
Stephen P. Halbrook is a senior fellow at the Independent Institute. He taught legal and political philosophy at George Mason University, Howard University, and the Tuskegee Institute, and he received his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and his Ph.D. in social philosophy from Florida State University.
Winner of three cases before the United States Supreme Court (Printz v. United States, United States v. Thompson/Center Arms Company, and Castillo v. United States), he testified before the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution, House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Crime, Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, and House Committee on the District of Columbia.
Summary
In this episode of the Forge of Freedom podcast, host Alex Ooley interviews Stephen Halbrook about his book "America's Rifle: The Case for the AR-15." The conversation covers a variety of topics related to the Second Amendment and the AR-15, including the history and philosophy behind the right to keep and bear arms, the arbitrary classification of firearms as "assault weapons," gun misuse and the Supreme Court. Acceptance by the Court of the Rahimi case. Halbrook gives a comprehensive overview of the book and makes a compelling case for the AR-15 as America's rifle.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction and overview of the book
02:45 Inspiration to write the book
06:19 The term “assault weapon”
11:26 The philosophical foundations of the Second Amendment
3:21 p.m. Common weapons and the AR-15
11:19 p.m. Criminal use of firearms and the rights of law-abiding citizens
29:17 The Supreme Court and the Rahimi case
32:54 Closing remarks and elevator pitch for the book
Resources:
America's Rifle: The Case for the AR-15 by Stephen P. Halbrook
https://stephenhalbrook.com/books/americas-rifle/
The Volokh Conspiracy on Reason.com
https://reason.com/search/halbrook/
Amazon link to America's Rifle: the case of the AR-15
https://www.amazon.com/Americas-Rifle-Stephen-P-Halbrook/dp/1637586809?&_encodingUTF8&tagoggl-20&linkCcoder2&linkId658e5bfd94edefad7d161e007581a183&camp1789&creative9325
Independent Institute
https://www.independent.org/aboutus/person_detail.asp?id517
Stephen Halbrook – CV
https://stephenhalbrook.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Resume-Halbrook.pdf
Federalist Society
https://fedsoc.org/contributors/stephen-halbrook
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Halbrook
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