{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"163 The History of the Second Amendment and What It Really Says About Gun Control","description":"This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, I speak with historian Saul Cornell, author of \u201cA Well-Regulated Militia: The Founding Fathers and the Origins of Gun Control in America.\u201d The recent mass shootings in Dayton, OH and El Paso, TX have reignited the national debate over gun control, so this seemed like a good time to do an episode on the history of the Second Amendment. Because plunging into this history makes clear that there is a great deal of mythology around what the Founders had in mind when they wrote the Second Amendment. Exposing this mythology as something at odds with the historical record reveals that the Second Amendment does not prohibit gun control.   In the course of our discussion, Saul Cornell explains: The two main myths about the Second Amendment that gun rights advocates invoke, namely: 1) that the amendment was intended to allow the citizenry to rise up and overthrow the federal government by force of arms if they deemed it tyrannical and 2) that it established an individual\u2019s right to possess and bear arms. Why the framers of the Constitution were chiefly concerned about the need for strong state militias and not an individual\u2019s right to arms.    How gun control in the late-18th and early 19th century was both extensive and intrusive. How this regulation was justified in the name of an ideal the Founders subscribed to: the right of citizens to live in a peaceful society.   How the Second Amendment underwent a radical reinterpretation in the 1970s, one that emphasized a libertarian claim to a near absolute right of an individual to possess and bear arms.   And, finally, an assessment of the current state of the gun control movement. Recommended reading:  Saul Cornell, A Well-Regulated Militia: The Founding Fathers and the Origins of Gun Control in America (Oxford U. Press) Saul Cornell, Whose Right to Bear Arms Did the Second Amendment Protect? Saul Cornell, \u201cThe Second Amendment Case for Gun Control,\u201d The New Republic, August 4, 2019 Saul Cornell, \u201cGun Anarchy and the Unfree State: The real history of the Second Amendment,\u201d The Baffler, October 3, 2017. Jeffrey Toobin, \u201cPolitics Changed the Reading of the Second Amendment\u2014and Can Change It Again\u201d The New Yorker, August 5, 2019 More info about Saul Cornell - website    Follow In The Past Lane on Twitter  @InThePastLane Instagram  @InThePastLane Facebook: InThePastLanePodcast YouTube: InThePastLane   Music for This Episode Jay Graham, ITPL Intro (JayGMusic.com) Kevin McCleod, \u201cImpact Moderato\u201d (Free Music Archive) Andy Cohen, \u201cTrophy Endorphins\u201d (Free Music Archive) Hyson, \u201cSignals\u201d (Free Music Archive) Jon Luc Hefferman, \u201cWinter Trek\u201d (Free Music Archive) The Bell, \u201cI Am History\u201d (Free Music Archive) Production Credits Executive Producer: Lulu Spencer Technical Advisors: Holly Hunt and Jesse Anderson Podcasting Consultant: Dave Jackson of the School of Podcasting Podcast Editing: Wildstyle Media Photographer: John Buckingham Graphic Designer: Maggie Cellucci Website by: ERI Design Legal services: Tippecanoe and Tyler Too Social Media management: The Pony Express Risk Assessment: Little Big Horn Associates Growth strategies: 54 40 or Fight Recommended History Podcasts  Ben Franklin\u2019s World with Liz Covart @LizCovart The Age of Jackson Podcast @AgeofJacksonPod Backstory podcast \u2013 the history behind today\u2019s headlines @BackstoryRadio Past Present podcast with Nicole Hemmer, Neil J. 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