Brennan Center for Justice

Please join the Brennan Center for Justice and the New York Law Chapter of the American Constitution Society for a conversation with:

Adam Winkler
Author, Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America

and

Jeffrey Rosen
Professor of Law, The George Washington University

Thursday, December 8, 2011, 6 p.m.

The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law
161 Avenue of the Americas, at Spring Street
12th Floor
New York, NY 10013

Gunfight: The Battle over the Right to Bear Arms in America is a groundbreaking reexamination of one of today’s most controversial issues. Weaving together the dramatic story of a landmark Supreme Court case and the remarkable hidden history of guns in America, Adam Winkler shows how gun rights — and gun control — have shaped the nation in fascinating and unexpected ways. From the Founding Fathers, who had burdensome gun laws today’s gun lobby would never accept, to the Black Panthers, who launched the modern gun rights movement, Gunfight offers surprising insight into America’s gun culture. It reveals how the Ku Klux Klan began as a gun control organization; how the frontier towns of the Wild West had the strictest gun laws in the country and very little gun violence; and how race and racism have long shaped our regulation of guns. Using the lessons of this history, Gunfight maps out a way to break the current stalemate on guns and restore reason to the gun debate.

We hope you can join us for this fascinating discussion of our nation’s evolving fight on gun rights with Adam Winkler, professor of law at UCLA School of Law, and Jeffrey Rosen, legal affairs editor at The New Republic and professor of law at the George Washington University.

Light hors d'oeuvres will be served. Space is limited, so please RSVP to Kimberly Lubrano at kimberly.lubrano@nyu.edu or 646-292-8342.