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 event is free and open to the public.
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 McMahan (Department of Philosophy, Rutgers University)
“Guns and the Limits of Self-Defense”
