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Jun 23, 2022 · To talk about the decision, and what it may mean for future gun-control efforts, I spoke by phone with Adam Winkler, a professor at the U.C.L.A. School of Law and the author of “Gunfight: The ...
Jul 25, 2011 · The Secret History of Guns. Adam Winkler. The Submission. ... The gun-control laws of the late 1960s, designed to restrict the use of guns by urban black leftist radicals, fueled the rise of the ...
For a significant portion of American history, gun laws bore the ugly taint of racism. 1 The founding generation that wrote the Second Amendment had racist gun laws, including prohibitions on the possession or carrying of firearms by Black people, whether free or enslaved. 2 A Florida law in 1825 authorized white people to “enter into all Negro houses” and “lawfully seize and take away ...
Oct 10, 2011 · Adam Winkler. If you browse the gun-rights websites for only a few minutes, you’re sure to find the claim: “ Gun control is racist .”. The statement seems absurd: African Americans favor gun ...
Dec 19, 2012 · RAY SUAREZ: And for that, we get two views from people who have written extensively on gun-related issues. Adam Winkler is a professor of constitutional law at UCLA School of Law and author of ...
Adam Winkler (born July 25, 1967) is the Connell Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law. He is the author of We the Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights [1] and Gunfight: The Battle over the Right to Bear Arms in America. [2] His work has frequently been cited in judicial opinions, including in Supreme Court cases ...
Winkler’s work has been cited by the U.S. Supreme Court and his op-eds and commentary have been featured in the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, the New Republic and the Atlantic. He has been quoted often as an expert on gun control and the Second Amendment in connection with mass shootings and school shootings. Twitter: @adamwinkler
