Topic: Dc Gun Ban

BBC reporting on potential Supreme Court moves to relax gun laws is dismissed as shoddy, with references made to the 2008 District of Columbia v. Heller decision. The discussion covers the expiration of the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban in 2004 and the unlikelihood of new legislation passing the current Congress. Historical anecdotes about Cassius Clay using a cannon for self-defense are used to illustrate the evolution of weapon laws.

Following the lifting of the Washington D.C. gun ban, the hosts discuss the historical context of the Second Amendment. An anecdote about 19th-century abolitionist Henry Clay using a cannon to defend his home from a sheriff is used to argue for the right to own high-powered weapons. The hosts contrast historical self-defense with modern "militarized" police responses.