Adam Winkler, professor of law, is a constitutional law specialist whose scholarship has touched on a variety of issues, including the Second Amendment. He is the author of "Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America," which comes out in paperback this summer. His work has been cited in opinions issued in McDonald v. City of Chicago and in briefs submitted to the Supreme Court in the 2008 Second Amendment case District of Columbia v. Heller.
In the video above, he discusses the recent killing of five people in Santa Monica, Calif. by a young gunman who previously attended Santa Monica College. Winkler addresses the history of gun control legislation, the role of federal weapons regulations and the legality of laws that regulate guns and ammunition.
"The real gun problem in America is the 15,000 people who die every year from criminal gun violence, and the other 15,000 people who die every year from suicides," Winkler says.
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