The right to bear arms and gun control will be the topics of discussion at SIUC’s School of Law this evening.

Daniel Polsby, a professor at Northwestern University’s School of Law, will be discussing the right to carry arms laws of the Second Amendment.

Kevin Burke, a second year SIU law student from Makanda and the president of the Federalist Society at SIUC, said Polsby is an excellent source to speak on the subject.

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Professor Polsby is a leading scholar of the Second Amendment and is the ideal person to address many of these issues, Burke said.

He has been in a wide variety of publications ranging from the Atlantic Monthly to the Yale Law Journal. We are excited to be able to host him for the benefit of the school and the community.

Thomas B. McAffe, a professor of Constitutional Law at the SIU School of Law, said Polsby does a good job in making his points clear.

What I think Polsby does a really nice job with is particularly clarifying that there is a very sophisticated argument to the effect that people who are already engaged in a course where they use guns will continue to carry and use them, he said.

Polsby will speak at 5:30 p.m. in the Lesar Law Building at SIUC. The event is free and open to the public.