Civility norms and Requirement of firearms possession

[Paul Finkelman]

I don't speak for Michael, and I guess I think Eugene ought to invite him on to
the list to defend his scholarship -- maybe in general Eugene should do than
whenever we discuss someone's work; but I do know that Michael is a gun owner.

Paul Finkelman

"Scarberry, Mark" wrote:

> As a nonowner of guns, who isn't sure how the 2d Am. should be interpreted,
> would it be too picky of me to ask whether Professor Bellesiles might have
> been interested in **gun control** before his study, but just not interested
> in the **2d. Amendment**? His statement refers only to the 2d Am., and a lot
> of people have assumed for years that there is no 2d Am. issue raised by gun
> control. Is it naive to think that a gun control advocate might until
> recently have felt no need to be interested in the 2d amendment? This is of
> course not to say that his research should be discounted even if he was in
> favor of gun control when he started it.
>
> Mark S. Scarberry
> Pepperdine University School of Law
> mark.scarberry at pepperdine.edu
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Tushnet [mailto:TUSHNET at WPGATE.LAW3.GEORGETOWN.EDU]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 11:21 AM
> To: CONLAWPROF at listserv.ucla.edu
> Subject: Civility norms and Requirement of firearms possession
>
> In light of Professor Bellesiles's statement (possibly, of course,
> self-interested), should prior postings asserting a connection between
> (political) predispositions and the outcome of academic inquiries be
> reconsidered, at least insofar as they made such assertions apparently about
> Professor Bellesiles?  And, to be more pointed, aren't such imputations made
> without inquiry into the academic's predispositions a violation of civility
> norms?
>
> Mark Tushnet
> Georgetown University Law Center
> 600 New Jersey Ave. NW
> Washington, DC  20001
>      202-662-9106
>      202-662-9497 (fax)
> tushnet at law.georgetown.edu

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