On this episode of The Side Comment, Carl T. Bogus shares with us five surprising facts about the "well-regulated militia" described in the Second Amendment of the US Constitution.

Carl T. Bogus is a Professor of Law Emeritus at the Roger Williams University School of Law in Bristol, Rhode Island. He has also held visiting positions at the George Washington, Drexel, and Rutgers University law schools. He is the author of two previous books--"Buckley: William F. Buckley Jr. and the Rise of American Conservatism" (Bloomsbury Press) and "Why Lawsuits Are Good for America: Disciplined Democracy, Big Business, and the Common Law" (NYU Press)--and the editor of "The Second Amendment in Law and History: Historians and Constitutional Scholars on the Right to Bear Arms" (The New Press). His writings have appeared in professional journals as well as the New York Times, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, The Nation, American Prospect, American Conservative, and other popular venues.

Learn more about "Madison's Militia: The Hidden History of the Second Amendment" here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/madisons-militia-9780197632222

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Carl Bogus on the History of the Well-Regulated Militia - Episode 36 - The Side Comment

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