Attorney Dan Hardway, winner in a N.C. Supreme Court case that restored an ex-felon’s gun rights, explains the problems associated with limiting fundamental rights like those protected by the Second Amendment. Hardway offered these comments during a Feb. 13, 2012, speech to the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society. To watch full-length presentations of JLF events, click here.
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