PBS interview regarding the Civil Right to Bear Arms
PBS correspondent Kwame Holman recently spoke with Second Amendment scholar Joyce Lee Malcolm, a professor at George Mason University School of Law.
Malcolm spoke about how the Second Amendment came to be and what research suggests the framers of the Constitution intended.
She said that the assault weapons ban was unlikely to move to the Senate floor because it seems to ignore recent Supreme Court decisions that establish an individual right to own guns [that] are commonly used for protection.
"I don't really think the idea that you can ban them or reduce the magazine will really pass constitutional muster," Malcolm said. "If your standard is common use, these are all in common use for lawful purposes."