WEBVTT - Bloomberg Law Brief: Graber and Malcom on Gun Control (Audio)

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<v Speaker 1>Well, now it's time for our daily Bloomberg lab reef

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<v Speaker 1>exploring legal issues in the news, and today Bloomberg Law

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<v Speaker 1>host Joon Grosso and Greg Stuart discuss how gun control

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<v Speaker 1>advocates are quietly developing a plan to ship away at

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<v Speaker 1>the gun lobbies growing clout by teaming up with corporate

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<v Speaker 1>law firms. They speak with Joyce Malcolm, professor at George

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<v Speaker 1>Mason University Law School, and Mark Rayber, Professor at the

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<v Speaker 1>University of Maryland School of Law. Joyce, I hate to

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<v Speaker 1>use this word, but will the mere firepower of all

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<v Speaker 1>these law firms make a difference in in this issue?

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<v Speaker 1>Will they have success in there are some things they

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<v Speaker 1>want to challenge and things they want to help defend.

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<v Speaker 1>Will it matter? UM? I think they will have a

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<v Speaker 1>very difficult time because um, not only UM do we

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<v Speaker 1>have a Republican president coming in on a Republican House

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<v Speaker 1>in SENTA, but their approach is going to be two

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<v Speaker 1>regulators and courts across the states, and the states are

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<v Speaker 1>now much more under UM the control of the people

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<v Speaker 1>who want to support the Second Amendment have been moving

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<v Speaker 1>in that direction for some years. So I think that

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<v Speaker 1>you know, just applying UH and appealing to regulators, um

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<v Speaker 1>and courts is not going to be as successful as

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<v Speaker 1>they hope. Mark, do you agree with that? Is this

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<v Speaker 1>an uphill battle? I think I would praise things slightly differently.

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<v Speaker 1>But Professor Malcolm is absolutely right. Given that Republicans will

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<v Speaker 1>be making the appointees to the federal court, given that

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<v Speaker 1>more states houses are under Republican control. Unless we're talking

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<v Speaker 1>about Republican control in places like Massachusetts, where the Republicans

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<v Speaker 1>are almost as liberal on gun control as the Democrats,

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<v Speaker 1>were not likely to see a whole lot of luck.

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<v Speaker 1>For example, challenging a law in Florida that says basically

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<v Speaker 1>doctors cannot give certain advice about guns to patients and

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<v Speaker 1>maybe a bad law. From my perspective on Professor Malcolm

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<v Speaker 1>A well, disagree, but I think we both agree. Given

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<v Speaker 1>the likely people on the state and federal judici, serry

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<v Speaker 1>is going to be a very strong challenge. Remember when

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<v Speaker 1>law firms participated in the fight against segregation, they also

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<v Speaker 1>had presidents like Eisenhower, Kendy, and Johnson appointing anti segregation judges.

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<v Speaker 1>That is not the case now. That's Mark Graver, professor

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<v Speaker 1>at the University of Maryland School of Law and Joyce Malcolm,

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<v Speaker 1>professor at George Mason University Law School, speaking with Bloomberg

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<v Speaker 1>Law host Doing Grosso and Greg Stuart. You can listen

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