on the Joyce Foundation-funded symposium on the Second Amendment. He writes:
I fear David Hardy has not checked his facts. (Not that surprising given the quality of much of what he writes on the gun issue.) Here are the facts. Nicholas Johnson was invited to participate and he withdrew at the last moment. Calvin Massey participated in the conference and published an article that was pro-individual rights. Ray Diamond participated in the conference, but failed to contribute an essay. (He did not respond to e-mails and calls from my assistant or from the law review editors.) Johnson and Diamond are both on your pro-gun scholars guide. Jan Dizard another pro-individual rights scholar participated, but decided not to contribute an essay. Hardy never contacted me before making these false claims. The Fordham conference was much more inclusive that the law review issue organized by Glenn Reynolds that gave rise to the silly notion of a standard model. The goal of this conference was to present new research, not recycle the same old arguments.
UPDATE: David Hardy replies.
FURTHER UPDATE: Saul Cornell replies further:
Actually, once again Hardy has not bothered to check the facts. I did ask William Van Alstyne to participate and he said no. He also ignores the fact that Johnson, Diamond, and Dizard were all given the chance to write for the symposium. Of the other people he lists I am not aware that any of them has done significant new research on the topic. How many times do we need to see the same old arguments made and the same sources quoted? I did not include the stalwarts of the collective rights side either. The goal of the Fordham conference was to move the debate forward and showcase new scholarship, not rehash the same old stuff.
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