I don't think @MikeDurantAL would ever vote to take disarm the population, but the original comment is not something a person with a deep understanding of the second amendment would ever say. #alpolitics #GunControl #secondamendment https://t.co/Ogg57DyhYz
— Yaffee (@Yaffee) May 12, 2022
Can Buffalo shooting slaughter budge you to apply your deep understanding of 2nd Amendment to answer my preceding questions, particularly about anti-sedition laws & extent to which 2nd Amendment limits (or not) the government's police power?#alpolitics https://t.co/F5rGM9qCTf
— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) May 15, 2022
Previous email to Alabama constitutional law professors
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: dmsmolin@samford.edu <dmsmolin@samford.edu>; tgrove@law.ua.edu <tgrove@law.ua.edu>; phorwitz@law.ua.edu <phorwitz@law.ua.edu>; mbrandon@law.ua.edu <mbrandon@law.ua.edu>; aolree@faulkner.edu <aolree@faulkner.edu>
Sent: Fri, Apr 15, 2022 5:34 pmSubject: Does Second Amendment gives citizens right to bear arms against the government?
Dear Professors Smolin, Grove, Horwitz, Brandon, and Olree,
I have been trying to publicly argue for more than a year that the Second Amendment does not give citizens the right to bear arms against the government.
I say the following in my blog entry Guns again:
Dear Professors Smolin, Grove, Horwitz, Brandon, and Olree,
I have been trying to publicly argue for more than a year that the Second Amendment does not give citizens the right to bear arms against the government.
I say the following in my blog entry Guns again:
The Constitution creates a government under the rule of law, the use of arms against the Federal government is inconsistent with such concept of a government by rule of law set up by the Constitution, and it is dubious that the courts would hold that the 2nd Amendment gives citizens a right to use arms against the Federal government and hold, for example, that the Federal government is prohibited by the 2nd Amendment from defending itself and disarming the citizens who are using arms against the Federal government.
Multiple times I have solicited from Alabama lawyers such as former U.S. attorney Jay Town, Alabama Supreme Court candidate Gregory Cook and (indirectly) Associate Justice Will Sellers, to set forth their views on whether the 2nd amendment gives citizens the right to bear arms against the government. I have gotten no reply from these lawyers.
Thus far none of Mike Durant, Katie Britt and Mo Brooks have said that the Second Amendment does not give citizens the right to bear arms against the government, and statements they have made are suggestive that they believe the Second Amendment gives citizens the right to bear arms against the government.
I have not researched the extent to which the United State Supreme Court has addressed the issue of whether the Second Amendment gives citizens the right to bear arms against the government. In the New York City gun regulation case that is before the Supreme Court, the Supreme Court may shed light on whether the Second Amendment gives citizens any right to bear arms against the government.
There is an April 15th Yellowhammer News article "Katie Britt: The Second Amendment is a ‘critical check’ against government tyranny,", which article quotes Katie Britt as saying, “The Second Amendment is a critical check against the timeless tyranny of government." The article says that Katie Britt intends to author an amicus brief in support of the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association’s case against New York’s Second Amendment restrictions.
That the United States was created by means of an armed revolution of the colonies against England can cloud thinking about whether, after the United States was created by and under the Constitution, the Second Amendment and its support for militias gives citizens the right to bear arms against the United States and its government. On this, I think a distinction needs to be made between militias to defend the United States against foreign governments, and militias to protect the States and individual citizens against tyranny by the United States government over the States and individual citizens. In this regard, the Founding Fathers had concerns about a standing army of the United States, and assuring the existence of militias was a way to address that concern.
The Heller case holds that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home.
Currently, the Supreme Court needs to give more guidance about what is reasonable exercise of the police power in gun regulation, and whether and how that police power is limited by citizens having a right under the Second Amendment to bear arms against the United States government as a protection against tyranny by the United States. government over States and individual citizens.
The purpose of this email to you as constitutional law professors is to ask whether you think Alabama politicians and the Alabama public are suffering from misimpressions about the Second Amendment, whether such misimpressions are detrimental to the political ability of America and Alabama to reduce gun violence, and whether you believe you have a civic obligation to correct any such misimpressions that Alabama politicians and the Alabama public have about the Second Amendment.
I think you should draft and send a letter to Gov. Ivey, Attorney General Marshall and the Alabama legislature, which letter is signed by Alabama constitutional law professors (and by other Alabama lawyers and Alabama professors of history and political science as you consider appropriate), and which discusses the right (or not) that the Second Amendment gives to citizens to bear arms against the government.
If you send such a letter, I would personally undertake to distribute copies of the letter to Alabama TV stations and other Alabama media outlets.
Thank you for your attention to this email.
Thus far none of Mike Durant, Katie Britt and Mo Brooks have said that the Second Amendment does not give citizens the right to bear arms against the government, and statements they have made are suggestive that they believe the Second Amendment gives citizens the right to bear arms against the government.
I have not researched the extent to which the United State Supreme Court has addressed the issue of whether the Second Amendment gives citizens the right to bear arms against the government. In the New York City gun regulation case that is before the Supreme Court, the Supreme Court may shed light on whether the Second Amendment gives citizens any right to bear arms against the government.
There is an April 15th Yellowhammer News article "Katie Britt: The Second Amendment is a ‘critical check’ against government tyranny,", which article quotes Katie Britt as saying, “The Second Amendment is a critical check against the timeless tyranny of government." The article says that Katie Britt intends to author an amicus brief in support of the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association’s case against New York’s Second Amendment restrictions.
That the United States was created by means of an armed revolution of the colonies against England can cloud thinking about whether, after the United States was created by and under the Constitution, the Second Amendment and its support for militias gives citizens the right to bear arms against the United States and its government. On this, I think a distinction needs to be made between militias to defend the United States against foreign governments, and militias to protect the States and individual citizens against tyranny by the United States government over the States and individual citizens. In this regard, the Founding Fathers had concerns about a standing army of the United States, and assuring the existence of militias was a way to address that concern.
The Heller case holds that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home.
Currently, the Supreme Court needs to give more guidance about what is reasonable exercise of the police power in gun regulation, and whether and how that police power is limited by citizens having a right under the Second Amendment to bear arms against the United States government as a protection against tyranny by the United States. government over States and individual citizens.
The purpose of this email to you as constitutional law professors is to ask whether you think Alabama politicians and the Alabama public are suffering from misimpressions about the Second Amendment, whether such misimpressions are detrimental to the political ability of America and Alabama to reduce gun violence, and whether you believe you have a civic obligation to correct any such misimpressions that Alabama politicians and the Alabama public have about the Second Amendment.
I think you should draft and send a letter to Gov. Ivey, Attorney General Marshall and the Alabama legislature, which letter is signed by Alabama constitutional law professors (and by other Alabama lawyers and Alabama professors of history and political science as you consider appropriate), and which discusses the right (or not) that the Second Amendment gives to citizens to bear arms against the government.
If you send such a letter, I would personally undertake to distribute copies of the letter to Alabama TV stations and other Alabama media outlets.
Thank you for your attention to this email.
Sincerely,
I will email Alabama constitutional law professors again concerning Second Amendment.https://t.co/6H4Rl8yIEO
— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) May 16, 2022
To aid in the eliciting of comment, I will cite the two articles that point in different directions, below being one article.
#alpolitics https://t.co/d9gzB9FRuU
And below is second article to elicit comment from the Alabama constitutional law professors whom I email again concerning Second Amendment.https://t.co/6H4Rl8yIEO#alpolitics
— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) May 16, 2022
"How The Second Amendment Prevents Tyranny" https://t.co/eEeSoZ4k2k
Email again to Alabama constitutional law professorsI'll post Kay Ivey's Smith & Wesson 38 in her purse TV ad in my "Guns and 2022 elections" blog entry at https://t.co/6H4Rl8yIEO, before I email another plea to the Alabama constitutional law professors whom I've previously emailed.#alpolitics https://t.co/5JOEjmDSzN
— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) May 18, 2022
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: dmsmolin@samford.edu <dmsmolin@samford.edu>; tgrove@law.ua.edu <tgrove@law.ua.edu>; phorwitz@law.ua.edu <phorwitz@law.ua.edu>; mbrandon@law.ua.edu <mbrandon@law.ua.edu>; aolree@faulkner.edu <aolree@faulkner.edu>
Sent: Wed, May 18, 2022 4:25 pm
Subject: I plea again for someone to speak publicly about the Second Amendment
Dear Professors Smolin, Grove, Horwitz, Brandon, and Olree:
I plea again for someone to speak publicly about the Second Amendment in connection with the 2022 elections in Alabama.
Please, please review https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/05/guns-and-2022-elections.html and search your consciences for whether there is anything you can say in a public way (either individually or jointly) that you think Alabama voters should hear from you about the Second Amendment in connection with the 2022 elections, particularly relative to the blaring that the voters are hearing from the TV ads related to the subject.
Please note the two articles I have cited, to wit,
https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/06/constitutional-myth-6-the-second-amendment-allows-citizens-to-threaten-government/241298/ and https://thefederalist.com/2018/03/22/how-the-second-amendment-prevents-tyranny/.
I will try to publicize anything you decide to say by email to me or otherwise.
Thank you very much for your attention to this.
Sincerely,
I have emailed again Alabama constitutional law Professors Smolin, Grove, Horwitz, Brandon and Olree, pleading again for them to speak publicly about the Second Amendment in connection with 2022 elections.
— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) May 18, 2022
Email can be found at https://t.co/6H4Rl8yIEO.#alpolitics
5/26/22 What are AL TV stations and chambers of commerce doing
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>What are Alabama TV stations doing to hold Alabama lawmakers accountable?https://t.co/6H4Rl8yIEO#alpolitics
— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) May 26, 2022
'What happens next is we get angry': Gun safety group calls for holding lawmakers accountable https://t.co/5VNDpkHBYQ
via @msnbc
To: comments@abc3340.com <comments@abc3340.com>; programming@abc3340.com <programming@abc3340.com>; Susana.Schuler@hearst.com <Susana.Schuler@hearst.com>; blong@hearst.com <blong@hearst.com>; wcromwell@cbs42.com <wcromwell@cbs42.com>; rmartin@cbs42.com <rmartin@cbs42.com>; collin.gaston@wbrc.com <collin.gaston@wbrc.com>; shannon.isbell@wbrc.com <shannon.isbell@wbrc.com>; jama.killingsworth@waff.com <jama.killingsworth@waff.com>; julie@waff.com <julie@waff.com>; paul.caron@whnt.com <paul.caron@whnt.com>; mwright@waaytv.com <mwright@waaytv.com>; sgallien@waaytv.com <sgallien@waaytv.com>; eric.duncan@fox10tv.com <eric.duncan@fox10tv.com>; Randy.Merrow@fox10tv.com <Randy.Merrow@fox10tv.com>; news@mynbc15.com <news@mynbc15.com>; dsingleton@mynbc15.com <dsingleton@mynbc15.com>; PAlbrecht@wkrg.com <PAlbrecht@wkrg.com>; clombard@wkrg.com <clombard@wkrg.com>; robby.thomas@wtvy.com <robby.thomas@wtvy.com>; stephen.crews@wtvy.com <stephen.crews@wtvy.com>; TCole@wdhn.com <TCole@wdhn.com>; RWare@wdhn.com <RWare@wdhn.com>; mbunting@wsfa.com <mbunting@wsfa.com>; sduff@wsfa.com <sduff@wsfa.com>; ghalbrooks@alabamanews.net <ghalbrooks@alabamanews.net>; jrainey@alabamanews.net <jrainey@alabamanews.net>; sdiorio@wvua23.com <sdiorio@wvua23.com>; knorred@wvua23.com <knorred@wvua23.com>
Sent: Thu, May 26, 2022 7:17 am
Subject: What are Alabama TV stations doing to hold Alabama lawmakers accountable on guns?
'What happens next is we get angry': Gun safety group calls for holding lawmakers accountable
https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/-we-have-to-hold-lawmakers-feet-to-the-fire-gun-safety-group-calls-for-holding-politicians-accountable-140794949994
https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/05/guns-and-2022-elections.html
To: dcole@bcatoday.org <dcole@bcatoday.org>; ejerkins@birminghambusinessalliance.com <ejerkins@birminghambusinessalliance.com>; director@homewoodchamber.org <director@homewoodchamber.org>; chamber@vestaviahills.org <chamber@vestaviahills.org>; rfigh@montgomerychamber.com <rfigh@montgomerychamber.com>
Sent: Thu, May 26, 2022 7:52 am
Subject: What are Alabama chambers of commerce doing to hold Alabama lawmakers accountable on guns?
'What happens next is we get angry': Gun safety group calls for holding lawmakers accountable
https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/-we-have-to-hold-lawmakers-feet-to-the-fire-gun-safety-group-calls-for-holding-politicians-accountable-140794949994
https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/05/guns-and-2022-elections.html
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: dmsmolin@samford.edu <dmsmolin@samford.edu>; tgrove@law.ua.edu <tgrove@law.ua.edu>; phorwitz@law.ua.edu <phorwitz@law.ua.edu>; mbrandon@law.ua.edu <mbrandon@law.ua.edu>; aolree@faulkner.edu <aolree@faulkner.edu>
Cc: comments@abc3340.com <comments@abc3340.com>; programming@abc3340.com <programming@abc3340.com>; Susana.Schuler@hearst.com <Susana.Schuler@hearst.com>; blong@hearst.com <blong@hearst.com>; wcromwell@cbs42.com <wcromwell@cbs42.com>; rmartin@cbs42.com <rmartin@cbs42.com>; collin.gaston@wbrc.com <collin.gaston@wbrc.com>; shannon.isbell@wbrc.com <shannon.isbell@wbrc.com>; jama.killingsworth@waff.com <jama.killingsworth@waff.com>; julie@waff.com <julie@waff.com>; paul.caron@whnt.com <paul.caron@whnt.com>; mwright@waaytv.com <mwright@waaytv.com>; sgallien@waaytv.com <sgallien@waaytv.com>; eric.duncan@fox10tv.com <eric.duncan@fox10tv.com>; Randy.Merrow@fox10tv.com <Randy.Merrow@fox10tv.com>; news@mynbc15.com <news@mynbc15.com>; dsingleton@mynbc15.com <dsingleton@mynbc15.com>; PAlbrecht@wkrg.com <PAlbrecht@wkrg.com>; clombard@wkrg.com <clombard@wkrg.com>; robby.thomas@wtvy.com <robby.thomas@wtvy.com>; stephen.crews@wtvy.com <stephen.crews@wtvy.com>; TCole@wdhn.com <TCole@wdhn.com>; RWare@wdhn.com <RWare@wdhn.com>; mbunting@wsfa.com <mbunting@wsfa.com>; sduff@wsfa.com <sduff@wsfa.com>; ghalbrooks@alabamanews.net <ghalbrooks@alabamanews.net>; jrainey@alabamanews.net <jrainey@alabamanews.net>; sdiorio@wvua23.com <sdiorio@wvua23.com>; knorred@wvua23.com <knorred@wvua23.com>
Sent: Fri, May 27, 2022 5:33 am
Subject: Please contact AL TV stations for holding AL lawmakers accountable on guns
Please contact Alabama TV stations to assist them in understanding the Second Amendment as will help the TV stations hold Alabama lawmakers accountable on guns.
https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/05/guns-and-2022-elections.html
Thank you.
5/28/22 Email to chamber of commerce lawyers
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>To: gbutrus@balch.com <gbutrus@balch.com>; gcurran@maynardcooper.com <gcurran@maynardcooper.com>; dsharff@bradley.com <dsharff@bradley.com>; sblanton@balch.com <sblanton@balch.com>; echristian@burr.com <echristian@burr.com>; todd.carlisle@dentons.com <todd.carlisle@dentons.com>; joe.ritch@dentons.com <joe.ritch@dentons.com>
Cc: comments@abc3340.com <comments@abc3340.com>; programming@abc3340.com <programming@abc3340.com>; Susana.Schuler@hearst.com <Susana.Schuler@hearst.com>; blong@hearst.com <blong@hearst.com>; wcromwell@cbs42.com <wcromwell@cbs42.com>; rmartin@cbs42.com <rmartin@cbs42.com>; collin.gaston@wbrc.com <collin.gaston@wbrc.com>; shannon.isbell@wbrc.com <shannon.isbell@wbrc.com>; jama.killingsworth@waff.com <jama.killingsworth@waff.com>; julie@waff.com <julie@waff.com>; paul.caron@whnt.com <paul.caron@whnt.com>; mwright@waaytv.com <mwright@waaytv.com>; sgallien@waaytv.com <sgallien@waaytv.com>; eric.duncan@fox10tv.com <eric.duncan@fox10tv.com>; Randy.Merrow@fox10tv.com <Randy.Merrow@fox10tv.com>; news@mynbc15.com <news@mynbc15.com>; dsingleton@mynbc15.com <dsingleton@mynbc15.com>; PAlbrecht@wkrg.com <PAlbrecht@wkrg.com>; clombard@wkrg.com <clombard@wkrg.com>; robby.thomas@wtvy.com <robby.thomas@wtvy.com>; stephen.crews@wtvy.com <stephen.crews@wtvy.com>; TCole@wdhn.com <TCole@wdhn.com>; RWare@wdhn.com <RWare@wdhn.com>; mbunting@wsfa.com <mbunting@wsfa.com>; sduff@wsfa.com <sduff@wsfa.com>; ghalbrooks@alabamanews.net <ghalbrooks@alabamanews.net>; jrainey@alabamanews.net <jrainey@alabamanews.net>; sdiorio@wvua23.com <sdiorio@wvua23.com>; knorred@wvua23.com <knorred@wvua23.com>
Sent: Sat, May 28, 2022 12:31 pm
Subject: Alabama chamber of commerce lawyers and Uvalde
You are lawyers who are directors or executive committee members of the Business Council of Alabama, the Birmingham Business Alliance and the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber.
I have previously importuned Alabama chambers of commerce to contact Alabama TV stations to assist them in understanding the Second Amendment as will help the TV stations hold Alabama lawmakers accountable on guns.
The purpose of this email is to draw in lawyers in leadership positions at Alabama chambers of commerce to contribute to the contacting of Alabama TV stations to assist them in understanding the Second Amendment as will help the TV stations hold Alabama lawmakers accountable on guns.
For more information on this matter, please read https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/05/guns-and-2022-elections.html.
Thank you very much.
[Note to Alabama TV stations: If you furnish me a contact email address for my sending emails to your TV station, I will use the contact email address you give me rather than the email addresses for your TV station that I have used on this email. Thanks.]
5/29/22 Email to health field professionals
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>To: mslay@uab.edu <mslay@uab.edu>; dwilliamson@alaha.org <dwilliamson@alaha.org>; mjackson@alamedical.org <mjackson@alamedical.org>; alaarp@aarp.org <alaarp@aarp.org>; ccwilliams@aarp.org <ccwilliams@aarp.org>; robyn@alarise.org <robyn@alarise.org>; edasna@alabamanurses.org <edasna@alabamanurses.org>
Cc: comments@abc3340.com <comments@abc3340.com>; programming@abc3340.com <programming@abc3340.com>; Susana.Schuler@hearst.com <Susana.Schuler@hearst.com>; blong@hearst.com <blong@hearst.com>; wcromwell@cbs42.com <wcromwell@cbs42.com>; rmartin@cbs42.com <rmartin@cbs42.com>; collin.gaston@wbrc.com <collin.gaston@wbrc.com>; shannon.isbell@wbrc.com <shannon.isbell@wbrc.com>; jama.killingsworth@waff.com <jama.killingsworth@waff.com>; julie@waff.com <julie@waff.com>; paul.caron@whnt.com <paul.caron@whnt.com>; mwright@waaytv.com <mwright@waaytv.com>; sgallien@waaytv.com <sgallien@waaytv.com>; eric.duncan@fox10tv.com <eric.duncan@fox10tv.com>; Randy.Merrow@fox10tv.com <Randy.Merrow@fox10tv.com>; news@mynbc15.com <news@mynbc15.com>; dsingleton@mynbc15.com <dsingleton@mynbc15.com>; PAlbrecht@wkrg.com <PAlbrecht@wkrg.com>; clombard@wkrg.com <clombard@wkrg.com>; robby.thomas@wtvy.com <robby.thomas@wtvy.com>; stephen.crews@wtvy.com <stephen.crews@wtvy.com>; TCole@wdhn.com <TCole@wdhn.com>; RWare@wdhn.com <RWare@wdhn.com>; mbunting@wsfa.com <mbunting@wsfa.com>; sduff@wsfa.com <sduff@wsfa.com>; ghalbrooks@alabamanews.net <ghalbrooks@alabamanews.net>; jrainey@alabamanews.net <jrainey@alabamanews.net>; sdiorio@wvua23.com <sdiorio@wvua23.com>; knorred@wvua23.com <knorred@wvua23.com>
Sent: Sun, May 29, 2022 9:42 am
Subject: Public health and Uvalde
I would believe that you think gun violence and lessening gun violence are important public health concerns.
I am trying to push on Alabama TV stations to hold Alabama lawmakers accountable on guns.
I am trying to push on Alabama constitutional law professors and on Alabama chambers of commerce (and lawyers who are in leadership roles in the chambers of commerce) to contact Alabama TV stations to assist them in understanding the Second Amendment as will help the TV stations hold Alabama lawmakers accountable on guns.
Your fields of work are in health and health services and advocacy, and are not in United States constitutional law and the Second Amendment.
The purpose of this email is to inform you of the foregoing about what I am trying to do to hold Alabama lawmakers accountable on guns, in the event you are able to discern ways to help me out.
You can find more information about what I am doing at https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/05/guns-and-2022-elections.html.
Thank you very much.
[Note to Alabama TV stations: If you furnish me a contact email address for my sending emails to your TV station, I will use the contact email address you give me rather than the email addresses for your TV station that I have used on this email. Thanks.]
What does Alabama law enforcement say?
What does Alabama law enforcement say about lack of gun control fueling an arms race between police and wrongdoers with guns? https://t.co/6H4Rl8yIEO#alpolitics
— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) May 29, 2022
"Law profs claim lack of gun control fueling "small arms race" https://t.co/fix94HtxZY
Email to UA, UAB, Auburn, Samford & Montevallo Presidents re Mo Brooks & 2nd Amendment
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>To: president@ua.edu <president@ua.edu>; president@uab.edu <president@uab.edu>; gogue08@auburn.edu <gogue08@auburn.edu>; president@samford.edu <president@samford.edu>; presidentsoffice@montevallo.edu <presidentsoffice@montevallo.edu>
Cc: dmsmolin@samford.edu <dmsmolin@samford.edu>; tgrove@law.ua.edu <tgrove@law.ua.edu>; phorwitz@law.ua.edu <phorwitz@law.ua.edu>; mbrandon@law.ua.edu <mbrandon@law.ua.edu>; aolree@faulkner.edu <aolree@faulkner.edu>; comments@abc3340.com <comments@abc3340.com>; programming@abc3340.com <programming@abc3340.com>; Susana.Schuler@hearst.com <Susana.Schuler@hearst.com>; blong@hearst.com <blong@hearst.com>; wcromwell@cbs42.com <wcromwell@cbs42.com>; rmartin@cbs42.com <rmartin@cbs42.com>; collin.gaston@wbrc.com <collin.gaston@wbrc.com>; shannon.isbell@wbrc.com <shannon.isbell@wbrc.com>; jama.killingsworth@waff.com <jama.killingsworth@waff.com>; julie@waff.com <julie@waff.com>; paul.caron@whnt.com <paul.caron@whnt.com>; mwright@waaytv.com <mwright@waaytv.com>; sgallien@waaytv.com <sgallien@waaytv.com>; eric.duncan@fox10tv.com <eric.duncan@fox10tv.com>; Randy.Merrow@fox10tv.com <Randy.Merrow@fox10tv.com>; news@mynbc15.com <news@mynbc15.com>; dsingleton@mynbc15.com <dsingleton@mynbc15.com>; PAlbrecht@wkrg.com <PAlbrecht@wkrg.com>; clombard@wkrg.com <clombard@wkrg.com>; robby.thomas@wtvy.com <robby.thomas@wtvy.com>; stephen.crews@wtvy.com <stephen.crews@wtvy.com>; TCole@wdhn.com <TCole@wdhn.com>; RWare@wdhn.com <RWare@wdhn.com>; mbunting@wsfa.com <mbunting@wsfa.com>; sduff@wsfa.com <sduff@wsfa.com>; ghalbrooks@alabamanews.net <ghalbrooks@alabamanews.net>; jrainey@alabamanews.net <jrainey@alabamanews.net>; sdiorio@wvua23.com <sdiorio@wvua23.com>; knorred@wvua23.com <knorred@wvua23.com>
Sent: Sun, May 29, 2022 4:43 pm
Subject: Will Alabama's constitutional law professors remain silent re Mo Brooks and 2nd Amendment
Dear UA President Bell, UAB President Watts, Auburn President Gogue, Samford President Taylor, and Montevallo President Stewart:
On the Fox News Sunday show this morning, Mo Brooks said the below about the Second Amendment (the below can be viewed starting at 39s of the 15m 28s video of the interview that is posted on https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/fox-news-sunday-on-may-29-2022 and the below is copied from the transcript of the whole show set out below the video):
BROOKS: Well, let's, for emphasis, understand what the Second Amendment is about. The Second Amendment is designed to help ensure that we, the citizenry, always have the right to take back our government should it become dictatorial. That was a great fear of the Founding Fathers and, quite frankly, it's a fear today.And as long as we enjoy un-infringed Second Amendment rights, then we don't really have to worry that much about the government ever becoming dictatorial. But the moment that we take from our citizenry our ability to take our government back is the moment that the ability of dictatorial forces increases to the point where perhaps they will try to implement a dictatorial government at the federal level.So I want to protect the Second Amendment right to bear arms. The amendment is very clear. It says the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. If there are proposals out there that guarantee the rights of the American people to freely exercise their Second Amendment right to bear and keep arms, then I'll consider them.But if you're talking about depriving people of their Second Amendment right to bear arms -- well, first, it's unconstitutional. So you're going to have to address that with a constitutional amendment, and we'll see how Congress and the states react to that kind of measure.
I think it would be appalling if Alabama constitutional law professors Smolin, Grove, Horwitz, Brandon, and Olree failed to make any public statement about what Mo Brooks said about the Second Amendment.
For background on this, please read https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/05/guns-and-2022-elections.html.
Thank you very much.
[Note to Alabama TV stations: If you furnish me a contact email address for my sending emails to your TV station, I will use the contact email address you give me rather than the email addresses for your TV station that I have used on this email. Thanks.]
For background on this, please read https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/05/guns-and-2022-elections.html.
Thank you very much.
[Note to Alabama TV stations: If you furnish me a contact email address for my sending emails to your TV station, I will use the contact email address you give me rather than the email addresses for your TV station that I have used on this email. Thanks.]
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: guha.krishnamurthi@ou.edu <guha.krishnamurthi@ou.edu>; psalib@central.uh.edu <psalib@central.uh.edu>
Cc: dmsmolin@samford.edu <dmsmolin@samford.edu>; tgrove@law.ua.edu <tgrove@law.ua.edu>; phorwitz@law.ua.edu <phorwitz@law.ua.edu>; mbrandon@law.ua.edu <mbrandon@law.ua.edu>; aolree@faulkner.edu <aolree@faulkner.edu>
Sent: Fri, Jun 3, 2022 6:49 pm
Subject: "Small Arms Races" and citizen's right to bear arms against government
Dear Professors Krishnamurthi and Salib,
I am contacting you as a result of becoming aware of your recent paper "Small Arms Races," published at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4007572#.
I am in Alabama and am endeavoring to push into the public political discourse in Alabama the question of the extent to which the Second Amendment gives citizens the right to bear arms against the government.
If you are willing, please read https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/05/guns-and-2022-elections.html.
Then, if you are really willing, please send me an email expressing support of my effort to push into the public political discourse in Alabama the question of the extent to which the Second Amendment gives citizens the right to bear arms against the government. The email can be as brief or as elaborate as you care to be.
Thank you very much.
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: dmsmolin@samford.edu <dmsmolin@samford.edu>; tgrove@law.ua.edu <tgrove@law.ua.edu>; phorwitz@law.ua.edu <phorwitz@law.ua.edu>; mbrandon@law.ua.edu <mbrandon@law.ua.edu>; aolree@faulkner.edu <aolree@faulkner.edu>
Sent: Thu, Jun 9, 2022 10:45 am
Subject: Blame U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl, Dale Jackson & Yellowhammer News for this additional email to you regarding Second Amendment
Dear Professors Smolin, Grove, Horwitz, Brandon, and Olree:
Today Dale Jackson and Yellowhammer News reported (at https://yellowhammernews.com/7-things-justice-kavanaugh-was-an-assassination-target-u-s-rep-carl-says-democrats-trying-to-rewrite-2nd-amendment-and-more/ ) that "U.S. Rep. Carl says Democrats trying to rewrite 2nd Amendment" and elaborated in the following way:
3. Democrats want to ‘redefine the Second Amendment’U.S. Representative Jerry Carl (R-Mobile) recently spoke about the effort by Democrats to push for gun control, and he stated, “They’re trying to redefine the Second Amendment. They’re trying to say it was written back when there were muskets, and there weren’t automatic weapons. Therefore, semi-automatic weapons shouldn’t apply to the Second Amendment.”Carl said he disagreed with this stance. He argued, “The Second Amendment was written for us not only to be able to protect our families and our homes. It was also so written so we could protect ourselves from a rogue government.”
The publication today of the foregoing causes me to renew my appeal to you constitutional law professors, individually or in a joint way, to make a public utterance about the Second Amendment that you consider to be appropriately responsive to what I said in the previous email communications I sent to you on April 15th, May 18th, May 27th, May 29th, and June 3rd.
Said email communications can be found at https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/05/guns-and-2022-elections.html.
Thank you very much.
Said email communications can be found at https://al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com/2022/05/guns-and-2022-elections.html.
Thank you very much.
6/21/22The Insurrection Act of 1807 provides additional support for my contention that 2nd Amendment doesn't give citizens a right to bear arms against the government. I will add it to my file on this.https://t.co/6H4Rl8yIEO
— Rob Shattuck (@RobShattuckAL06) June 12, 2022
#alpolitics https://t.co/KipYpyGtMI
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>To: comments@abc3340.com, programming@abc3340.com, Susana.Schuler@hearst.com, blong@hearst.com, wcromwell@cbs42.com, rmartin@cbs42.com, collin.gaston@wbrc.com, jama.killingsworth@waff.com, julie@waff.com, paul.caron@whnt.com, mwright@waaytv.com, sgallien@waaytv.com, eric.duncan@fox10tv.com, Randy.Merrow@fox10tv.com, news@mynbc15.com, dsingleton@mynbc15.com, PAlbrecht@wkrg.com, clombard@wkrg.com, robby.thomas@wtvy.com, stephen.crews@wtvy.com, TCole@wdhn.com, RWare@wdhn.com, mbunting@wsfa.com, sduff@wsfa.com, ghalbrooks@alabamanews.net, jrainey@alabamanews.net, sdiorio@wvua23.com, knorred@wvua23.com
Cc: dmsmolin@samford.edu, tgrove@law.ua.edu, phorwitz@law.ua.edu, mbrandon@law.ua.edu , aolree@faulkner.edu
Sent: Tue, Jun 21, 2022 7:51 am
Subject: Heads up to Alabama TV stations re New York gun regulation case
Dear Alabama TV stations:
Whatever the decision is of the United States Supreme Court in the pending New York State Rifle & Pistol Association case, the basis for the decision will be very hard for the public to understand.
If your TV station will try to explain the decision to your viewers, for help go to https://www.scotusblog.com/2021/11/we-read-all-the-amicus-briefs-in-new-york-state-rifle-so-you-dont-have-to/, which acts as a guide, saying:
More than 80 amicus briefs were filed in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, the major Second Amendment challenge to a New York law that requires people to show “proper cause” for a license to carry a concealed handgun in public. The briefs come from professors, politicians, states, cities, and interest groups from across the ideological spectrum. We reviewed them all, identified some of the most noteworthy and novel arguments, and summarized them in the guide below.Additionally consider contacting one or more of the Alabama constitutional law professors whom I have copied on my emails (including on this email), and maybe they will help you in how you try to explain the SCOTUS decision to your viewers.
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