Lott and the 2nd Amendment

In response to my comments about Potemra's review of The Bias Against Guns, Paul Blackman points out that Lott actually mentions the Second Amendment twice in his book. I've corrected my earlier posting to say "barely even mentions" instead of "never mentions".

The first mention is when Lott quotes Benjamin Civiletti:

"The nation can no longer afford to let the gun lobby's distortion of the Constitution cripple every reasonable attempt to implement an effective national policy towards guns and crime."

Lott does not dispute Civiletti's interpretation of the Constitution---he just uses the quote to show that Civiletti supports gun control

The second mention is a paraphrase of Italian defence minister Antonio Martino, who:

"suggested that Italy model its laws after the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment, which protects the right of citizens to bear arms."

Lott only mentions the Second Amendment in passing and only when he is quoting or paraphrasing someone else.