November 20, 2008 12:47PM # Gun Control on Trial By [David Rittgers](https://www.cato.org/people/david-rittgers) --- SHARE Monday afternoon, the Cato Institute will be hosting [Brian Doherty](http://www.reason.com/staff/show/132.html), Senior Editor of [*Reason* magazine](http://www.reason.com/). The topic will be his book, *[Gun Control on Trial: Inside the Supreme Court Battle Over the Second Amendment](http://www.catostore.org/index.asp?fa=ProductDetails&method=&pid=1441412)*. Christopher Rhee, partner at Arnold & Porter, will be on hand for comments as well. [Tim Lynch](https://www.cato.org/people/timothy-lynch), the Director of Cato’s Project on Criminal Justice, will be moderating. Brian’s book tells the inside story of the litigation that overturned the D.C. gun ban, *D.C. v. Heller*. [Libertarian](http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/27510/) and [Second Amendment](http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2008/10/new_book_on_the_1.php) bloggers have already expressed their excitement, and his previous writings have been discussed at the law blog [The Volokh Conspiracy](http://volokh.com/2002_07_14_volokh_archive.html). As a preview to the event, check out Reason TV’s videos of Brian discussing this historic legal battle, both [before](http://www.reason.tv/video/show/339.html) and [after](http://www.reason.tv/video/show/458.html) the decision came down. For more information on attending or watching the Cato book forum live, click [here](https://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=5333). ##### Related Tags [Constitutional Law](https://www.cato.org/constitutional-law), [Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies](https://www.cato.org/robert-levy-center-constitutional-studies) [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).