Following Up: Hostages and Gun Mandate

The Brian Lehrer Show | Dec 17, 2010

It's not just Friday, it's Follow-Up-Friday! Maki Haberfeld, professor of police science at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, on President Obama's analogy between negotiating the tax bill and negotiating with hostages. Then, Mark Graber, a Professor of Law and Government at the University of Maryland, and Slate author Jeremy Singer-Vine  follow up on a caller's claim that there was once a period in American history in which citizens were legally obligated to own guns.

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