David T. Hardy is a senior attorney with the National Rifle Association

National Rifle Association

The National Rifle Association of America is an American non-profit 501 civil rights organization which advocates for the protection of the Second Amendment of the United States Bill of Rights and the promotion of firearm ownership rights as well as marksmanship, firearm safety, and the protection...

 and has practiced law since 1975. A graduate of the University of Arizona Law School, he previously served as an attorney with the U.S. Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C., for ten years and now lives in Tucson, AZ, where he practices law. He is an ardent defender of the Second Amendment

Second Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution is the part of the United States Bill of Rights that protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms. It was adopted on December 15, 1791, along with the rest of the Bill of Rights.In 2008 and 2010, the Supreme Court issued two Second...

, as well as of the First Amendment

First Amendment to the United States Constitution

The First Amendment to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights. The amendment prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering...

, is a widely-published author, primarily on Second Amendment issues, and a critic of the filmmaker Michael Moore

Michael Moore

Michael Francis Moore is an American filmmaker, author, social critic and activist. He is the director and producer of Fahrenheit 9/11, which is the highest-grossing documentary of all time. His films Bowling for Columbine and Sicko also place in the top ten highest-grossing documentaries...

. Hardy authored the website Michael Moore Exposed and co-wrote the The New York Times

The New York Times

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bestselling book, Michael Moore is a Big Fat Stupid White Man

Michael Moore Is a Big Fat Stupid White Man

Michael Moore Is a Big Fat Stupid White Man is a book by David T. Hardy and Jason Clarke about author and filmmaker Michael Moore, criticizing him and his works. The title can be seen as a parody of the titles Stupid White Men by Moore and Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot by Al Franken. It was...

. He has also written numerous legal journal articles and books, on Second Amendment issues as well as on the origins of gun control in America. His writings have figured prominently in numerous court cases, being commonly cited in amicus briefs and directly in the majority opinion and Clarence Thomas

Clarence Thomas

Clarence Thomas is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Succeeding Thurgood Marshall, Thomas is the second African American to serve on the Court....

's concurrence in McDonald v. Chicago

McDonald v. Chicago

McDonald v. Chicago, 561 U.S. 3025, 130 S.Ct. 3020 , was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States that determined whether the Second Amendment applies to the individual states...

. He also writes on these same topics for online media.

Law review articles

• Hardy, David T. and John Stompoly (1974). Of Arms and the Law Chicago-Kent Law Review, 51, 62–113. Online
• Hardy, David T. (1986). The Firearms Owners' Protection Act: A historical and legal perspective. Cumberland Law Review, 17, 585–682. Online
• Hardy, David T. (1986). Armed citizens, citizen armies: Toward a jurisprudence of the Second Amendment. Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, 9, 559–638. Online
• Hardy, David T. (1987). The Second Amendment and the historiography of the Bill of Rights. Journal of Law & Politics, 4, 1–62. Online
• Hardy, David T. (2007). A well–regulated militia: The Founding Fathers and the origin of gun control in America. William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal, 15, 1237–1284. Online
• Hardy, David T. (2009). Original Popular Understanding of the Fourteenth Amendment as Reflected in the Print Media of 1866-1868. Whittier Law Review, 30 695–722. Online

Books

• Hardy, David T. (1986). Origins and Development of the Second Amendment: A Sourcebook, Blacksmith Corporation. ISBN 0-941540-13-8
• Hardy, David T., & Kimball, Rex (2001). This Is Not an Assault: Penetrating the Web of Official Lies Regarding the Waco Incident, Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 0-7388-6341-6
• Hardy, David T., & Clarke, Jason. (2004). Michael Moore Is a Big Fat Stupid White Man
  Michael Moore Is a Big Fat Stupid White Man
  Michael Moore Is a Big Fat Stupid White Man is a book by David T. Hardy and Jason Clarke about author and filmmaker Michael Moore, criticizing him and his works. The title can be seen as a parody of the titles Stupid White Men by Moore and Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot by Al Franken. It was...
  
  , Harper Collins. ISBN 0-06-076395-7

Films

• Hardy, David T. (2006). In Search of the Second Amendment
  In Search of the Second Amendment
  In Search of the Second Amendment is a documentary film on the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution. It was produced and directed by American author and attorney David T. Hardy. He argues the individual rights model of the Second Amendment...
  
  . Second Amendment Films LLC.

External links

• Hardy page
• Of Arms & the Law (weblog)
• Michael Moore Exposed, the first and most influential critique on Michael Moore
  • A defense of Michael Moore and "Bowling for Columbine" by Erik Möller
    Erik Möller
    Erik Möller is a German freelance journalist, software developer, author, and Deputy Director of the Wikimedia Foundation , based in San Francisco, California...
    
    
• Documentary film by Hardy, 'In Search of the Second Amendment' trailer available
• JPFO interview about Parker case
  • MP3 format (MP3 format, 27:30, 9.44 MiB)