It?s nice to read in the latest Newsweek that some groups identified as liberal are joining ?staunch conservatives? such as Federalist Society co-founder Steven G. Calabresi in opposing gun control measures.

For decades, liberals have opposed gun rights on the grounds that the Second Amendment is limited to the establishment of state militias. But some liberal dissenters from this view now say that is too narrow a reading of the Constitution. They contend that it fails to take into account the historical record and contradicts liberals’ own reading of the Constitution’s protection of individual rights.

Surprising? Not if the ?liberals? in question truly believe in liberty and freedom, rather than the illiberal collectivist ideas that pass for liberalism these days.

Speaking of guns and the Federalist Society, a November 2009 Federalist Society presentation in Raleigh focused on the latest developments in gun-rights legislation.

In the video clip below, attorney Alan Gura discusses gun rights for nonviolent felons.