David T. Hardy (born February 25, 1951), is a senior attorney with the National Rifle Association 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, as well as of the First Amendment, and is a widely-published author, primarily on Second Amendment issues. He has 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's concurrence in McDonald_v._Chicago. He also writes on these same topics for online media.
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, Harper Collins. ISBN 0-06-076395-7
Films
Hardy, David T. (2006). In Search of the Second Amendment. Second Amendment Films LLC.