One Man's Misfortune is Another's Opportunity

I just had a fascinating and thoroughly enjoyable evening. Clayton Cramer noted on his blog that he was going to be in Tucson this weekend to contribute to David T. Hardy's Second Amendment Documentary. As soon as I saw that, I went to David Hardy's blog, Of Arms and the Law, and left an invitation to buy these men a beverage of their choice.

Well, Clayton's flight home today got cancelled due to snow in Denver, so I got to go one better. I had dinner with them both tonight. I also got Clayton to autograph my copy of For The Defense of Themselves and the State: The Original Intent and Judicial Interpretation of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. For almost two hours we got to discuss a wide variety of topics, including Prof. Saul Cornell, Originalism, Silveira v. Lockyer, 9th Circuit Justice Alex Kozinski, and a lot more. It was GREAT! And I have (bad) photographic evidence, taken with my el-cheapo camera:

That's David Hardy on the left, Clayton Cramer on the right. (They're much less blurry in person.)

Thank you, gentlemen. Thank you very much.

Update: Clayton's home and blogged about his trip.

Oh, and Clayton? The last name is Baker! ;-)