David T. Hardy

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David T. Hardy (b. February 25, 1951) is an American author and attorney from Tucson, Arizona. His 2001 book, This Is Not an Assault (ISBN 0-7388-6341-6), detailed his groundbreaking investigations into the U.S. Government's mishandling of the raid of the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas in April of 1993 and the ensuing debacle. Hardy's Freedom of Information Act lawsuits played a key role in the reopening of the Waco issue in 1999. The Attorney General announced appointed an Independent Counsel the day after he appeared on Dateline and disclosed that the FBI's version of the facts was inconsistent with its agents' testimony in his FOIA lawsuits. His discoveries were featured in front-page articles in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Houston Chronicle.

Hardy's follow-up book, Michael Moore Is a Big Fat Stupid White Man, co-authored with Jason Clarke, was released in June 2004 and spent six weeks on The New York Times Bestseller list for Hardcover Nonfiction. The book is a critical analysis of the career and persona of acclaimed documentary filmmaker and author Michael Moore.

In addition, Hardy has authored several law review articles, primarily on the right to arms and gun control, which have been cited by courts up to the U.S. Supreme Court. He has also published a book on shortwave radio, articles on radio antenna design, and an article proposing a second constitutional convention. In 2004, the Citizens' Committee For The Right To Keep and Bear Arms elected him "Journalist of the Year."

Hardy has appeared in several documentaries, including "Waco: A New Revelation," "The FLIR Project," "Michael Moore Hates America," "Michael and Me," and "Fahrenhype 9/11." He has also produced and directed a documentary on the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution, titled "In Search of the Second Amendment."

In seeming contradiction to this notoriety, Hardy practices law as a one-person firm in Tucson, Arizona. As an attorney with the U.S. Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C., and in his own private practice, he has argued on a wide range of issues covering the Endangered Species Act, hunting on federal lands, first and second amendment rights, government authority, the death penalty and more.

[edit] Selected bibliography

[edit] Law review articles

Hardy, David T. (1986). The Firearms Owners' Protection Act: A Historical and Legal Perspective. Cumberland Law Review, pp. 585–682. Online
Hardy, David T. (1986). Armed Citizens, Citizen Armies: Toward a Jurisprudence of the Second Amendment. Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, pp. 559–638. Online
Hardy, David T. (1987). The Second Amendment and the Historiography of the Bill of Rights. Journal of Law & Politics, pp. 1–62. Online

[edit] 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, HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06-076395-7