Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture - Michael A. Bellesiles - Google Books

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Americans have always staunchly, sometimes bloodily, defended their right to bear arms, but does the historical record bear out this right? Michael Bellesiles, in a meticulous study of the issue that draws extensively on archival material and original…