Arming America

[jimmy the one]

10. for a better perspective

nuc uni: Swiftboating by the NRA, huh? Except it wasn't the NRA, it was the university at which he taught.

Uh, that came after the swiftboating & witch hunting, & they found relatively little at fault, overall, as jon weiner points out. The table 1 which was faulty, was basically the probate records which concluded about a 14.7% firearm ownership rate in America circa rev-war, which is probably close to the truth, despite the problems bellesiles has had, when you consider the firearms available.

Here is jon weiner's support, it's pdf & I can't figure out how to copy, perhaps disabled, pg 77-79, tho read the entire thing, for a better perspective than what the gun lobby feeds you:

https://books.google.com/books?id=rYY7AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA77&lpg=PA77&dq=jon+weiner+nra+targeted+bellesiles+and+his+book+initially+the+campaign+was+restricted&source=bl&ots=hZ8vfFWvAD&sig=ohRv0M6dEaIj8D-kjoGsfXglHfE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-oH0VMfCHsulgwThp4PoDw&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=jon%20weiner%20nra%20targeted%20bellesiles%20and%20his%20book%20initially%20the%20campaign%20was%20restricted&f=false