"Spiking the Gun Myth" Topic
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| Tango01 | 21 May 2018 12:44 p.m. PST |
"For many Americans, the gun is a holy object, the emblem and guarantor of their identity. Without it, they would not be the self-sufficient persons they consider themselves, the very models for all lovers of freedom. To take away this external prop would tear out of them their very essence. This private conviction is verified, in their eyes, by a public fact -- that American history, separateness and virtue have always been associated with the gun, if (in fact) they did not take their very essence from it. Imagine, then, the shock if this star of the show should turn out to be missing through much of our history. It seems impossible; and that was the reaction of Michael A. Bellesiles, a Colonial historian at Emory University, when -- while searching through over a thousand probate records from the frontier sections of New England and Pennsylvania for 1763 to 1790 -- he found that only 14 percent of the men owned guns, and over half of those guns were unusable…."
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| Winston Smith | 21 May 2018 12:51 p.m. PST |
Armand, the last time you posted this, it was demolished.
Just like his "study" was demolished in the Real World.
It's garbage "research", with an agenda. |
DisasterWargamer  | 21 May 2018 1:01 p.m. PST |
link A 2002 Study by William and Mary Law Journal taking a more factual look at Bellesiles' work… |
| Tango01 | 21 May 2018 1:13 p.m. PST |
Glup!…. Need urgently the "search button"…(smile) Amicalement
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| Cacique Caribe | 21 May 2018 2:24 p.m. PST |
@Winston
This one from March?
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Check this out for now:
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| Winston Smith | 21 May 2018 2:48 p.m. PST |
Yeah. That one.  |
| Major Bloodnok | 22 May 2018 5:07 a.m. PST |
The author even contradicts himself at one point, claiming that women didn't own guns, but then showing a women's probate inventory where she owned three or four guns. During the F&I wars the Province of Massachsetts Bay in New England would give a bounty to anyone who brought his own gun that enlisted into provincial service. After a campaign, such as Louisbourg, you will see petitions fron soldiers widows claiming that her husbands arms were lost on service. The Province would usually respond by having it replaced from Province stores. I could go on, but I won't (cheers of acclaim in the background). The only thing that book is good for, assuming it is the book I think it is, is bog paper |
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