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Armed in America: A History of Gun Rights from Colonial Militias to Concealed Carry

February 05, 2018

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Patrick Charles, historian and author of Armed in America: A History of Gun Rights from Colonial Militias to Concealed Carry, joins legal scholar Brannon Denning for a sweeping historical discussion and debate about how the right to bear arms has been interpreted from America’s Founding to today.

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