From: jeff@frodo.b30.ingr.com (Jeffrey A. Johnson)
Subject: Scholarly gun rights book
Keywords: RKBA 
Organization: myself
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 21:27:17 GMT


  This is a message I received from the author of the book.  I thought
some folks here might be interested.

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Date: Thu, 5 Nov 92 09:14:10 PST
From: cramer@optilink.com (Clayton Cramer)
Message-Id: <9211051714.AA13122@optilink.com>
Subject: Re: Freedom of the press

In case any of you are interested:

    For The Defense Of Themselves And The State

    The Original Intent & Judicial Interpretation of the Right
    To Keep and Bear Arms

    Beginning with its origins in the turbulence of the English
    Civil War, Cramer traces the development of "the right of
    the people to keep and bear arms" through the Constitutional
    Convention, the ratification debates in the several states
    that followed, and its progress through Congress as a part
    of the Bill of Rights.  _For The Defense Of Themselves And
    The State_ is a comprehensive look at the circumstances and
    concerns that motivated the addition of the Second Amendment
    to the U.S. Constitution.

    But much more than simply another scholarly history of a part
    of the Bill of Rights, Cramer brings together a comprehensive
    collection of case law concerning the Second Amendment, and
    the many analogs to it in the various state constitutions.
    Along the way, he shows many of the debates today are mere
    echoes of debates of the past.  For example, the reaction of
    the frontier Western states to the Bowie knife bear eerie
    similarities to current debates over "Saturday night specials"
    and assault weapons.

    Most disturbingly, Cramer brings to light state supreme
    court decisions that show that many gun control laws were
    frankly stated as instruments of racial and ethnic control
    over blacks, recent immigrants, and labor organizers --
    and when existing precedents proved inconvenient, they were
    misquoted, miscited, and simply ignored by many courts.

    This is a book invaluable to law schools, seeking a critical
    evaluation of how a fundamental right has been interpreted
    by the courts, and by those scholars who seek to understand
    the nature of the social changes that changed Revolutionary
    American into Reactionary America.

    At a moment when street crime is seemingly out of control,
    and more and more cries go up for the confiscation of firearms
    throughout the nation, Cramer's work is a complete and balanced
    survey of how "the right of the people to keep and bear arms"
    has been continually reinterpreted -- and misinterpreted --
    over the last two hundred years.

    "An impressive display of scholarship -- and going to
    sources..." -- Professor Daniel Markwyn, Sonoma State University
    
    "[Cramer's book] provides the kind of scholarly resource that
    educated citizens need to think for themselves, a rich digest
    of primary sources documenting -- in their own words -- the
    views, motives and intentions of the Framers, historic 
    commentators, legislators and judiciary who have debated 
    'the right to keep and bear arms' from the origins of our
    republic." -- Professor Preston K. Covey, Carnegie-Mellon University

ISBN 0-89341-723-8 Cloth $37.50
ISBN 0-89341-731-9 Paper $18.50

Hollowbrook Publishing, Durango, Colorado

In addition to being available in book stores, I am taking orders as well.
(An opportunity for me to enhance my income a little, buying at author 
discount, and selling at full retail with the author's autograph).

Hardback $37.50.  Paperback $18.50.  Shipping will be $6 per book.  
California addresses must include local sales tax rate.  (Let me
know what the rate is where you are when you send the funds).

Autograph requests gladly complied with.  Please include street
address, as these will go out UPS.

Please send check and order to:
        
    Clayton E. Cramer
    7198 Camino Colegio
    Rohnert Park, CA 94928

I'm reluctant to guarantee Christmas delivery.

The format is 6" x 8.75".  It is 521 pages, including index.

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