Proclaiming Liberty: What Patriots and Heroes Really Said About the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
"An excellent, and very readable, collection of original material on the right to arms. I've studied the right for 35 years, yet found some sources in it that were new to me."--David T. Hardy,New York Times best-selling author, senior attorney for the National Rifle Association, and producer/director of the 2006 documentary film,In Search of the Second Amendment.Hardy's work was cited in the landmark 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision,McDonald v. City of Chicago.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -"A solid, reliable collection of valuable and enlightening quotes."--Dave Kopel,Research Director, Independence Institute; Associate Policy Analyst, Cato Institute; Adjunct Professor of Advanced Constitutional Law, Sturm College of Law (Denver University).- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -"It's nice to have a book like this that gives properly cited and verified quotes."--Clayton Cramer,Historian and author ofArmed America: The Remarkable Story of How and Why Guns Became as American as Apple Pie.Cramer's work was cited in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision, District of Columbia v. Heller.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -"This  is a book that can quickly--and enjoyably--be devoured in an afternoon,  yet returned to often as a handy and definitive resource . . . 'This book is intended to serve as the gold-standard of accuracy and attribution,' Mulivor writes, and he's achieved that goal . . . I unequivocally endorseProclaiming Liberty."--David Codrea,National Gun Rights Examiner, field editor of GUNS Magazine.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -"For  years, I have used quotes from our nation's founders on Armed American Radio as a tool for exposing the truth about the right to keep and bear arms and the true intent of the Second Amendment . . . InProclaiming Liberty,Philip Mulivor has provided the definitive "one-stop-shop" that has made my job a heck of a lot easier!"--Mark Walters,Host, Armed American Radio, the official radio program of the United States Concealed Carry Association, nationally syndicated by Salem Radio  Network.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -"Author  Philip Mulivor masterfully sifts through the history to establish the legitimacy (or illegitimacy) of historical quotes cited in gun rights debates. Anyone entering the debate about gun rights vs. 'gun control' will find this book to be an indispensable reference."--Kurt Hofmann,Gun-rights activist and columnist, St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner.