[inaudible discussion] good evening. Thank you for joining us tonight. My name is im the Community Relations manager here the book store. And tonights event its part of a series of events we hold here, featuring authors both from ny and from other far places like boston and harvard. , cambridge. Were really delighted to be featureing caroline light this evening. The author of a new book, stand your ground a history of americas love affair with lethal selfdefense. She will be joined by nyus professor Ann Pellegrini and they will be talking amongst themselves about the book and they promise to make it very lively. I think thats the best way to say that. Caroline will also be reading from the book and then well have the q a session. So, just a quick introduction. Caroline light is the director of undergraduate studies in studies of women, gender and sexuality at harvard university. She is also the author of a previous book from 2014, that pride of race and character, the jewish benevolenc