Teacher and the class sizes are go and so i mean i think i think its san antonio and plano right now theyre talking about closing a number of traditional public schools. And thats a lot to do with Charter School enrollment. And so thank you were waving at me and im just here to ask them how theyre but thanks everyone for those wonderful for me thank now without further adieu tonight, i am very excited to welcome Andrew Mckevitt celebrating the release of country gun capitalism and culture and control and cold war just as World War Two transformed the United States into a Global Military and economic superpower, so too did forge the gun country. America is today after 1945 war ravaged european nations possess large supplies of mass produced weapons and american entrepreneurs seize the opportunity to, buy used munitions for pennies on the dollar and resell them stateside. A booming Consumer Market made cheap guns, accessible to millions of americans and guns ownership and violence began
And urban uprisings fiercely challenged it. Meanwhile, Gun Control Groups were diverted. Their abolitionist roots toward a conciliator or a fundraising, focused strategy that struggled to limit the stockpile of firearms. Gun country recast the story of guns in postwar america. One of cold war and racial anxieties. Unfettered capitalism am an exceptional violence continues to haunt us to this day. Andrew mckevitt is john de winters endowed professor of history at Louisiana Tech university. He is the author of consuming japan, a popular and the globalizing of 1980s america. Covert will be joined conversation with matthew dallek. Matthew dallek is a historian and professor at George Washington universitys graduate school of political management. He is author most recently of birchers how the John Birch Society radicalized the american right. Please join me in welcoming to politics and prose. Andrew mcdevitt and matthew dallek. Dreyfus. All right. Okay. Well, thank you to politics and pros
Previewed the Upcoming Supreme Court term including cases on gun rights, Consumer Protections and free speech. The foundation is the host of this hour long conversation. Okay. We are going to go ahead and get started. Perfect timing. Afternoon. On behalf of Pacific Legal foundation and the foundation for individual rights and expression id like to welcome you to the Supreme Court previewed discussion and welcome to the viewers on cspan. The courts term begins on monday of next week although this morning we got the surprise of several grants and new cases they are going to hear and its shaping up to be an exciting term. Theres a little bit of something for everyone. Free speech, taxes and of course overreach by administrative agencies. We have a lot of ground to cover and an hour to do so so im going to jump right into brief introductions of the distinguished panel. John elwood is a partner where he heads up the appellate and Supreme Court practice before the Supreme Court and also ever
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