So when we talk about illegal guns, mostly we are talking about individuals prohibited by law from having guns, having those times. So that is difficult to estimate because we dont necessarily have access to measure and survey those individuals. Are most gun crimes committed with registered or unregistered guns . Well, it may be surprising to many, but we actually dont have a registry. Its actually written the federal law that the federal government may not maintain a registry. There are a few states that have their own registries mostly those registries are for handguns only. States like california although they recently expanded their registry to include long guns as well. Maryland, new york new jersey, few states. By and large under federal law we do not have a registry. In the book that you collected it so they reducing gun violence in america, you announced there were 31,000 gun deaths last year in the United States. How does that break down between suicide homicide by its rate. R
Assistant to president george bush graduate of yale university. [applause] thank you so much for that love and lovely introduction judy. As you mention i used to work as a president ial speechwriter before i started writing this book so you can imagine my shock when i learned that the subject of my new book didnt much care for my old occupation. In fact robert e. Lee was so offended when he heard George Washington might have used a ghostwriter to pen his famous farewell address that he refused to believe it. He said anyone who says George Washington used a ghostwriter was quote injudicious. So if ive learned nothing else from writing his biography its that i should say a little bit less about my own biography. Im so pleased to be at this Beautiful House and im so grateful to the Historical Society for inviting me today. I had a chance to go over to see the Historical Society earlier today and it is such a wonderful facility and im so happy to see it expanding. Thats a great thing for p
Jonathan has appeared as a commentator on msnbc and bbc radio. Is writing has appeared in the new york times, the Weekly Standard and other outlets. During his time at the white house johnson served as a speechwriter and special assistant to president george bush, a graduate of yale university, and we welcome him to Filson Historical Society. [applause] thank you so much for the lovely introduction, judy. As was mentioned used to work as a president ial speechwriter before start writing this book, so you can imagine my shock when i learned that the subject of my new book didnt much care for my old occupation. In fact, robert e. Lee was so offended when he heard George Washington might accused a ghostwriter to pin his famous farewell address that he refused to believe it. He said that anyone who said George Washington is a ghostwriter was quote injudicious. So if ive learned nothing else from writing this biography, its that i should say a little bit less about my own biography. Im so p
When he is killed on the balcony, he believes, and eyes imagine, martin dies believing everything and everybody has turned on him. The cosmos shifted against them. Five days later he was right and everybody else was wrong. Thats not the way that he got out of there. You can watch this and other programs online that booktv. Org. Jonathan horn is next. He recalls robert e. Lees decision to join the Confederate Army after being sought by both the north and the south. Its about one hour. Now, its my pleasure to introduce jonathan horn. He is an author and former white house president ial speechmaker who spent years researching and writing his new robert e. Lee biography, the man who would not be washington, published in january of this year
Next Jonathan Horn recounts robert e. Lees decision to join the Confederate Army after being sought by the north and the south. From louisville kentucky, its about an hour. Its my pleasure to introduce dr. Horn. He is an author and former white house president ial speechmaker who spent years researching and writing his robert e. Lee biography the man who would not be washington published in january of this year. Jonathan has appeared as a commentator on msnbc and nbc radio. His writing has appeared in the New York Times the Weekly Standard and other outlets. During his time the white house jonathan served as a speechwriter and special assistant to president george bush and as a graduate of io university and we welcome him to louisville university. [applause] thank you so much for that lovely introduction judy. As was mentioned i used to work as a president ial speechwriter before i started writing this book. So you can imagine my shock when i learned that the subject of my new book did