Cspan, created by americas Cable Television companies and brought to you as a Public Service by your cable or satellite provider. And now on booktvs after words program, historian pamela haag provides a history of guns in america. Host were here today with pam a la chicago, author of a new book called the gunning of America Business and the making of american gun culture. Hello, pam a la, how are you . Guest hello, im fine. Host pamela, exactly why did you write book, and when did you decide that we needed a book like this . Entering well, its an interesting story. Today most people who talk about guns love guns or hate guns. But when i started this project, i had never owned a gun or even used one. Nor had i been involved in gun control politics. Instead, i came to this story through a ghost story. When i was in graduate school in new haven, a friend of mine told me the story about Sarah Winchester who was Oliver Winchesters daughterinlaw. Now, Oliver Winchester was known as the rifle
Spec there is a great deal of nudity and it was cold was december as men were chained to their cell doors with their hands chained to their legs which was a forced standing. Rumsfeld eventually said he stands in his desk all day why cant they . I can tell you that seeing someone in a force standing position has nothing to do with standing at a desk. It was torture. We are here today with author of a new book gunning of America Business in the making of american gun culture. Pamela why did you write this book and when did you decide we needed a book like this . It is an interesting story people who talk about guns love them or hate them that we have never owned a gun or even used one with guncontrol politics i came through this struggle story offend of mine told me this story of the winchesters daughterinlaw. And according to legend believe that he was being haunted by the spirits of everybody killed so i found is an absolutely captivating story but it was a very elusive subject but the
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Stocks climbed for the First Time Since the uks surprise decision to leave and the gains were strong across the board. Even as traders tracked explosions like this afternoon at turkeys ataturk airport, where according to reports, two suicide bombers blew themselves up. Its likely to be on investors radar tomorrow as wem. Today by the close, the Dow Jones Industrial 9 points to 17,409. The nasdaq added 97 and s p 500 gained 35. Bob pisani has more on todays rally on w. The markets bounced back on a come by thags of oversold conditions, a bounce in oil and the end of the quarter. E was on. A good sign there was a buying interest after significa drops. While the s p 500 is down object 3 this quarter, broad swaths of the market have seen significant decline, including banks, restaurants, airline, retailers and many big cap tech stocks. Microsoft, apple and alphabet are all down double digits for the quarter. Thes groups today that led. We had accident gains for delta. And for Banks Like Ba