[laughter] see you know what that means, ive received the walkout, the storm the stage strategy, and at Claremont Mckenna in southern california, the blockade that prevented anyone from actually attending my talk. Socalled students of color at nearby Pomona College announced i w i was ignoring systems of domination that produce lethal conditions under which oppressed people are forced to live. So to actually have an audience still in its seats and apparently willing to listen is an unusual experience that may take me a while to get accustomed to. Now, weve been hearing a lot of late about the crisis of free speech on College Campuses, but not much about its root cause. The narcissistic victimology that is rapidly spreading from academia to the rest of culture. In a word, the American University is in the grips of a mass hysteria. Students actually believe that they are victims of oppression at risk of their lives from racism and sexism. The degree of caterwailing is hard to overstate.
Public service and brought to you by your television provider. Up next on American History tv, a conversation from the texas book festival with the author of the book gunfight the battle over the right to bear arms in america. Good afternoon, everyone, welcome to the texas book festival. Im rick dunham, the Washington Bureau chief of the Houston Chronicle and Hearst Newspapers and the creator of the texas on the potomac Political Blog on crime. Com and my san antonio. Com and ive been highjacked to perry president ial because some governor is running for president right now. In my extracurricular life i am the president of the National Press clubs Journalism Institute of which the crown jewel is the enational journalim library. Libraries are what the book festival is about. Raises money for Public Libraries in tbs and for literacy programs. All of the books you buy benefit the libraries of the state of texas. I highly recommend you buy gunfight. Our author will sign books after our pro
Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the texas book festival. I am rick dunham, the washington brew yo chief of the houston chronicle, and the creator of the texas on the potomac Political Blog on crime. Com and mysanantonio. Com. And ive been highjacked to perry president ial because some governor is running for president right now. In my extracurricular life i am the president of the National Press clubs Journalism Institute of which the crown jewel is the National Journalism library. Libraries are what the book festival is about. Raises money for Public Libraries in texas and for literacy programs. All of the books you buy benefit the libraries of the state of texas. I highly recommend you buy gunfight. Our author will sign books after our program in the book signing tent up congress avenue. I have been asked by the folks at cspan to ask you to turn off our silence your cell phones. Weve had some problems earlier today. If you want to take out your concealed weapons permits now its
Learned about the role firearms have played during the course of American History. Welcome to the nra National Firearms museum. Were going to go through the museum and take a look at the history of americans and their firearms. Well start with the earliest precolonial days, go up through current time. Well look at the role firearms have played in terms of the settlement and expansion of america, the goal firearms have played in military and sporting and personal shooting roles. Well see the guns of champions, the guns of president s and heroes, and well see some great pieces of art, firearms engraving on a steel canvas. The National Firearms museum is at nra headquarters in fairfax, virginia. Weve been in this location for about 15. Were custodians of about 7,000 firearms. We have about 3,000 on display here and about a thousand more that the nra National Sporting arms museum in springfield, missouri. What i want people to come away from the museum with beyond the wow, thats a lot of c
History of gun regulation and how the Second Amendment has been interpreted over the citys. Good morning, and welcome. Its a pleasure to welcome you to this briefing hosted by the National History center. Im karin wulf, im the executive director of the institute of Early American History and culture at william and mary and ill be introducing todays speakers and moderating the q a afterwards. Please note that we have distributed cards, theyre on your chairs. And the purpose of those cards is to facilitate the q a. Jeff is standing outside. Hes waving. Jeff will collect those cards for any questions that you have and ill facilitate the discussion the speakers. Were looking forward to a very valuable hour of presentation and discussion. This briefing is part of an ongoing series sponsored by the National History center that brings Historical Perspective to issue confronting congress and the nation. The center is strictly nonpartisan and as such the purpose of the briefing is not to advoca