Good afternoon, Everyone And Welcome to the Texas Book Festival. Im rick dunham, the Texas Chief of the houston chronicles and the texas on the botanical, and i have been hijacked to this because Governor Perry has been running for president right now. In my extracurricular activity i am president of the national press clubs institute, and in which the Crown Jewel is the national freedom library. And libraries are important, because that is what the Texas Book Festival is all about. The Book Festival raises money for libraries in texas, and for literacy programs. All of books that you buy benefit the libraries of the state of texas. I highly recommend that you buy gunfight. Our author will sign books after our program in the book signing tent up congress avenue. So, i have been asked by the folks at cspan to ask you to turn off or silence your cell phone, because we have had some problems earlier today, and if you want to take out the concealed weapons permits now, it is probably a goo
now, a conversation on the history of gun regulation and how the second amendment has been interpreted over the centuries. we will hear from a historian, and a law professor in this discussion from the national history center. good morning and welcome. it is a pleasure to welcome you to this briefing hosted by the national history center. i m karen wolf, the executive director of the institute of early american history and culture at william and mary, and also a professor of history at william and mary. i will be introducing today s speakers and moderating the cuban afterwards. please note that we have distributed cards. they are on your chairs. the purpose is to facilitate the q&a. jeff is standing by. there is. jeff he will collect those cards for any questions that you have and then i will managed to collate the cards and facilitate the discussion with the speakers. we are looking forward to be very valuable hour of presentation and discussion. this briefing is part of a
political blog. been hijacked to presidential because some governor is running for president right now. in my extracurricular life i am the president of the national press club s journalism institute, of which the crown jewel is the and libraries are important, because libraries are with the texas book festival is all about. the book festival raises money for public libraries and texas and for literacy programs, all of the books to buy benefit the libraries of the state of texas. i highly recommend that you buy gunfight. our author will sign books after our program in the book signing tent a congress avenue. . i ve been asked by the folks at c-span to ask you to turn off or silence your cellphones. we have had some problems earlier today. if you want to take out your concealed weapons now would be a good time as well, concealed weapons, if you take them out they are not concealed anymore. what we are here today to talk about, gunfight: the battle over the right to bear arms
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. i m 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 i ve been highjacked to perry presidential because some governor is running for president right now. in my extracurricular life i am the president of the national press club s 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
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 i ve been highjacked to perry presidential because some governor is running for president right now. in my extracurricular life i am the president of the national press club s 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 c-span to ask you to turn off our silence your cell phones. we ve had some problems earlier today. if you want to take out your concealed weapons p