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...Bellesiles?? book argued that firearms were far less widespread in pre-Civil War America than Second Amendment activists have led us to believe. According to Wiener, Bellesiles was tarred and feathered because the gun lobby “succeeded at putting pressure on his university, his publisher, and the history profession...
...table omitted the years 1774 and 1775. In both of those years, records show markedly higher rates of gun ownership. Colonial governments distributed firearms to militia members in the run-up to the anticipated conflict with Britain—a fact not mentioned in Bellesiles?? original work...
Wiener downplays the severity of Bellesiles?? methodological transgressions. Wiener writes that the review committee “found ‘evidence of falsification’ only on one page” of Bellesiles?? book. But Wiener misleads his readers, as a glance at the committee’s report—available on Emory’s website—makes clear...
...Rutland County, Vt., as well as several Massachusetts courthouses. The report outlines a cross-country trail of unprofessional conduct. Yes, the committee only found evidence of intentional falsification on one page—but the committee documented examples of “carelessness” and substandard scholarship throughout Bellesiles?? book...
...committee was out to get the facts—not to prove a point. “We do not have a thesis,” Katz explained in his e-mail to The Crimson. “We found that [Bellesiles??] methodology and findings were unreliable in some instances. If Jon does not think that important, then he has a different view of historical truth than...