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...among an individual’s possessions from 1765 to 1859. But the 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...
...country where monarchy is a longstanding tradition, it is ironic that this particular royal mess ignores another of Britain??€™s established realities. As titular head of the Anglican Church, the Queen is undoubtedly familiar with the story of Henry VIII and his precedent-setting marriage after a previous divorce. Thus, it seems slightly bizarre that she would choose to avoid her son’s second marriage, despite its strong sanction from English history...
European settlers’ fear of death at Mau Mau’s hands ignited a vicious colonial response that is damning, to be sure. But Britain??€™s colonial empire in East Africa was not an unambiguously evil empire. In what is today Tanzania, immediately south of Kenya, and where fewer settlers lived, the British replacement of the German colonial power in the wake of World War I saved the lives of many Africans, who were oppressed and persecuted substantially more by the German government. There, the British used their might to finally put an end to slavery...
...discussed not only in the ranks of academia but also in Kenya, where until recently, mentioning Mau Mau has been taboo, punishable by imprisonment without trial. Yet when it comes time for a discussion, the full breadth of conflict—Mau Mau’s savagery and likewise Britain??€™s settler-inspired savage response—should be on the table...
...December 16, 2004, the House of Lords, Britain??€™s highest court, ruled that the British government’s indefinite detention of terrorist suspects under its Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act is unlawful, effectively putting the kybosh on a significant part of what was the U.K. government’s strategy for dealing with any foreigner who poses, in the words of the legislation, “a risk to national security, and has links with an international terrorist group...