The Hidden History of Guns and the Second Amendment

Written by Thom Hartmann

Narrated by Scott Brick

Thom Hartmann, the most popular progressive radio host in America and a New York Times bestselling author, looks at the real history of guns in America and what we can do to limit both their lethal impact and the power of the gun lobby.

Taking his typically in-depth, historically informed view, Thom Hartmann examines the brutal role guns have played in American history, from the genocide of the Native Americans to the enforcement of slavery (Slave Patrols are in fact the Second Amendment's “well-regulated militias”) and the racist post–Civil War social order. He shows how the NRA and conservative Supreme Court justices used specious logic to invent a virtually unlimited individual right to own guns, which has enabled the ever-growing number of mass shootings in the United States. But Hartmann also identifies a handful of powerful, commonsense solutions that would break the power of the gun lobby and restore the understanding of the Second Amendment that the Framers of the Constitution intended. This is the kind of brief, brilliant analysis for which Hartmann is justly renowned.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
• Release date: Jun 4, 2019
• ISBN: 9781523086030

Thom Hartmann

Thom Hartmann is the host of the nationally and internationally syndicated talkshow The Thom Hartmann Program and the TV show The Big Picture on the Free Speech TV network. He is the award-winning New York Times bestselling author of 24 books, including Attention Deficit Disorder: A Different Perception, ADHD and the Edison Gene, and The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight, which inspired Leonardo DiCaprio’s film The 11th Hour. A former psychotherapist and founder of the Hunter School, a residential and day school for children with ADHD, he lives in Washington, D.C.

Reviews for The Hidden History of Guns and the Second Amendment

[omicron4000 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I found this book to be enlightening, insightful & entertaining. I strongly recommend reading/listening.

[KandRGunWorks · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

The entire book is based on complete conjecture all in an effort to push a leftist agenda. The entire work is based on false assumptions and inference about how the Founding Fathers intended the Bill of Rights and specifically the Second Amendment to be applied and interpreted. No factual information was included to support the author’s positions.