Robert J. Spitzer is Distinguished Service Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department at SUNY Cortland. He is the author of 15 books, including five on the presidency and five on gun policy, and of over 600 articles, essays, and papers appearing in many books, journals, newspapers, and web sites on many American politics subjects. He is a former president of the Presidency and Executive Politics Section of the APSA.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
1. Why Do We Have Government?
2. Our Forefathers were Smarter About Guns Than Us
3. What About the Second Amendment?
4. How Did We Get from Self-Defense to Shoot First?
5. The Case of New York
APPENDIX: State Gun Laws, 1607-1934
