Title: A muddled book on an important topic
Review: The book has some decent historical merit, but by coming down far on the pro-government side he ignores and misreads several key issues and people. Not helping his case against the militia/pro-gun argument is his citing of the discredited Michael Bellesilles, once thought of as the savior of the left and now accused of fabricating evidence. Additionally, the chapter 'A Necessary Good' is disastrous. The man conflates the existence of a division of labor (economic, not political) and of social norms and restrictions(social, not political) with the *necessity* and benficience of the state! By not proving that these can and would exist without a powerful state, he traps himself into a terribly fallacious argument. It reveals so much of the intellectual poverty of those who seek to glorify an organization whose roots and claims to legitimacy stem solely from force.
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