. >> it is my pleasure to andoduce patrick charles cited byngs have been many circuits. citedcond book was

. >> it is my pleasure to andoduce patrick charles cited byngs have been many circuits. cited byd book was justice breyer in a landmark case. fors a senior historian special operations command and is here to discuss his new book on the history of gun rights tom colonial militias concealed carry. and, interstate foreign commerce among other numerous books on constitutional law. please join me in welcoming them. our. the introduction to your new book, you discussed being a student and becoming interested the secondt, amendment, with this case making its way through the court. can you tell me why the case struck you? >> i was an undergraduate with a history degree and everybody is trying to find a niche they feel comfortable with and i remember one parker versus the district thislumbia came down and was central to the holding and the legal analysis of the case in, but wille confuse me was that it was all history that i am familiar with and things that intuitively did not add up. ask historian might, you questions and that is how i there werelved and things of the court misc