Politics

Guns, Democracy, and the Insurrectionist Idea and To Shake Their Guns in the Tyrant's Face

Robert Churchill; Joshua Horwitz

About the Program

Left-of-center authors argue that the belief that guns are needed to stave off government tyranny is fundamentally incorrect and that insurrectionists are the real threat to freedom.  Conversely, a libertarian examines the origins and growth of the militia movement.  The two books were presented together in Hartford.

About the Authors

Robert Churchill

Robert Churchill

Mr. Churchill is an associate professor of History at University of Hartford and has published numerous articles on the American Revolution and American political violence.


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Joshua Horwitz

Joshua Horwitz

Mr. Horwitz is a visiting scholar at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He has a law degree from George Washington University.


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Past Airings

  • Sunday, November 1st at 6am (ET)
  • Saturday, July 25th at 8am (ET)
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