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'''Michael A. Bellesiles''' is an historian who claimed that there were few guns and gun owners in early America. [http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56047] Liberal [[Columbia University]] gave him the [[Bancroft]] prize for his book ''[[Arming America]]'', but they revoked the award after  historian [[Clayton Cramer]] proved that the book was fraudulent.  
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'''Michael A. Bellesiles''' is an historian who claimed that there were few guns and [[firearm ownership|gun owners]] in early America. [http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56047] Liberal [[Columbia University]] gave him the [[Bancroft]] prize for his book ''[[Arming America]]'', but they revoked the award after  historian [[Clayton Cramer]] proved that the book was fraudulent.  
    
Bellesiles was a history professor at [[Emory University]] in Atlanta until he resigned amid allegations of [[deceit]] and misrepresentation of historical evidence in his pro-[[gun control]] book entitled ''Arming America, The Origins of a National Gun Culture'' (2000).  
 
Bellesiles was a history professor at [[Emory University]] in Atlanta until he resigned amid allegations of [[deceit]] and misrepresentation of historical evidence in his pro-[[gun control]] book entitled ''Arming America, The Origins of a National Gun Culture'' (2000).  
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