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his research was so specious that the prize was withdrawn and he was fired
Gary Wills, who had given a glowing book review for Bellesiles in ''The New York Times'' before learning of all this, stated simply, "I was took. The book is a fraud."<ref>Jonah Goldberg, "Reports of the 2nd Amendment's death have been greatly exaggerated ..." Pittsburg Post-Gazette (Apr. 8, 2007).</ref>
Gary Wills, who had given a glowing book review for Bellesiles in ''The New York Times'' before learning of all this, stated simply, "I was took. The book is a fraud."<ref>Jonah Goldberg, "Reports of the 2nd Amendment's death have been greatly exaggerated ..." Pittsburg Post-Gazette (Apr. 8, 2007).</ref>
An Amazon reviewer wrote:
:Michael Bellesiles of Emory University wrote a complete book of lies about the Second Amendment, The Arming of America. He got a Pulitzer for the book. It was discovered that his research was so specious that the prize was withdrawn and he was fired. He was so anti Second Amendment that he was willing to put his career on the line and lie about it. [http://www.amazon.com/Five-Thousand-Year-Leap-Anniversary/dp/0981559662?&camp=213293&creative=387917&linkCode=waf&tag=wwwconserv0a0-20]
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