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George Mason University School of Law
    â€œStephen Halbrook, a renowned expert on the subject, systematically and brilliantly examines Nazi gun-control policy in Gun Control in the Third Reich . American advocates of banning guns have tried to downplay the Nazi example because stringent control preceded the Nazis. But the fact remains that the Nazis capitalized on the fact that neither the Jews nor other victims nor the Germans in general, as well as those people in the occupied countries, could resist the Holocaust because the Nazi government had all the guns.”
    â€” Don B. Kates, Jr. , co-author (with Gary Kleck), of Armed: New Perspectives on Gun Control and The Great American Gun Debate (with Gary Kleck)
    â€œ Gun Control in the Third Reich is a provocative book on what is surely the ‘worst case scenario’ in the history of gun control and an illuminating meditation on the role that the disarming of the Jews played in the Holocaust.”
    â€” Jonathan Kirsch , author, The Short, Strange Life of Herschel Grynszpan: A Boy Avenger, a Nazi Diplomat, and a Murder in Paris
    â€œSteeped in rich detail, exactingly researched, and supported by newly discovered documents, Gun Control in the Third Reich is a compelling work that no one who is serious about the gun control debate in America can ignore. Stephen P. Halbrook has produced a seminal piece of scholarship that describes how the gun control policies of the liberal Weimar Republic were molded into Hitler's strategy to disarm both the Jews and his political opponents.”
    â€” Abraham H. Miller , Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Cincinnati
    â€œDiscussions of Nazi gun control efforts are a staple of American debate, but until now there was little authoritative in-depth research to draw on. Stephen Halbrook's extensive research and clear explication in his book Gun Control in the Third Reich ensures that future discussion will be much better informed. A must-read for anyone interested in this subject.”
    â€” Glenn H. Reynolds , Beauchamp Brogan Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Tennessee
    â€œOne need not agree with Stephen Halbrook's opposition to almost all forms of firearms control in order to find Gun Control in the Third Reich , his book on regulation of firearms in post-World War I and Nazi Germany, both illuminating and challenging. The most truly serious arguments against significant regulation of firearms have always involved critiquing the proposition that a potentially oppressive state should have a monopoly over the means of violence, and Halbrook's book very much contributes to that debate. Many no doubt would like to believe that Nazi Germany is sui generis , which, paradoxically, implies that there is not much to be learned from its specific history or policies with regard to our own dilemmas today. Others are less optimistic, and for them Halbrook's well-told narrative has implications for our contemporary debates.”
    â€” Sanford V. Levinson , W. St. John Garwood and W. St. John Garwood, Jr. Centennial Chair, University of Texas School of Law; author, Framed: America's 51 Constitutions and the Crisis of Governance

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