Here's to the 2nd Amendment

We are very proud to have the nation's preeminent scholar on guns and crime join the Jason Lewis team. No one has done better work warning America on the dangers of civilian disarmament than Dr. Lott.

He's apparently convinced Hollywood icon Kurt Russell, who recently told the Daily MailOnline,'Sure I believe in the right to bear arms, as guaranteed under the Second Amendment of the American constitution...this is what people need to understand,’ he continued, 'Now is not a good time to lay down your weapons - how will you protect yourself?'

It also isn't a good time to elect someone to Congress who won't defend the Second Amendment. I will. Please help us preserve the Bill of Rights today by supporting our campaign and donating at jasonlewis2016.com.

2015 Christmas Message

A couple of interesting anniversaries worth remembering at Christmastime.
First, a century ago the "Great War" gave way, albeit for just a moment, to a spontaneous Christmas truce between Germans and Brits locked in brutal trench warfare. So the story goes, and to the chagrin of commanders and higher-ups, soldiers put down their arms for joint burial services, exchange of tokens, and even an impromptu soccer match. It's all the more extraordinary because if there were ever a war that was a greater miscalculation (see Thomas Fleming's "An Illusion of Victory"), WWI was it. Indeed, its post war 'treaties' set the stage for WWII and a century of bloody Wilsonian interventionism.

Christmas also marks another war remembrance, this time WWII's Battle of the Bulge in 1944. Hitler's charge through American lines with some 400,000 troops represented the Third Reich's last gasp through western Europe. The turning point came at Bastogne when Brig. Gen. Anthony McAuliffe's outmanned forces repelled four enemy divisions after rebuffing German demands to surrender with a succinct reply, "Nuts." Later, JFK would famously invoke the battle in the Cold War: "I hear it said that West Berlin is militarily untenable. And so was Bastogne. And so, in fact, was Stalingrad. Any dangerous spot is tenable if men--brave men--will make it so." The siege (and for all practical purposes the war) ended after Patton's Fourth Armored Division rolled into the city on Dec. 26th, subsequently made famous by the eponymous movie title.

So on this special day of peace and goodwill toward man, it's always worth recalling that great nations fight when their own freedom is threatened, but never do so when it isn't.

Campaign Update #2

JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS--PDPC AUDIO BOOK AVAILABLE NOW AT AMAZON & ITUNES!

A GREAT LITTLE STOCKING STUFFER! PDPC NARRATED BY JASON LEWIS INCLUDING EXTRA BONUS COMMENTARY ON THIS SUMMER'S SUPREME COURT DECISIONS NOT INCLUDED IN HARD COVER EDITION!



In Power Divided is Power Checked, you'll hear me explain the constitutional framework intended to limit the missteps of government and provide the greatest amount of freedom by not allowing the consolidation of power in the nation's capitol--and in the process, what the much derided concept of 'states' rights' really means. It's an in-depth look at our republican architecture that highlights the relationship between the states and the federal government. Moreover, in the new BONUS COMMENTARY (only available in the audiobook), I update the text to include how this summer's Supreme Court rulings related to health care, same-sex marriage, immigration, religious liberty and property rights continue the erosion of constitutional protections and what we can do about it.

It's all right there so downlodad it on your device now with the free Audible app on Apple, Android, and Windows devices. Great for commutes, long drives, or just to catch up on a little constitutional history at home.

“Jason Lewis has done a yeoman’s job in explaining the constitutional principles that made us the world’s freest and richest nation and how abandonment of those principles is proving to be our undoing.” ~ WALTER E. WILLIAMS, JOHN M. OLIN DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY

The audio version Power Divided is Power Checked: The Argument for States' Rights, available now at Audible, Amazon or iTunes.

Jason's Op-Ed in today's Washington Examiner

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