Historian Resigns After Report Questions His Gun Research

By FLORENCE OLSEN

Michael A. Bellesiles, a history professor who became embroiled in controversy over his book on the origins of America's gun culture, announced last month that he would resign from Emory University's faculty.

The announcement coincided with Emory's release of an independent investigative report that concluded that Mr. Bellesiles's "carelessness...

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