Clayton E. Cramer has an MA in History from Sonoma State University, and has taught history at Boise State University and George Fox University (Boise branch). A writer whose work has been published in the San Jose Mercury News, National Review, and the American Rifleman, he has published several academic books on history and firearms, including For the Defense of Themselvesand the State and Black Demographic Data, 1790-1860. He writes a monthly column for Shotgun News (circ. 95,000).