A new edition of Arming America has just been drafted and Michael Bellesiles has written a response to his critics, excerpted at HNN. I read it, and do not find it even slightly persuasive. It sort of reminds me of some of Lott's defences. Anyway, HNN has comments from James Lindgren, Jerome Sternstein, Clayton Cramer that go into some of the specifics.
A comment by Clayton Cramer? Oh, gawd.