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Summary: A Common Sense Treatise on Gun Ownership
Review: A great piece of work put forth here by Wayne LaPierre. I am very much in disagreement with the reader from Polk County, Florida, who says the arguments put forth by the author are not logical. Quite the contrary, it is the arguments put forth by the kooky left against gun ownership by individuals that should leave normal people scrathching their heads in disbelief. Why does there have to be an amendment to the Constitution to allow the militia (a government entity) to be armed? Pure nonsense to be sure, but that is exactly how the anti-gun crowd is trying to re-define the 2nd amendment. Individual liberty is under attack daily by this bunch and Americans must wake up to this fact and reject their goofy ideas before we all fall to their tyranny as our forefathers warned.
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Summary: The Complete Idiot's Guide To Gun Rights
Review: A totally logical explanation of the Second Amendment backed up by the intent of our founding fathers as seen in the US Constitution and other writings. The most rabid anti-gun activist will come away deeply moved by the requirement for firearms in a free and safe society. Mr. LaPierre convincingly argues the case that firearms in the hands of law abiding citizens are indeed the path to reduced crime and ultimately the defense of our freedoms and our sovereignty. Chapter 4 on carrying concealed weapons (did you know the police have no obligation to protect you? Their obligation is solely to society.) and chapter 20 on media bias (LaPierre suggests that abuses of the First Amendment should be punished as severely as abuses of the Second Amendment) are particularly compelling. LaPierre's dissection of the so called "Assault Weapon Ban" gives one pause to seriously consider the real intentions of our law makers regarding the promoting of public safety and preserving individual freedoms. The only problem with this book is that the very people who need to read it, the anti-gun forces and our elected representatives, probably won't as LaPierre is too easily written off as a hack for the NRA. I assure you, this book is well written, logical and is well researched. If you have the slightest feeling our government is not adequately concerned with the rights of citizens, at least give Guns, Crime and Freedom a glance. This book is the basis for the gun rights position of the John Birch For Congress committee (no...not that John Birch! This is a different guy, same name is all.
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Summary: Turning the Tables
Review: Finally, a source book for supporters of the Right to Bear Arms. Before "Guns, Crime and Freedom", only leftist ideologues got into print on the subject of Firearms in America. Lapierre reversed this long-standing trend and opened something of a floodgate of scholarly research and commentary supporting the traditionalist interpretation of the Second Amendment and the utilitarian aspects of a free and armed citizenry.Lapierre's research spans the alpha and the omega of the gun rights issue. The book is carefully and thouroughly sourced and the extensive bibliography includes references to anti-gun material as well as evidence supporting the gun rights stance. With the facts on his side, Wayne thoroughly explores the arguments of the gun control clique and demolishes them one by one. "Guns, Crime and Freedom" is a splendid tool for gun rights advocates who would like to do the same.
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Summary: A Common Sense Treatise on Gun Ownership
Review: Finally, a source book for supporters of the Right to Bear Arms. Before "Guns, Crime and Freedom", only leftist ideologues got into print on the subject of Firearms in America. Lapierre reversed this long-standing trend and opened something of a floodgate of scholarly research and commentary supporting the traditionalist interpretation of the Second Amendment and the utilitarian aspects of a free and armed citizenry. Lapierre's research spans the alpha and the omega of the gun rights issue. The book is carefully and thouroughly sourced and the extensive bibliography includes references to anti-gun material as well as evidence supporting the gun rights stance. With the facts on his side, Wayne thoroughly explores the arguments of the gun control clique and demolishes them one by one. "Guns, Crime and Freedom" is a splendid tool for gun rights advocates who would like to do the same.
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Summary: Turning the Tables
Review: Finally, a source book for supporters of the Right to Bear Arms. Before "Guns, Crime and Freedom", only leftist ideologues got into print on the subject of Firearms in America. Lapierre reversed this long-standing trend and opened something of a floodgate of scholarly research and commentary supporting the traditionalist interpretation of the Second Amendment and the utilitarian aspects of a free and armed citizenry. Lapierre's research spans the alpha and the omega of the gun rights issue. The book is carefully and thouroughly sourced and the extensive bibliography includes references to anti-gun material as well as evidence supporting the gun rights stance. With the facts on his side, Wayne thoroughly explores the arguments of the gun control clique and demolishes them one by one. "Guns, Crime and Freedom" is a splendid tool for gun rights advocates who would like to do the same.
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Summary: Simiply the best book I have ever read.
Review: I use this book as my bible.
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Summary: Facts on Gun Control
Review: This 1994 book explores the controversy of "gun control" (really Gun Prohibition) by presenting facts to use against the arguments made for gun control. Does the spiraling crime rate result from private gun ownership? The reality is that areas with the least private gun ownership have the most crime and murders (Washington DC, New York city, Detroit Mich). The corporate controlled media simply lie, or tell half-truths, to promote the interests of the economic aristocrats who own them. You can read other books on this subject, like William Weir's "A Well-Regulated Militia: the Battle Over Gun Control". Chapter 2 says that gun ownership would be mandatory if the right to keep and bear arms was interpreted like the other amendments (p.12). In fact, that was the law in 18th and 19th century America. You either showed up with your gun for the monthly militia muster, or paid a fine. Could an armed populace defeat a tyranny? It happened in 1781 America, and in Afghanistan, Vietnam, Indochina, China, Cuba, Nicaragua, Algeria, Angola, Ireland, Israel, Mozambique, Yugoslavia, and Zimbabwe (p.20). Read your newspaper for current events. An armed people could not prevent an invasion but would give the invaders holy hell. Chapter 3 mentions that the use of guns is a common and effective deterrent to crime, but rarely reported in the corporate media (its not fit to print?). Chapter 4 explains why concealed firearms will protect the public. Florida's 1987 "right to carry" law was followed by a lowered crime rate. Chapter 5 tells why a "waiting period" didn't work in California, or anyplace else (p.42)! Chapter 6 explains the "bait and switch" tactics used by the corporate media to attack people's rights just because guns started to used plastic in place of wood (automobiles, another deadly weapon, did this ages ago). Chapter 7 compares guns to vehicles. Everyone with a driver's license could buy one, and schools would teach their use. Every town would have one or more stores! Chapter 8 is on "Guns for Cash": this program has not lowered the number of murders anywhere its been tried. Chapter 9 tells of political chicanery by the Governor of Colorado after gang warfare broke out (pp.75-76). More children die from accidental drownings, bicycles, skate boards, automobiles, or medications than from shootings (p.81). Chapter 10 explains why the hidden agenda of the "Brady Bill" is to disarm the people through registration, licensing, gun bans, and taxes. "Gun Control" groups will tell any lie to fool the voters. Registration leads to confiscation (pp.92-93). Chapter 11 tells of the growing realization by more people to defend their civil rights. Pages 100-101 tell of the ABA's policy dispute with the NRA. Gerry Spence says the ABA speaks for corporate interests, not the people. Chapter 12 gives examples on how dangerous convicts are released to terrorize the people. Isn't this a new way to oppress and distract the people? When people are in fear they can't realize how their government manipulates them. Does this result in a lower voter turnout? This book is worth reading, even if you don't agree with all of it. My complaint about this book is its echo of the solution of the Gun Prohibitionists: pass more laws to create a better society. What is really needed is "good jobs at good wages"; prosperous people rarely commit violent crimes. That and stable neighborhoods (as in small towns).
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Summary: A Good Primer on the Issue of Gun Ownership
Review: This book is a good read, easy to follow and concise about its arguments. For someone new to the gun control debate the basics of the argument can be learned in this book. Its main flaw is that its somewhat incomplete by academic standards. For example I found some quotes attributed to founding father George Mason about the issue of firearms at the Cal State Hayward library. The quote was correct and in context, and supported LaPierre's thesis, but it was not exactly where the endnotes said it could be found. But, to be fair, the book is not intended for academics. Mr. La Pierre wrote it for the general population to convey a point of view without the usual interference from critics of gun rights. So buy the book to see what its all about; to learn something and read what you would never see in the media. Just don't take it as the final word on gun control. Its too basic. Use it as a launch point to do your own research.
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Summary: A well-rounded overview of the First Freedom and the 2nd Amd
Review: This book is a well-rounded overview of the First Freedom and the 2nd Amendment. Written in the early 1990's, this book challenges the erroneous assumptions about the Second Amendment held by contemporary liberals. It also concerns itself with criminology from sort of an economic perspective. It is a worthy predecessor to More Guns, Less Crime by John Lott. However, LaPierre and the NRA are frequently compromising and signing off on a lot of bad legislation and proposals these days- be it Project Exile or an ill-defined message: 'don't make more laws restricting ownership, enforce those on the books.' As if all the laws on the books are constitutional anyway? NRA members should be vocal about this duplicity and compromise.
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Summary: Gun Control cry-babies should read this-not the NY Times
Review: This book presents a clear, organized and level headed look at the myths and truths of the complex gun control issue. Via hard statistics, gathered by various sources (even gun control organizations), Mr. LaPierre has presented the only logical and clear headed representation of the facts about Gun Control and its utter futility and ineffectivness at curbing crime. All gun control do-gooders may want to consider just how safe they would be if they placed a sticker on their font doors that read "This Is A Gun Free House". A fine book with the only honest presentation of the facts concerning gun control that I have seen to date.
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