Shooting Straight: Telling the Truth about Guns in America
The National Rifle Association seeks to explain why the right to bear arms is essential to our democratic and free society.
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The National Rifle Association seeks to explain why the right to bear arms is essential to our democratic and free society. Booknews LaPierre is the current CEO of the National Rifle Association of America (NRA); Baker is the former director of the NRA's Institute for Legislative Action. Through a critique of the tactics used by anti-gun advocates in the gun-control lobby, Congress, and the country's media, they argue in favor of the right to gun ownership in the U.S. Written for gun-owning Americans, this text may also be informative to readers who are against gun ownership. ^ Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
IntroductionCh. 1Piggybacking on Terror1Ch. 2Your Handbook on Gun Issues21Ch. 3Citizen Rights59Ch. 4(Real) Homeland Defense81Ch. 5Gun Safety93Ch. 6Second Amendment Follies105Ch. 7The Gun-Control Hive121Ch. 8The Litigation Machine131Ch. 9Hollywood and Guns139Ch. 10Little Acorns and Bad Treaties149Ch. 11Gun Control and "Silver Bullets"161Conclusion173Postscript179AppZell Miller's "Picket Line of Freedom"183Notes191Acknowledgments203Index205
\ BooknewsLaPierre is the current CEO of the National Rifle Association of America (NRA); Baker is the former director of the NRA's Institute for Legislative Action. Through a critique of the tactics used by anti-gun advocates in the gun-control lobby, Congress, and the country's media, they argue in favor of the right to gun ownership in the U.S. Written for gun-owning Americans, this text may also be informative to readers who are against gun ownership. ^ Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
