Book Description
The Toboggan Ride to Tyranny
Your right to trial by a randomly selected jury -- not one stacked with jurors who swear to convict in advance -- is gone.
The IRS can now seize your bank account, paycheck, and house -- without so much as a judge's order. Your banker will help them.
Vietnam veterans and their wives, and 68-year-old engineers, are in federal prisons on "drug" charges -- despite the fact they never sold, touched, or even saw a single gram of cocaine or marijuana.
The Founders guaranteed Americans the right to keep and bear arms for defense against their own government. But the meager legal arms of the Branch Davidians were no match for government tanks and helicopters at Waco. National gun registration led to confiscation in oncr-free England and Australia. And national gun registration began in the U.S. on December 1, 1998.
How did we get to this point? Is there any peaceful way back from the toboggan ride to tyranny? The answers are in "Send in the Waco Killers," by America's syndicated Libertarian columnist, Vin Suprynowicz.
Customer Reviews:
Thank god.......2007-07-27
Finally someone speaks out against the libtard Clinton dolts who were trying to ruin our lives. It is good, no it is stupendous literature that should be read by every American who does not want to be a zombie slave under a socialistic movement that the Dems are trying to pull about as we speak. Long live our freedom and individual responsibility, so that the lazy turds who want the government to think for them can move to Canada or wherever they want to be relocated to.
Libertarian Honesty, from Cover to Cover.......2003-07-25
Author and journalist Vin Suprynowicz has something to say about the political climate in the United States. He doesn't like the government's excesses of control, the lying, the manipulation, and the almost complete disregard for the constitution. A strong proponent of individual liberty and personal responsibility, Vin covers many topics in this book that relate to government run amok, all with an inspired fervor and a very Libertarian angle.
Starting with the first chapter, Vin talks about where Americans have gone wrong since the founding fathers established the constitutional framework that suited the nation well for so many years. Juries are now "stacked" in an attempt to control the outcome of a trial; guns are confiscated in direct violation of the second amendment; people are sent to prison just because they choose to smoke a plant; and school children are indoctrinated to ensure that they are all slaves to the supreme command of the state, from now and into the future.
After commenting directly on the miserable failure of these various government policies, Vin describes countless examples of how government power has been used to manipulate individuals and destroy their lives. You can read all about hard working Americans who had their rights trampled on by government, like a man who saw his farm business wrecked by government officials who declared areas of his farm a wetland, and refused to allow him to farm on it, then refused to allow it to be used for other purposes either, making it worthless. Another true story covers a woman who was harassed by government because she refused to lie (yes, you heard me correctly) and disclose inaccurate ingredient listings on her company's pet foods.
Vin also talks about the government debacle at Waco and he gives sound reasons for why, he believes, the government is solely responsible for the deaths of the Branch Davidian members. He talks about the failed war on drugs, pointing out how government has used this disastrious policy to erode individual liberty.
Suprynowicz is a very outspoken person, and his in- your- face style might make some people uncomfortable. He frequently resorts to sarcasm and he provides countless examples of how government has ruined people's lives through its ruthlessness and its total failure to follow the constitution.
"Send in the Waco Killers" is well- written and easy to understand. Vin is a skilled wirter who knows exactly how to take an ordinarily complex situation and state it in a way that will make sense to most anyone. This book is one of the best I have read, and it was even recognized by freemarket.net as the "Freedom Book of the Year" in 1999. It's a book that everyone should read, just to see how far government has pushed its will on the people and how we, as a nation, are slowly marching toward a police state as each day passes.
The Ugly Truth.......2003-04-20
I was originally turned off by the title of the book. However, it had been recomended to me by a friend. I have to say that it turned out to be the most thoughtful, well reasoned, documented accounting of just how far out of control the Federal Government has gotten over the years that I have ever read. The point is driven home over and over again in this book that every Constitutional protection you thought you had can be abused, with no consequences, by the Federal Government. Think the money you worked hard for all you life is yours? Think again. Federal police, with local police support can seize it and any other property they covet with impunity. And the cop that takes it gets to profit in the transaction. Think you have a right to a trial by a jury of your peers? Wrong again. Jury picking has become an art, designed to eliminate anyone who may be sympathetic to your views. Think the Constitutional guarantee in the 2nd amendment means what it says? Well, you are probably breaking one of the 20,000 gun laws already in affect, directed against honest Americans like you and I, and don't even know it. And if you are caught by one of these "Special Militia" ( ATF, DEA, FBI that we were warned against over and over by the founding fathers) you will spend more time in jail than a bank robber. Think you cannot be murdered by the Federal Police without justice being done to the ones who murdered you or your family members? You are living in a dream world. This book should be required reading by every 9th grade civics class in America. But of course, as is pointed out in this book, these "Government Schools" will do everything in its power to ensure that your children will NOT understand the true meaning of our Constitution.
This is a Must Read.
Libertarian Bible for the 21st cenutry!.......2003-02-17
While writing from a Libertarian and non-religious perspective, Vin takes us across the gamut of current attitudes and the hopes and aspirations of self-sufficient, liberty minded, and responsible persons everywhere. Vin really nails it as to the virus and bacteria infection that holds this land in an ever tightening grip as it chokes our very lives. What kind of virus is this?
1. The Public School. 1.6 Billion dollars later a Kansas City School still cant stop truancy and raise test scores. Vin finally says what many have screamed from years, that you cant fix the public school system because its ALREADY WORKING. Vin give you history of development of public schools, statistics, and then contrasts a public school with home schoolers who are doing tremendously better, at a fraction of the cost, and in fact raises test scores and perfromance across all class, and racial lines!
2. Gun control. I dont even need to describe this canard.
3. Unaccountable Federal Agencies. Whether its the DEA, the INS or even the Farm bureau, the activities of various 'protectors of independance', who used to leave us sorely disappointed, but who know take family farms and get people killed.
4. Restriction of Jury Trials and the rights of jurors to be fully informed of their 1200 year old right to judge not only the facts of the case, but also the law!
5. A lapdog press that does whatever a corporate or government interest dictates. This is why more and more Americans read European newspapers or otherwise use the internet to get the real news. Vin documents the attitude of the press and gives personal experiences with getting his own column published. You need to read Vin's article on the press to fully appreciate the fog let off with the current Iraq situation.
Now all of the above problems are such that they can be solved with the ballot box, and appropriate education. That is why this book is important. When the public propaganda school system is dismantled by default, when the jurisdictions of various government agencies are curtailed by consisten not guilty verdicts by fully informed juries excercising their rights to nullify the law, this apocolyptic revolution that every right wing crackpot spouts as being inevitable will never occur, thank God. ...
Vin's a voice in the wilderness, whom we need to hear.......2002-03-04
For the past several years, there has been a lonely libertarian writing a column for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, and now his columns have been collected and sorted by subject. He and I don't agree about absolutely _everything,_ but then, we do agree about the important things, like doing something about the inexorable growth of the Nanny State into an all-devouring shoggoth. If the news media weren't so single-mindedly leftist, his columns would reach the wider audience they deserve.
Customer Reviews:
Outstanding.......2007-05-11
A phenomenal book. DOnt know why it is not more common, should be sold at newstands
Informative and Interesting.......2006-08-17
This well-written, easily accessible book takes the reader on a historical journey through the basis for the Second Amendment, establishing the reasoning of the Founding Fathers for including the Second Amendment in the Bill of Rights. From the ancient Greek and Roman philosophers and statesmen to the European tradition, the Second Amendment Primer will eliminate any doubt in your mind that the Second Amendment is a necessary clause protecting citizens not only from criminals and foriegn invasion, but from the government itself, should the need ever arise.
Furthermore, this book denounces, with excellent documentation, the "collectivist" idea that the Second Amendment is only meant to protect so-called "militia members". Instead, this text provides historical context for the crafting of the Bill of Rights, in the form of original writings of the Founding Fathers, showing that they fully intended the Second Amendment to cover the rights of every individual citizen.
Overall, this book is a great read if you are interested in learning about the history and necessity of the Second Amendment, especially if you are having trouble making up your mind.
Objective & Unbiased.......2005-07-15
This book is outstanding. I really appreciate the unbiased and objective content that the author has written. All too often, books on this subject are biased and lack solid facts. Also, the book is easy to read, as the author placed side notes in the margins describing the subject matter as well as highlighting points. Regardless of where one stands on the issue of gun control, etc, this is a worthwhile read, and it is the best book I have read on the subject.
Product Description
What would you do first if you were elected President of the United States?
Aaron Zelman and L. Neil Smith, who brought you The Mitzvah, now present their answer to that question in an exciting sequel they call Hope.
Hope is the story of Alexander Hope, a young American who comes back from Vietnam, falls in love with a bright, beautiful girl, and with her starts a pioneering computer business. Thirty years later he's a billionaire, and alone in life. He decides to leave everything he created behind to write books and teach history at a private college.
Almost as a joke, Alex allows a handful of admiring students to enlist him as a candidate for a third party Presidential nomination. His brief campaign rests on a single promise: to enforce the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution -- commonly known as the Bill of Rights -- exactly like the highest law of the land they happen to be. And in a series of astonishing but perfectly plausible political events, he's amazed to discover that he's headed for 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Customer Reviews:
Very Entertaining.......2007-05-07
An entertaining vision of what would happen if a candidate from outside of the conventional two party political mainstream became president.
A billionaire entrepreneur with a libertarian style philosophical streak on govermnent runs as a third party candidate, and through a series of chance occurences is elected president.
It is a viewpoint broadening vision of what could be -- somewhat along the lines of L. Neil Smith's "Probability Broach."
Excellent and inspiring.......2006-10-30
I finished this book in two days and was ready for more.
I've read most of the current (and not so current) libertarian literature and this is among the best.
I like this book better than "The Mitzvah", but "The Mitzvah" is certainly worth reading. It is much better than its reviews would indicate and it introduces you to some of the characters in "Hope".
I'm very ready for the next book from these authors.
its Heinlein on Hillary!.......2006-09-17
If you don't enjoy it; give it to your "Pizza Driver". He will see the insights that you missed.
This is Smith's best work, since "The Probality Broach" {1980}.
Is it conceiveable that aliens have stolen his soul?.......2006-04-29
When I read Smith's Tom Paine Maru, it changed my life. In fact, most of his early works are interesting and strange. This on the other hand is didactic and slow. I can't imagine how an even moderately gifted author could possibly write something this bad. Is there any real distinction in writing a scene more wooden than the 70+ page rant from 'Atlas Shrugged?' Is it brain damage? WTF? Also, stop trying to make bizarre jokes using scrambled libertarian party member names. It isn't funny, merely sad.
A disappointment.......2005-08-24
I'm a big fan of author L. Neil Smith and his novels with a pro-liberty theme, but this book was a disappointment.
The basic theme is a history professor at a small college becomes the Libertarian Party candidate for president after being drafted by his students. Through a freak set of circumstances, he winds up becoming President. He then proceeds to turn the establishment upside down by using his powers as President to eliminate many government programs and laws that he believes to be unconstitutional and against a libertarian view of the Bill of Rights.
What I found disappointing about all this is the breezy way things were done, mostly by executive order. In many instances, it's just not believable as the President doesn't have that kind of power, or would certainly be impeached for trying to use it that way.
An example, about half way through his first term, he gets on television and announces that Social Security is bankrupt and therefore he is ending it. Any claims for payouts that citizens are due may be deducted from future income taxes due. That's it! OK, first, I don't think the President alone has the power to do this, especially as Congress set up SS and surely had budgeted the money. Secondly, I'm sure that the millions of seniors who depend on SS as their primary source of income will be greatly comforted by the knowledge that they do not have to pay income taxes in the future, as they wheel their shopping cart from the soup kitchen back to their cardboard box home in the alley next door.
There are many instances of situations similar to the above. Don't get me wrong. I love the idea of reducing government and getting rid of programs and institutions that are not specifically called for in the Constitution, but there's a path of how you go from here to there, to honor commitments made to millions who depend on them. For instance, he could have announced that the Federal government will begin selling off land and assets to to pay off those seniors as he dismantles SS.
At some point in the book you realize that this isn't fiction, it's poorly a thought out fantasy. I would have liked to have seen the authors write a book promoting liberty and less government, but in a much more realistic manner. I wanted to leave the book thinking "What if...?" Instead I left the book thinking "Bull...."
Book Description
Today, the right to own a gun is under assault like never before. Every time a firearm is used in a high-profile crime, calls for stricter gun regulation—even outright prohibition—are pounded into us by a press that has taken sides. In fact, when it comes to guns, journalists have clearly made up their minds. According to a recent study, television news stories calling for stricter gun laws outnumbered newscasts opposing such laws by a ratio of ten to one. In other words, we are hearing only one side of the story.
This is the other side.
"A blockbuster book every freedom-loving American should read." — Christopher Ruddy, editor, NewsMax.com
In
The Seven Myths of Gun Control, award-winning journalist and bestselling author Richard Poe cuts through the blizzard of anti-gun propaganda and uncovers the truth about guns, crime, and freedom. He details the seven most common arguments used by gun prohibitionists, debunking each one with a wealth of statistical and legal data gleaned from top experts in the field of guns and gun rights. You will discover that, contrary to myth, the availability of guns leads to less crime, not more; that guns do not pose a special threat to our children; and that the Second Amendment is as vital to the lives and liberty of modern Americans as it was in frontier times. You will also learn how the current drive to further regulate and even outlaw firearms is a point-blank assault not only on truth but on freedom as well.
Provocative, accessible, and persuasive,
The Seven Myths of Gun Control is a thoughtful and invaluable contribution to the national debate about guns.
Customer Reviews:
A Must Read.......2007-08-13
This book is a must read by all who have a conceal carry permit. You need to know the legalities of what has happened in the past and what you may be facing in the future for those who argue that guns should be outlawed. You would be surprised by reading this book who is trying to take your right to own and carry a gun.
No such thing as reasonable gun control.......2007-05-19
The author chronicles what history has proved, that there is no such thing as reasonable gun control. History is clear on this matter. The author also is quite prophetic in his prenouncements prior to 9/11 and some to which he gave warning has come to pass with the Patriot Act...a necessary read for gun owners and the proponents of liberty.
Worse is Better.......2007-03-19
Outstanding.
I have sent this book to more people than any other book I've read.
I urge folks to start with the Epilogue for it is the best writing I have experienced on a topic that is what I believe at the very core of the current social disorder in America. Our families are broken, boys are not allowed to become men, and men have surrendered their souls.
The issues around gun control are presented so clearly in this book it
is a wonder there is still an issue at all.
Outstanding.
Superficial at best.......2006-03-23
The author uses the same tactics he denigrates when used by others. For instance, in the section on Japan, he has to admit that gun crime is the lowest in the industrialized world, mostly affecting intra-ciminal violence. To mitigate that success, Poe describes the fuedal lord who took away swords in the 16th century and how the police are still the arrogant samurai, as if that's relevant to this modern subject.
Citing a few successful-gun-defense-kills/failure-to-have-a-gun stories always gets the pro-gun crowd excited. No different than when the anti-gun extremists cite their innocent bystander shootings. The absence of large number statistics in this book relegates it to the genre of hype, mostly. The fact is that the US has the highest gun violence is because of the easy access to our huge inventory of firearms. The author never once mentions that felons get many handguns that are stolen from law-abiding suburban homes.
The author's myths are just that, real statistics and the law of large numbers prove Poe wrong. In 2003, there were 163 justifiable private citizen homicides with handguns, but 7701 handgun homicides in total. (See FBI Uniform Crime Report www.fbi.gov/ucr/03cius.htm)
I don't understand why the book has size 24 bold letters for a hundred paragraph headings, maybe it's a sign of statistical weakness. Still, the author cites many sources that could be used for pro-gun research, I gave it two stars for effort.
Concise and logical.......2005-09-20
Just thought this book was great. Provided many interesting facts/figures that have now inspired me to start doing my own research. A great, quick read for anyone intersted on the topic of Gun control/ Gun Laws. Great book regardless of your position on this fundamental right.
Book Description
In his newest book, John Lott gives you the information you need to win the arguments with those who want to ban guns and destroy your individual freedom and liberty to pursue the American dream.
Straight Shooting contains Professor Lott's best columns from Publications like National Review, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Sun-Times, Investor's Business Daily, Kansas City Star, New York Post, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, USA Today and scores of others.
Customer Reviews:
Merril Press..........2007-08-26
not exactly University of California, heh?
Lott is not an academic. He has long been denounced and rejected there. He makes his living now as a shill for the extremist gun lobby. Sold out any commitment he may have once had to actually doing research in order to sell lots of books to half-literate gun-wielding cavemen in rural Michigan.
Shame on all of you.
Trick Shooting.......2007-05-14
The world is full of people fighting to protect the second amendment. Some are unquestioned researchers and academics. Others take shortcuts and fabricate their supporting "evidence." The publicity seeking Lott appears to fall into the latter camp.
Too many questions surround Lott's work to take any specific data or citation at face value. For each chapter, one is left to ask, was that straight shooting or sleight of hand. The second amendment doesn't need friends like these.
Prof. Lott rings the bell again.......2007-05-08
John R. Lott brings real facts, logic and common sense to the gun control issue, as distinct from the misrepresentations and hysterical rantings of the left-wingers. All those who believe the founding fathers really did know what they were doing when they authored the Bill of Rights and in particular the Second Amendment therein will find plenty of support in Prof. Lott's books.
As the previous reviewer has noted, the first reviewer obviously meant to give this book 5 stars and not 1.
Straight Shooting.......2007-04-19
I've read this book and it is excellent. I agree with the previous review, and think he must have meant to give it a higher rating and hit the wrong button or something.
Masterly overview of topical firearm control issues.......2007-04-13
Professor John Lott has done it again, this time with a battery of most readable articles, originally intended for newspaper columns, where he debunks many theories advanced by naysaying newsmedia nabobs. The great thing is, he's done it from a great height, because Lott has an academic background which far eclipses that of all of his detractors combined.
He discusses the assault rifle ban, arming pilots and disarming Iraq as well as many other topics. It is all highly readable and definately recommended.
What a pity the opponents of firearms are unlikely to read it.
Book Description
The United Nations wants your guns. They want all of them-now-and they've found a way to do it. In fact, the U.N. is so cocksure it can commandeer the Second Amendment that it chose the Fourth of July, 2006, to hold its global gun ban summit in New York City. If you think there's no way an armed U.N. platoon of blue helmets can knock on your door to take your guns, this book just became your next must-read.
Wayne LaPierre's The Global War on Your Guns takes you inside the U.N. plan to destroy the Bill of Rights by attacking the one right that makes any right possible, the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.
LaPierre's well-researched chapters outline the threat itself, how the U.N. works, and the phalanx of international forces determined to eliminate the basic human right of self-preservation through elimination of all private firearm ownership.
In The Global War on Your Guns you will learn:
- How a 1997 land mine treaty molded the U.N.'s new strategy
- How the U.N. funnels your tax dollars to anti-gun member nations
- Why the U.S. domestic gun-ban crowd is investing big in the U.N.
- What U.N. disarmament has done to once-free peoples of the world
- How extreme U.N. gun laws can be enforced on Americans-even without a new treaty!
LaPierre exposes the labyrinth of international connections and cash flow that have moved this chilling threat from blueprint to binding treaty. At center stage, LaPierre spotlights global billionaires like George Soros and a colossal coalition of domestic and worldwide gun-ban and animal-rights groups led by the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) and its zealous leader, Rebecca Peters.
In previous books, LaPierre dissected the cultural war smoldering within American borders. But now, as LaPierre writes, "This is America's cultural war gone global." Read how to win it now, in the pages of The Global War on Your Guns.
Customer Reviews:
Alarmist? No, just ahead of his time........2007-06-14
People have often referred to the NRA as alarmist. This is false. As noted by earlier authors, LaPierre needs to spend more time talking about the gun grabbers within our own midst, that of the United States government. Katrina showed to the nation that criminals will walk around looting whenever they get the chance, hence that was a perfect environment for arming oneself for self-defense. The government went in their and grabbed the guns from honest, law-abiding American citizens. Make no mistake, the U.N. wants to grab your guns also, but LaPierre needs to write a follow-up book on the United State entities that are trying to shred the 2nd Amendment in your face.
Oh, if only it were true..........2007-03-31
Gun nuts NEED to have their guns taken away. What the NRA doesn't want you to know is that most firearm murders are committed by legal gun owners against members of their own families or other close friends and associates. They also don't want you to know how many children die every year by accidents with firearms and suicide by firearm--if those guns weren't lying around the house for them to find, those accidents and those suicides would not happen. I pray for the day that the US government will get the moral compass necessary to GET GUNS OUT OF THE HANDS OF PRIVATE CITIZENS.
It's not only about guns it's about the sovereignty of the United States.......2006-08-06
The Global war on your guns is a well researched and factual account of the efforts of The United Nations attempt at taking over our nation. This is not some alarmist's half-cocked radical viewpoint, but rather a well researched report on the record of the U.N. and how they have become a powerful organization bent on regulating the entire world under their iron hand. Mr. LaPierre points out how the U.N. has failed in it's peace keeping efforts in all of the nations where they have gained control. Worse than that the U.N. "peace keepers" have not been all that peaceful. In fact in many cases they have been more violent and controlling than any of the governments that they have assumed control from.
LaPierre names names and gives quotes along with the violent and underhanded history of the U.N.'s activities worldwide. This is a book that should be read by every American who believes in our constitution and the bill of rights.
Mr. LaPierre is the executive vice president of the N.R.A., but the information in this book does not pertain to what many have seen as a special interest group. He goes into great detail in explaining how every tyranical dictatorship in recent history has used firearms confiscation as the first step in gaining control of the free people in the nations that they have seized control of.
No! This book is not simply about gun control, but rather about how gun control could be the first step in undermining the bill of rights and destroying the sovereignty of our great nation. Every patriotic American who believes that we still live in the land of the free and the home of the brave should read this one.
Educate yourself on the reality of the UN!.......2006-08-05
This book should be absolutely essential reading for everyone in America (or anywhere, for that matter)--it's not just about guns (though it does eloquently and soundly make the case for the right to bear arms), but it also chronicles story after story after story of U.N. corruption and waste, direct U.N. support of terrorists, U.N. exacerbation of genocides, U.N. attempts at removal of liberty and human rights everywhere, the "rape culture" of their so-called peacekeepers, their legitimizing of the most oppressive regimes...I could go on and on and on. In short, it sums up why the U.N. isn't good at anything but spreading misery and pain, and, consequently, why we shouldn't allow them anywhere near our Second Amendment (or anywhere near the US in any way, shape, or form in my opinion).
Some will say that Mr. LaPierre and those like him are only being alarmist in saying that the UN could threaten our right to bear arms in the USA anytime soon. However, Mr. LaPierre gives all the evidence needed as to why it's never too soon to be concerned about what the UN is trying to do and to have an early warning, especially because of what the UN has, in fact, already done in countries all over the world where the people are far, far worse off because of UN interference. Every person in a free country should read this book and then lobby their elected representatives to get their country out of the UN as soon as possible. Far, far too few people have any idea what a horrible and insidious organization the UN is, and Wayne LaPierre throws a lot of desperately needed light on the subject.
Interesting, but goes a little overboard.......2006-07-19
Guns don't kill people.
Bullets kill people.
Guns just make bullets go very fast.
I think that this book is alarmist. There is no immediate threat that the UN will take away the guns that we Americans own. If our guns are taken away, it is far more likely to be by the United States itself. And I doubt that even the U. S. government is about to take away my Anschutz target rifle.
Still, I think we Americans ought to be aware of our Second Amendment rights. And we also need to be aware of how serious it could be were those rights taken away. In addition, I think we need to be aware that an international organization such as the UN could be quite capable of wanting to do just that. And this book is informative in these areas.
As Wayne LaPierre explains, the following is the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution, an integral part of our Bill of Rights:
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
One could argue that this amendment is out of date, and that it applied only to a time when many Americans needed guns just to hunt for food. But the Amendment specifically refers to the use of guns for security. One could argue that only militias need guns, not people. But several congressional rulings have confirmed that the intent of this amendment is to allow small groups of citizens (even as few as one individual) to protect themselves, not merely to allow the State to protect itself. I'm not so sure that the amendment means that guns need to be allowed to be just about everywhere. But I have no doubt that very small groups of citizens need to have fairly quick access to weapons for use in self-defense, if this amendment is to be honored.
It is true that the United Nations did try to come up with a rule against "small arms" in 2001. But the United States, led by John Bolton, did not support it. And I think there is little chance that the U. S. would want to toss away its rights as a sovereign state on this matter. Nor do I think the United Nations is strong enough to ride roughshod over our claims to be a sovereign state.
On the other hand, I think there is a serious threat to human rights if a world government is ever formed. Such a government could very well be a global tyranny. And the removal of small arms from people does indeed make genocide a real risk. This book discusses several examples of mass murder. And it takes very little imagination to see what a difference an armed population can make. In World War Two, a dozen armed German soldiers could (and did) easily kill ten thousand (or more) unarmed Jews in just a couple of days, without even taking them out of their towns. And it was likely that not even one of these dozen soldiers would die in such an operation. But suppose that those ten thousand Jews had possessed a mere hundred (let alone a thousand), um, Anschutz target rifles. These are hardly military equipment. They use rimfire subsonic 22-caliber ammunition. But that's potentially deadly at 10 to 60 yards (actually, such fire can kill folks at well over ten times that range). And those who can get shots off will almost surely hit their targets at such close ranges. Mass murder would not be quite so easy in that case. So I agree with the author that small arms can indeed mean survival for some communities.
While I think the UN is not about to take away our guns, that in no way means that I feel the UN is harmless. And I think LaPierre is right to remind us of the extent of UN corruption, the UN's horrible (and truly counterproductive) record at preventing genocide, and the UN's failure to oppose terrorism. The UN stand on terrorism should indeed concern us all. As the author shows, not only does the UN fund terrorists all over the world, "it actively prevents settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict, it funds vicious hate propaganda, and allows its refugee camps and schools to be used as terrorist bases and bomb factories." That means to me that if the UN did have the opportunity to rule the world, it would be very dangerous indeed, not merely to American Second Amendment rights, but to human rights for everyone. The author uses the International Court of Justice (ICJ) which was established by the UN as another example. The ICJ ruled against Israel's security barrier. But that barrier was simply there to reduce terrorist attacks, so the ICJ ruling was against Israel's right of self-defense. I agree with the author's implication that the UN and ICJ would be happy to rule against self-defense in general.
I think the book goes overboard on the seriousness of the UN threat to take away our guns, so I'm only giving it three stars. But I think it is proper for us to be aware of the UN's ill will and the risks it would pose to everyone were it to get the chance.
Book Description
In a free country, individuals have almost limitless rights -- to travel as they please, carry private arms, consume any plant or drug, keep what they earn, raise their kids as they see fit ... all without showing any license or permit. Bureaucrats have few powers, specifically listed.
But that hardly describes America today, where the default settings fast approach those of a slave state. Bureaucrats claim expansive power and privilege; the rights of the individual are crushed. Carl Drega fought back ... and died. Peter McWilliams fought back ... and died. Garry Watson fought back ... and died. Donald Scott fought back ... and died. ...
Not all their desperate acts were wise or admirable. But Libertarian columnist Vin Suprynowicz insists we should at least start cataloguing and honoring the names of those who have given their lives in this War on Freedom, being waged against us from the lowliest government classroon and "code-enforcement office" to the loftiest temples of Washington. Because we're next. Eight died on that bridge at Concord, back in 1775. How many will it take this time?
Customer Reviews:
My favorite book. Period. .......2006-02-03
Do not let the fact that this text is a "collection of essays" disuade you. Neither should you be dissuaded about the month waiting period for a new copy to arrive. Order several copies and earn a profit by selling via Amazon's Marketplace!
This thoughtful book forced me to take a fresh look at the incredible power's that have been given the IRS, FBI, ATF (BATFE) - just to name a few. Upon opening the book, I was under the distinct impression that I was a "citizen" residing in a "representative democracy." It has become clear to me that the Bill of Rights (which unquestionably grants me the rights of a true citizen) has been usurped by a runaway police state - where I resemble a well-trained slave. Does that mean I hate police, FBI, IRS, ATF(BATFE)? No. Although, I feel strongly that law-abiding citizens must reclaim their citizenship birthrights from these (and other) superiorly armed and trained slave masters. Vin asks rhetorical questions throughout his essays. My favorite question is "how can the government prohibit law-abiding citizens from owning particular weapons?" You see, our government inherits powers from "we the people." Therefore, if one citizen cannot lawfully prohibit another citizen from owning an assault rifle - how can Uncle Sam? It matters not that a "duly elected government" passed this law, because the Bill of Rights are God given and cannot be usurped. These essays are more powerful than a linear text and have been the genesis of heartfelt powerful pro-liberty thoughts. Subsequently, it is impossible for me to look upon my government as benign. In fact, I feel much like Benjamin Franklin must have. Ben Franklin was enamored with England and was residing there during the "Colonial Stamp Tax Revolt." It pained Benjamin to hear of his Colonial brothers resisting the "just command of his Majesty." I was staunchly pro-FBI during Waco & Ruby Ridge, because I watched mainstream media. Now I'm disgusted with my weak thinking - I sincerely apologize to the victims and surviving family and friends. I have come to the conclusion that our government has purposely overstepped its boundaries and now violently snuffs-out those small groups that see the wolf for what it is. The police-state may already be invincible, having already achieved critical mass - but I find some solace in the fact that I am no longer acting like a deferential pawn. I will resist illegitimate authority from this day forward. Thank you Vin! Sorry it's taken me so long to wake up. In my defense, I was public schooled. Also, I recommend Boston's Gun Bible (revised edition).
The Ballad of Carl Drega.......2005-09-17
It is a great eye opener to the tyranny around us all.
Insane by reason of bureaucracy!.......2004-04-07
That could very well be a legitimate legal defense some day. Certainly this book goes a long way toward detailing the million and one ways that we suffer from a surfeit of government.
Mr Suprynowicz does an excellent job of pointing out that tyranny comes in many forms. That sometimes the most aggravating forms are those of the petty bureaucrats and local governments who refuse to use compassion or common sense in the course of their duties.
This book is an easier and more entertaining read than his previous "Send in the Waco Killers", which read like a collection of his columns. "Ballad" follows a logical progression towards the inescapable conclusion that freedom and regulation are at opposite ends of a scale.
Guaranteed to irritate Republicans and Democrats alike.
A Must for those interested in freedom........2003-10-01
An outstanding look at the unending chain of abuses that are heaped on us by our government and the obvious, but tragic results. The Ballad of Carl Drega is a collection of articles and notes from 1994 -2001 by the award-winning Libertarian columnist Vin Suprynowicz. Carl Drega, Gary Watson, Donald Scott, Peter Williams, and the victims of Ruby Ridge and Waco are the martyrs in the raging War Against Freedom. This expose goes where no others dare. Vin exposes the War that has been declared on our rights in his essays on Taxes, Western Land Grabs, Environmentalism, Gun Laws, Vaccinations, and the "Mandatory government youth propaganda camps, still known to most as the 'public schools'".
He challenges you to focus on the victims' plight and leaves you wondering how on earth there are not similar "last stands" on a regular basis. Unfortunately, I fear that there will be many more Carl Drega's before Vin's next book is released.
I have given this book my highest recommendation and consider it a must-read for freedom lovers, patriots, libertarians, journalists, and concerned parents. If you don't like to loan out your favorite books, you might be wise to order more than one copy.
A Must Read if you value freedom.......2003-06-17
This book is so important and so well written, I am buying copies of it to give to everyone I know. Vin exposes the underside of America and shows plainly how America is a defacto police state. He deals with facts not fiction and provides another side to some of the news stories we have heard in the press. Also he deals with stories that will never be heard in the "mainstream" media. Well done Vin. Molon Labe
Book Description
From the floor of American gun shows, a fascinating historical exposé of how guns have burrowed into the heart of American democracy.
"To understand gun talk, I had to understand what America means to millions of ordinary people and how these beliefs shaped their sense of who they are, were, and must remain in the future."—from the introduction to Gun Show Nation
In this first-of-its-kind archaeology of America's gun culture, progressive cultural historian, critic, and gun owner Joan Burbick takes us on a journey from gun shows to NRA conventions, using firsthand observations and interviews with a wide range of gun owners and gun advocates as a jumping-off point for a fascinating exploration of the rise of the gun—from Buffalo Bill and the mythology of the frontier to Ronald Reagan, the first sitting president to address the NRA.
Gun Show Nation examines the lethal politics of gun ownership, uncovering a powerful, conservative political ideology that places the individual citizen armed with a gun at the bulwark of our democracy.
Talking directly to gun lobby strategists, Burbick reveals the pro-gun movement's deliberate effort to co-opt the language of rights from the civil rights movement to appeal to a disaffected white electorate, crafting a powerful conservative response to liberal efforts to achieve social, economic, and racial justice in the 1960s.
An illuminating examination of how guns have changed and challenged our beliefs in democracy, Gun Show Nation shows us what America looks like from the floor of a gun show.
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The word from the lunatic left.......2007-06-24
I was aware that this book was a propaganda piece before I read it; so I borrowed it from the library to avoid giving any financial support to the lunatic left. I really wanted to learn how the enemy thinks and I must say that after suffering through her extremist rant I have the answer: they simply don't think at all. If you were to cross out those passages expressing her vicious hatred of white males, and were to eliminate the anti gun rhetoric that she regurgitates as fact, there would be nothing left. It should not surprise any one that she would write such drivel or be able to find a publisher. The far left consists of just two types: dedicated Marxists, and the "useful idiots" who do their bidding. The really frightening thing about this is that this "author" is a tenured university professor who is spreading her extreme views in the classroom. Don't waste your time and especially not your money on this leftist nut.
Alarmist trying to make the 2nd Amendment a partisan issue.......2007-06-01
The author attempts to frame gun ownership as something only advocated by people on the political far right and Christians. A reading of The Federalist Papers should put that thinking to rest. I am neither a conservative nor a Christian, and I'm aware of a huge, mostly quiet, diverse group who recognize that the 2nd Amendment guarantees rights that our founders considered of utmost importance. In fact, they were clear that we needed to be ready to protect ourselves from aggression (outsiders) and tyranny (our own government). They warned us not to raise permanent armies, in fact, because of the very real threat of tyranny by whomever was in power. Our right to keep and bear arms is the one amendment that ascertains the others will remain intact.
Never mind that firearms are the only reasonable means of personal protection for women, people of short stature, people with disabilities, and the elderly. Or that a 911 call or pepper spray are useless in the middle of a violent assault.
Yes, old white boys are the ones front and center at gun shows, just as they are in government, business, and in all aspects of our society. They held all the power for many years, and power-sharing is not something that happens overnight--culture creeps. And yes, they are mostly the ones who fought in the wars and developed an interest in firearms history. But that's changing. Women are starting to listen to the words of Susan B. Anthony, who advocated for females protecting themselves and not relying on males. More women are studying the Federalist Papers and other documents written by our founders.
Some of the history presented is interesting, and yet the author's bias is obvious throughout. When the Supreme Court reinterpreted the 2nd Amendment, they examined it only out of context. A closer look in context alongside the other amendments clearly shows it guarantees the individual right to keep and bear arms.
What I found most troublesome with this book is the author's jumping on the political bandwagon of framing the sales, ownership, and use of firearms as representing something called the "gun culture," as if the 2nd Amendment isn't affirming our right to keep and bear arms for very good reasons with which the founders were intimately familiar. The words of the founders are clear--they were warning that tyranny and aggression happen. They taught us to be armed and ready.
This book is an alarmist opinion piece that contains some interesting--but incomplete--history. In that sense, it's dangerous, because the author presents herself as an expert rather than an ideologue.
A collection of opinions and anecdotes.......2007-04-14
I got this book from the local library, intrigued by its title. I was amazed at how bad the book is. It is primarily a collection of anecdotes sprinkled liberally with the author's opinions. Although the author claims to be a professor at Washington State University, do not be fooled into thinking that this book is an academic work. It is anything but.
Social bigotry masquerading as academic observation.......2007-01-07
A friend told me about this book and I checked it out from the library to read it for myself. I'm glad that I did so but I would NOT recommend buying it to anybody. For those interested in an OBJECTIVE look at gun issues, pro and con, I would recommend instead "The Gun Control Debate: You Decide", edited by Lee Nisbet (Amazon.com page http://tinyurl.com/y8p4we).
As for "Gun Show Nation", it's a nasty book: the author spends half her time spewing vitriol regarding white males. While I happen to BE a white male, I in no way believe that we are any better than other segments of our society. However, I also do not think we are any worse and frankly hold people who subscribe to this petty Balkanization in complete contempt.
On to the contents of the book itself. If I may digress, what is the reason that people do not walk around wearing sunglasses all of the time? Because they make everything look dark and deprive the wearer of a high degree of visual sensitivity. Well, this author seems to have taken it upon herself to look at gun owners with dark sunglasses on: she sees only a darkened image of what is there and misses out on a great deal of what makes gun ownership something that gives substantial enjoyment. Take her contemptuous comments regarding Charlton Heston, for example. She seems to have decided that since he was an NRA leader for a number of years that he's some sort of bigoted fool. The fact that he marched on D.C. with Martin Luther King Jr. apparently means nothing to her. He opposed racial segregation AND McCarthyism but since he also chose to support a right she disapproves of, he is a bad guy. The thing is, one of our country's biggest problems is how willing people are to only support rights that they themselves want to exercise and to condemn (and try to ban the exercise of) rights they dislike. We should support the ACLU and NARAL as well as the NRA if we want to make this country healthier.
On to the NRA itself. While Burbick is correct in thinking that the NRA has been predominately white and male in membership, it has at times been way AHEAD of society in the area of promoting equality. For example, Elizabeth Topperwein broke the gender barrier by competing in the National Rifle Match in 1906, winning a medal "to the cheers of the admiring men". Show me any other sport in which women competed with men on an equal footing 100 years ago! Looking back at those same American Rifleman magazines that Burbick finds antiquated, I see plenty of issues from the 1940s and 1950s (before women's liberation had even become a leading viewpoint) lauding female shooting competitors.
NRA support for equality went beyond firearms used for "sporting purposes", too. In the 1950s, before the Civil Rights movement took off, Robert William (president of a North Carolina NAACP chapter) formed an NRA chapter due to threats from the KKK (many of whom were police officers), to teach black folks in the area how to use firearms for self defense. An article (by David B. Kopel) in the February 2005 issue of Reason magazine (http://www.reason.com/news/show/32889.html) details the long correlation between the restrained capability of self defense with firearms and the social justice community.
In Burdick's book, however, this ability to defend ones self would be viewed with a jaundiced eye, as something that negatively affects society. One would wish that she viewed peace and freedom as something that resulted from a positive interaction between citizens and the government, not something bestowed by government on a helpless citizenry. Owning guns is and should be a right that augments basic police preservation of a peaceable society. Armed individuals have protected other individuals and even police officers from being murdered by criminals. And while government can be a great servant of the people, history shows that circumstances can arise at any time (e.g., Hurricane Katrina) in which the onus is on you to defend yourself for a period of time.
Reading Burbick's book left me with the impression that she would have a problem with the very notion of a private citizen using a firearm to protect another citizen or a police officer. This leaves me wondering whether she would similarly look with disfavor upon people who choose to practice martial arts (who are after all predominately...male), whether she would assume that they want to go around acting violently. In fact, martial arts training includes a strong ethic in which the practitioner is taught to avoid violence, if at all possible. Similarly, gun owners have a strong incentive to avoid violent situations because abusing their right can result in their losing it.
Writing this book would have been a great opportunity to provide insight into the half of the US population who keep and use firearms responsibly. It is too bad that the author chose to support bigoted stereotypes instead.
Useful examination of the topic.......2006-12-11
Nearly everyone trying to understand the surge of right wing political strength over the last twenty five years seems to be fixated on the role of religion; Burbick, for a change, focuses on that other social issue, gun control and second amendment rights. She gives a sweeping history of the last hundred years, and the tradition of white males in the US proudly arming themselves while African Americans are disarmed. She also shows the way right wing advocates appropriated and revised the discourse of civil rights to claim to be oppressed by the threat of gun control laws. Expanding on the theme, she shows the way the gun rights discourse intersects with anger at ex-wives (laws against those under restraining orders possessing firearms are opposed because of the many police officers they effect(!)), the religious right, and fear of a UN-controlled America (i.e. restraints on US foreign policy). I wish she'd looked a little more into the intersections of veterans, law enforcement, militias, etc, but overall, quite good.
Book Description
Non-Government Warning: L. Neil Smith's vision of Liberty is highly contagious and incurable. Exposure to his ideas will change your life.
Renowned science fiction author L. Neil Smith (The Probability Broach, Pallas, The Crystal Empire, Henry Martyn, Forge Of The Elders, Hope) has been inspiring, delighting, and motivating Western Libertarian audiences for 25 years with his iconoclastic letters, essays, and downright rants. Now for the first time, the best of Neil's non-fiction writing on gun rights, Libertarian and Republicrat politics, the sorry socialist state of modern science fiction — even his legendary essay "Why I Hate Breakfast" — are gathered together in a single volume.
Customer Reviews:
the best.......2007-07-27
a little bit outdated in hardware terms. That is okay the ideals are still there, ideals that libtards try to crush every day. Amazes me how people forget their own history or what it takes to preserve what they have. Let the libtards in to stary spouting the myths they claim are fact, it is fun.
Have a big enough lever and you can move anything........2006-09-27
L. Neil Smith is one of the most prolific libertarian writer of the last few decades. With more than 20 sci-fi books under his belt this is his first non fiction book. Full of essays on libertarian philosophy, libertarian politics, the Second Amendment, the media, science fiction, sex, drugs, Ayn Rand, freedom and Robert A. Heinlein.
The only problem is that if you are not a libertarian it will piss you off and if you are, well, then why do you need to read it?
Lever Action should have been titled "Full Auto".......2003-03-07
L. Neil Smith has gathered a no-holds-barred collection of his finest political essays in this book. I first found "el Neil" in "The Libertarian Enterprise" online. I have since read much of his fiction, and found it to be excellent. Please buy lots and lots of his books--give them as gifts, read them and stock them in every room in your house and in every vehicle. I want him to write more, and the sure way to convince him to do so is to pay him.
And the Truth Will Set You Free.......2003-01-13
I've read and enjoyed most of L. Neil Smith's science fiction novels. I checked out his essays and other non-fiction works almost as an afterthought. I liked them. So when I saw LEVER ACTION, I jumped on it.
Guess what? I liked it too. Of course, the issues that are addressed in Smith's science fiction by allegory, implication and exposition-an optimistic, freedom-seeking, pro-gun, science fiction worldview-are addressed directly in this collection of essays and speeches.
I especially enjoyed reading the Introduction in which Smith tells us how he came by the principles in which he believes. My favorite essay is a very short one. On page 226, Smith asks the rhetorical question, "How Much Do You Want to Keep Your Guns?" He then answers his own question in an economical yet impassioned couple of hundred words. It is as beautiful a plea for mutual tolerance and personal freedom as you will ever read anywhere. Read it aloud to get the full effect. Read it aloud to your family and friends. Heck, read it aloud to someone you don't like. It might make a difference.
I have only one minor nit to pick. Because LEVER ACTION is a compilation of previous independently published writings and delivered speeches, there is some repetition. Of course, some things bear repeating.
Table of Contents.......2002-11-08
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For the sake of providing needed information on this collection of L. Neil Smith's essays, the following table of contents is drawn from his Web site (specifically from page http://www.lneilsmith.com/leveractionmore.html):
AUTHOR'S NOTE: My Purloined Letters
INTRODUCTION: My Willingness to be Drafted to Run for President
Section I: LIBERTARIAN PHILOSOPHY
1. The LP's First Priority
2. The Atlanta Declaration
3. Bill of Wrongs
4. A New Approach to Social Darwinism
5. The Tyranny of Democracy (Majoritarianism Versus Unanimous Consent)
6. Shop Now and Avoid the Rush
Section II: LIBERTARIAN POLITICS
7. Lever Action -- Accept No Substitutes
8. Hillary Behind Bars
9. Libertarian Second Amendment Caucus Statement of Principles
10. Libertarian Second Amendment Caucus General Resolution
11. The Twenty-Ninth Amendment
12. Tea in a Whole New Bag
13. My Three Tax Programs
14. My China Policy
15. Operation Safe Streets
16. A Desperate Suspension of Disbelief
17. A Lesson in Practical Politics
18. The Return of the Creature
19. Rally Me Not on the Lone Prairie
20. Tactical Reflections
Section III: THE SECOND AMENDMENT
21. Suppose You Were Fond of Books ...
22. Ban a Gun -- Go to Jail
23. The Atrocity Engineers
24. What About England?
25. Nipponese, Ted!
26. Twelve Tips for Safer Schools
27. Kids and Guns at School
28. Murder by Gun Control
29. Armies of Chaos
30. On Concealed Carry and the NRA
31. Screen, Scran, Screwn
32. We Don't Need No Stinkin' Bodges
33. Am I the NRA?
34. How Much Do You Want to Keep Your Guns?
35. Clinton's Crimes Are Hitler's Crimes
36. Diana DeGette Wants You Dead
37. Whodunit? Wellington Webb!
38. Listen to the Women
39. Taking the Mag Pledge
40. Smith & Wesson Must Die
41. Right-Wing Socialism
42. Why Did It Have to Be Guns?
43. A Conspiracy Theory -- Sort Of
Section IV: REPUBLICRAT POLITICS
44. Prometheus Bound -- and Gagged
45. "Do It to Julia"
46. Feeding the Ducks
47. A Revolutionary Proposal
48. Advice to Flat Taxers: Go Jump Off the Edge
49. Bill Clinton's Reichstag Fire
50. Rumplestiltsclinton
51. No, No, Kosovo! No, No, Kosovo!
52. A Note to My Political Allies
53. Security
54. Stars and Bars
55. It's the Stupidity, Stupid!
56. A Tale of Two Hoovers
Section V: A RANT FOR ALL SEASONS
57. An Ant for All Seasons (formerly "Of Ants and Men")
58. The American Lenin
59. When They Came for the Smokers ...
60. Antismokers: Get a Life!
61. The Smoking Goons
62. The Lies of Texas
63. Weird Science
64. When You Wish Upon a Star ...
65. Big Brother is Watching You -- Again
66. I Hate Breakfast
67. Some Not-Quite-Random Thoughts on Americans and Their Cars
68. Sex, Drugs, and Voter Registration
69. The Most Thoroughly "Sanitized" City in America
70. Patching the Patches
71. Scalping Elmo
72. A Culture of Harmlessness
73. The Spider at the Center of the Web
Section VI: SCIENCE FICTION AND LESSER MEDIA
74. On a Clear Day You Can See Bulgaria -- But Who Wants to Look?
75. Merchants of Fear
76. The Manchurian Lobbyist
77. Getting Back at TV Propagandists
78. The Medium is a Massage
79. Parallax
80. I'll Show You Mine If You'll Show Me Yours -- A Challenge to the Canadian Mass Media
81. Robert Heinlein Remembered
82. Don Henley's Revenge (An Open Letter to America's Old Media)
83. Who's the Wacko?
84. A Maple-Leaf Rag
85. Stop the Nagging
86. Unanimous Consent and the Utopian Vision
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"Why Did It Have to Be Guns" is one of the best brief arguments for why the advocates of any sort of "gun control" are not only intellectually bankrupt but also morally corrupt beyond redemption, and how each "gun control" politician must be immediately and unequivocally identified as your own personal mortal enemy, no matter what your political, ethnic, religious, or other demographic characteristics might be. As a whole, this collection is well worth its price, and should be in the hands of any honest, decent, humane person who can read the English language.
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Gun Control and Gun Rights (Historical Guides to Controversial Issues in America)
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Roots of the gun control debate date back to our country's founding. Attorney Constance Crooker traces this debate from its origin to the present day. Narrative chapters examine the theories and rhetoric behind each side of this dispute and show the extent to which the rhetoric is or isn't supported by statistical records. A collection of quotes from pro and con politicians and activists illustrate the passionate nature of the gun control issue. Students will find a balanced, focused approach to landmark Supreme Court cases, gun control laws, gun rights groups, gun control advocates, and the fundamental controversies surrounding interpretations of the Second Amendment. This is an invaluable historical resource exploring an escalating debate in American society.
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