Control: Exposing the Truth about Guns

by Glenn Beck

Overview

Glenn Beck, the New York Times bestselling author of The Great Reset, makes a passionate, fact-based case for guns that reveals why gun control isn’t really about controlling guns at all; it’s about controlling us.

When our founding fathers secured the Constitutional “right of the people to keep and bear arms,” they also added the admonition that this right SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED.

It is the only time this phrase appears in the Bill of Rights. So why aren’t more people listening?

History has proven that guns are essential to self-defense and liberty—but tragedy is a powerful force and has led many to believe that guns are the enemy, that the Second Amendment is outdated, and that more restrictions or outright bans on firearms will somehow solve everything.

They are wrong.

In Control, Glenn Beck takes on and debunks the common myths and outright lies that are often used to vilify guns and demean their owners:

The Second Amendment is ABOUT MUSKETS...GUN CONTROL WORKS in other countries...40 percent of all guns are sold without BACKGROUND CHECKS...More GUNS MEAN more MURDER...Mass shootings are becoming more common...These awful MASSACRES ARE UNIQUE TO AMERICA...No CIVILIAN needs a “weapon of war” like the AR-15...ARMED GUARDS in schools do nothing, just look at Columbine...Stop FEARMONGERING, no one is talking about TAKING YOUR GUNS AWAY.
Backed by hundreds of sources, this handbook gives everyone who cares about the Second Amendment the indisputable facts they need to reclaim the debate, defeat the fear, and take back their natural rights.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476739878
Publisher:	Threshold Editions
Publication date:	04/30/2013
Series:	The Control Series , #1
Edition description:	Original
Pages:	208
Sales rank:	1,088,782
Product dimensions:	5.38(w) x 8.08(h) x 0.57(d)

About the Author

Glenn Beck, the nationally syndicated radio host and founder of TheBlaze television network, has written thirteen #1 bestselling books and is one of the few authors in history to have had #1 national bestsellers in the fiction, nonfiction, self-help, and children’s picture book genres. His recent fiction works include the thrillers Agenda 21, The Overton Window, and its sequel, The Eye of Moloch; his many nonfiction titles include The Great Reset, Conform, Miracles and Massacres, Control, and Being George Washington. For more information about Glenn Beck, his books, and TheBlaze television network, visit GlennBeck.com and TheBlaze.com.

Table of Contents

Author's Note xi

Part 1 The Truth about Guns

"It's Time for America to Have a Conversation about Guns." 2

"We Should Start Drafting a Bill to Ensure Newtown Never Happens Again." 2

"Guns Are Lethal." 3

"No One Wants to Take Your Guns Away." 4

"Well, Can't We at Least Clarify the Second Amendment?" 12

'That May Be, but Even Thomas Jefferson Wanted the Second Amendment to Expire." 13

'The United States Has the Highest Gun Murder Rate in the Developed World." 16

"Okay, but the Overall U.S. Murder Rate Is Much Higher than Other Wealthy Countries'". 18

"But Other Countries Have Strict Gun Control and Very Few Murders." 18

"The United States Is Unique in Suffering from Gun Massacres." 28

'Then Why Are Gun Massacres Now Happening More than Ever Here in the United States?" 31

"No Mass Killings Have Ever Been Stopped by Someone Else with a Gun." 36

"Regardless, if We Really Want to Stop Gun Massacres We Need to Bring Back the Assault Weapons Ban." 40

"You Are So Out of Touch. Even the Most Conservative Member of the Supreme Court Thinks We Should Ban Assault Weapons." 43

"No Civilian Needs a Military-Style Weapon." 46

"Yeah, but If You Modify One, It Becomes Fully Automatic." 49

"I Still Don't Understand Why Anyone Would Need a Semi-Automatic in Their Home." 50

"I've Heard that You Plan on Defeating the Entire United States Military with Your Assault Rifle." 53

"I'm Glad You Brought the Second Amendment Up Again. You Have to Admit that It's Pretty Outdated." 57

"Even if That's True, Everyone Agreed that the Second Amendment Was Only About Militias." 62

"Most Guns Kept in the Home Are Used for Something Other than Self-Defense." 67

"Keeping a Gun at Home Is Pointless Anyway." 70

"Okay, but that Doesn't Apply to Women. They're Still More Likely to Be Killed When There's a Gun in the Home." 72

"Forty Percent of All Guns Are Sold Without Background Checks." 75

"Gun Shows Are Where Criminals Get All Their Weapons." 79

"Even a Majority of National Rifle Association Members Support Universal Background Checks." 80

"The NRA Is the Poster Child for Bad Research." 83

"The 2004 Report Said We Need More Data and Research on Guns-and They're Right, We Need to Know More." 85

"More Guns Means More Crime. Any Data to the Contrary Is a lie or NRA Propaganda." 87

"The Reason Nothing Changes Is that the NRA Buys Off Politicians." 93

"The NRA Is So Crazy that They Actually Want to Arm Our Kids!" 97

"Columbine Proves that Putting Armed Guards in Schools Just Doesn't Work." 98

"College Students Are Too Irresponsible to Carry Guns." 100

"The Police Support More Gun Control Laws-You Should, Too." 103

"We Should Restrict Magazines to a Maximum of Ten Rounds." 104

"Don't Believe the Gun Nuts: Hitler Didn't Take Anyone's Firearms Away." 108

Part 2 Winning Hearts and Minds

Denying the Science 129

Stimulus/Response 134

The Truth about (No) Consequences 136

Trained to Kill 141

Scapegoating and Excuses 147

The Way Forward 153

Notes 163