Shooting Straight: Telling the Truth About Guns in America

by Wayne Lapierre, James Jay Baker

Overview

Best-selling author LaPierre, the executive director of the National Rifle Association, explains why the right to bear arms is so critical to a democratic and free society. Radio & TV tour.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780895261236
Publisher:	Skyhorse Publishing
Publication date:	07/25/2002
Pages:	308
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Wayne LaPierre has been with the National Rifle Association since 1978, when he joined the staff as a lobbyist. In 1991 he accepted his current position as chief executive officer and also became the NRA's chief national spokesman. Under his leadership the NRA has achieved its most dramatic growth in membership since it was founded in 1871. He lives in northern Virginia, near Washington, D.C. James Jay Baker is the former Executive Director of NRA's Institute for Legislative Action.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	ix
Chapter 1	Piggybacking on Terror	1
Chapter 2	Your Handbook on Gun Issues	21
Chapter 3	Citizen Rights	59
Chapter 4	(Real) Homeland Defense	81
Chapter 5	Gun Safety	93
Chapter 6	Second Amendment Follies	105
Chapter 7	The Gun-Control Hive	121
Chapter 8	The Litigation Machine	131
Chapter 9	Hollywood and Guns	139
Chapter 10	Little Acorns and Bad Treaties	149
Chapter 11	Gun Control and "Silver Bullets"	161
	Conclusion	173
	Postscript	179
Appendix	Zell Miller's "Picket Line of Freedom"	183
	Notes	191
	Acknowledgments	203
	Index	205

What People are Saying About This

Tom Clancy

Wayne LaPierre has written the definitive manual for preserving your right to keep and bear arms. I am grateful for the good work that Wayne LaPierre has done.

Introduction

Best-selling author Wayne LaPierre, the executive director of the National Rifle Association, explains why the right to bear arms is so critical to our democratic and free society. LaPierre champions the Second Amendment rights of all law-abiding American citizens and sharply criticizes gun-control laws as aiding and abetting in the acts of criminals. LaPierre exposes how the media consistently distort the facts about gun ownership in America, and how they refuse to report on the role that responsible gun ownership plays in protecting our families and our communities. Shooting Straight is a must-read for all gun-owners and lovers of freedom.

Editorial Reviews

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)

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