Shooting Straight: Telling the Truth about Guns in America

by James Jay Baker and Wayne LaPierre

Book 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. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0895261235
• ISBN13: 9780895261236
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Regnery Publishing
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Just the Facts

There is absolutely NOTHING WRONG with owning firearms. Whether out of stupidity, ignorance, or naivety, most leftists really do believe that firearms ownership is a "left versus right" issue. It is NOT. Every person has THE RIGHT TO SELF-DEFENSE. Every person has THE RIGHT TO DEFEND OTHERS. Possessing the contemporary arms to do so, IS PART OF THAT RIGHT. A historical case in point: Alan Berg, a leftist radio talk-show host from Colorado, recieved a number of death-threats from neo-nazis. Berg was brash, abbrasive, and controversial, which is what you have to be to succeed in particular talk-show venues. I myself would probably greatly disagree with Berg's political views, but in America, we all have a RIGHT to express ourselves, whether anyone agrees or not. NO ONE CAN STOP YOU FROM SPEAKING YOUR MIND. Due to the death-threats, Berg applied to the police for a permit to carry a pistol. THEY SAID NO. Guess what? The Aryan Nation KILLED Berg. Now, even if he had been armed, they still may have been able to murder him, ...or maybe he may have been successful in defending himself. Being armed, he at least had a chance. This example demonstates, in part, what our Second Amendment was meant for. There is an agenda behind every proposal to disarm private citizens. There is NO VALIDITY to any of the usual leftist propaganda cited arguing in favor of the disarmament of law-abiding citizens. All such leftist propaganda is logically de-bunked in Mr. Lapierre's recent book. Unfortunately, the anti-gun rabble WILL NOT listen. They very desparately WANT to believe the propaganda from their commisars, as all good communists do. Consider these FACTS: -Some people think "gun-control" is needed for "public safety": 99% of all firearms in America are owned by responsible, private citizens who abide the law and are NO THREAT to anyone. The fact is, the anti-gun politicians are AFRAID that the specific demographic groups who possess guns won't comply with their prospective "politics". Hitler and Stalin had the same problem when they came to power. -Some people really want to believe that banning firearms will result in "less crime": In fact, in every country in the world, ...the vast majority of which DO NOT recognize a citizen's right to self-defense, and DO NOT ALLOW their citizens to keep any kind of weapon ...THE CRIMINAL ELEMENT IS ARMED TO THE TEETH! This is true even in nations under totalitarian rule. Revelation: criminals DON'T OBEY LAWS! The TRUTH, is that gun-banning is all about CONTROL of the LAW-ABIDING CITIZEN. -Some people, LEFTISTS IN PARTICULAR, think that "only the police and military should have guns": I have never known liberals to be supporters of the police or military. According to them: "the cops are racist" and the "military is a fascist organization". Why then, would they endorse a policy in which ONLY the police and military may keep arms? In fact, in many nations, the police and military are a tool of the state

Fianally the truth about 2nd Amendment history.

Shooting Straight is a fantastic book about guns in America. It corrects all of the intentional errors put forth by the liberal media in this country and gives you the facts, both statistically and from a historical perspective. Wayne LaPierre is currently the head of the NRA, yet you don't get a feel for biased perspectives or crazy rants, distorted facts that are common in other left-wing media based text. The author simply states facts, both statistical and hisorical concerning gun ownership, right to carry laws and the second amendment. This book correctly summarizes what the founding fathers intended through the second amendment and he proves this by citing indisputable examples of their quotations and writings through the federalist papers. There is NO denying the fact that our founding fathers were concerned about any governmental intrusion on the individual right to bear arms for both self protection and government tyranny. The Bill of Rights, including the second amendment are critical for America's survival today (in the light of an increased awareness of fanatical terrorism) and for future generations of Americans. Not only should everyone read this book, but its contents should be priority teaching in all public and private schools today.

Arthur Hayhoe is a Deceitful Gun Owner

This book is fantastic and you cannot argue with facts, unless of course your name is Arthur Hayhoe. This is a gentleman who carries and conceals his own weapon, be aware of that when listening to his anti-second amendment rhetoric. He is deceitful and elitist.

Finally the truth about guns

It is unfortunate how many people think they know something about guns, however, they have absolutely no idea (never owned one,never viewed children in the field with their parents enjoying the outdoors, etc...). The media tries so hard to brain wash the ignorant and weak to believe guns are bad. Guns have been a positive part of our heritage from the beginning (parents and children, friends, individuals and their dogs, etc...) and this book shows the TRUE story from people who know something about guns and not those misinformed people who get their information strictly from the media.

Previous Reader violates own statements & hasn't read law

Mr. Arthur Hayhoe comments below contradict his own opening paragraph. To all readers please read the United States Supreme Court (USSC) Decision in Perpich v. DOD (1990 Justice Kennedy wrote the decision) and the Lopez v. U.S. (1994 Justice Scilia wrote the decision). You will find the individual right to a gun very well established. If you doubt that then read the papers of the Continental Congress during the formation of our country. But that is about 3000 pages of reading.Best wishes Steve Grigsby