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Offline lazs2

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« on: September 09, 2005, 08:03:16 AM »
for us gun culture and libertarian leaning guys...

"Unintended Consequences" by John Ross

It is an extremely long book at like 800 pages and a work of fiction..  But..  I never lost so many nights sleep over a book.  A real page turner.. couldn't put it down..

The author has two degrees and is a personal firearms instructor who shoots 20,000 rounds a year and it shows... I have never read any book ever that got the details of firearms so right.. in fact.. it went way beyond what I knew about guns.  

He must be a Hot Rodder two because he got the parts about cars dead tits on and... so far as I can tell... he got all the airplane stuff right too.

Beyond that... it is a very excieting and thought provolking book.  I don't believe I have ever heard anyone put into print the way us gun culture guys think about our firearms and firearms rights so well and why...

I highly recomend this book and can't imagine anyone not being in awe of it.

Oh... and it has a happy ending too... unless you are a socialist or ninja or are afraid of guns.

lazs

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« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2005, 09:45:41 AM »
can't believe no one has read this book.   You won't find it at garage sales like klinton ones for 50 cents tho.

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« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2005, 11:20:29 AM »
Keep hearing about it ...........

guess I better get a copy n read it.
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« Reply #3 on: September 10, 2005, 11:43:05 AM »
great book... only problem is that it weighs a ton and that it will cause you to go to work all red eyed from lack of sleep if you read at night in bed like I do.

lazs

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« Reply #4 on: September 10, 2005, 11:48:51 AM »
Got a link for us inturdnet challenged?
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« Reply #5 on: September 10, 2005, 11:51:27 AM »
Doh! Nevermind. Found it.
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« Reply #6 on: September 10, 2005, 12:13:07 PM »
Gun owners killing the "uppity" government agents of the ATF. Yeah great read :rolleyes:

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« Reply #7 on: September 10, 2005, 12:27:30 PM »
Sounds pretty good to me.


"After the repeal of Prohibition, Congress passes an obscure federal gun law, written to promote massive noncompliance and thus give idled Prohibition agents something to do. Three decades later, a boy born into a well-to-do family becomes immersed in shooting sports, and firearms become his lifelong passion. An expert with rifle and pistol who gives free personal protection classes to women, Henry Bowman is just one of the millions of people who comprise America's "gun culture."

Because of his upbringing, Henry is sensitized to government's capacity to abuse its power. As years pass, Henry watches continued federal assaults on the gun culture with growing alarm. Concurrently, Henry's adult life intersects with the lives of two very different people: Cindy, a woman whose instincts for self-preservation help her survive virtual slavery inside an organized crime syndicate, and Ray, a lawyer who left the U.S. in 1963 and returns thirty years later.

Now near middle age, Henry is alone at a friend's house one night. He uses his skills to thwart an armed break-in only to discover that the assault was not a burglary but a raid. Henry's victims are not street criminals but federal agents, and with mounting horror he listens to the captive survivors describe the operation they were carrying out.

With the Ruby Ridge killings and the Waco massacre burned into his memory, Henry knows he has just given himself a death sentence. He faces the law enforcement assets of the entire U.S. Government as the country's future hangs in the balance.

Despite the odds, Henry has no intention of becoming a martyr. Henry Bowman is a resourceful man with money, intelligence, and motivation, and he has history on his side."
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« Reply #8 on: September 10, 2005, 12:31:35 PM »
I think raider would rather the ninjas kill uppity citizens so long as he doesn't have to hear about it.

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« Reply #9 on: September 10, 2005, 01:07:41 PM »
Waco and Ruby Ridge are 2 mistakes that shouldn't have happened but they did. In the 230 years (almost) that our country has been around that is not too shabby. I am much more concerned about wacko's like McViegh who thought he was a patriot than "ninja's" just coming in and shooting me.

Hey any of you constitution quoting gun guys form your militia and go help protect N.O from the looters? lmao:rolleyes:

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« Reply #10 on: September 10, 2005, 01:27:53 PM »
Im simply AMAZED MP8 has not LOCKED this thread.....

Not that it deserves being locked, it doesn't  (thats my point).
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« Reply #11 on: September 10, 2005, 01:42:19 PM »
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Originally posted by Raider179
Waco and Ruby Ridge are 2 mistakes that shouldn't have happened but they did. In the 230 years (almost) that our country has been around that is not too shabby. I am much more concerned about wacko's like McViegh who thought he was a patriot than "ninja's" just coming in and shooting me.

Hey any of you constitution quoting gun guys form your militia and go help protect N.O from the looters? lmao:rolleyes:


Vrs. all the mistakes that the current administration that NEED to be harped on and ruined our 230 year record.  GJ picking and choosing your battles.  BTW plenty of law abiding Gun owners helped out in N.O either protecting themselves or other people.

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« Reply #12 on: September 10, 2005, 02:03:02 PM »
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Vrs. all the mistakes that the current administration that NEED to be harped on and ruined our 230 year record.  GJ picking and choosing your battles.  BTW plenty of law abiding Gun owners helped out in N.O either protecting themselves or other people.


So I guess that is a NO I didn't go. lmao

Plenty of gun owners (notice I didn't put in law-abiding) also shot at helicopters and rescue workers down there too. Oh but I see you put in the qualifier "law-abiding". That's just it, There are gun owners who aren't law-abiding and thats the problem.

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« Reply #13 on: September 10, 2005, 02:09:31 PM »
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So I guess that is a NO I didn't go. lmao

Plenty of gun owners (notice I didn't put in law-abiding) also shot at helicopters and rescue workers down there too. Oh but I see you put in the qualifier "law-abiding". That's just it, There are gun owners who aren't law-abiding and thats the problem.


and you have proof of this?  Oh what am I saying I'm sure you witnessed this first hand.

As far as me going there.  I asked my command if we were sending a group there and the answer was no.  I can't go their because I'm restricted by the federal govt.  

DId you go and help out in any way shape or form.  I know I did.  We are doing a fund raising car wash on monday and have allready collected $800.00.  I headed up the planning committee for this.

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« Reply #14 on: September 10, 2005, 06:08:32 PM »
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Originally posted by lazs2
I think raider would rather the ninjas kill uppity citizens so long as he doesn't have to hear about it.

lazs


  I wonder how these guys ever get the sand out of their ears after burying their head in it for so long.
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