Gun guys : a road trip
(Book - Regular Print)

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Published
New York : Knopf, 2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
338 pages ; 25 cm
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Yavapai College Prescott - LIMBO - Items being donated to other libraries
HV8059.B38 2013
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Published
New York : Knopf, 2013.
Format
Book - Regular Print
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
UPC
40022474981

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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-323) and index.
Description
A lifelong NRA supporter presents a raucous tour of gun culture that celebrates its stores, festivals, and colorful enthusiasts while offering insight into the power and appeal of guns in America.
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Here is armed America, land of machine-gun gatherings in the desert, lederhosened German shooting societies, feral-hog hunts in Texas, and Hollywood gun armories. Whether they are collecting antique weapons, practicing concealed carry, or firing an AR-15 or a Glock at their local range, many Americans love guns, which horrifies and fascinates many other Americans, and much of the rest of the world. This book explores from the inside the American love affair with firearms. The author is both a lifelong gun guy and a Jewish Democrat who grew up in suburban New Jersey feeling like a "child of a bitter divorce with allegiance to both parents." In this book he grabs his licensed concealed handgun and hits the road to meet some of the 40 percent of Americans who own guns. We meet Rick Ector, a black Detroit autoworker who buys a Smith & Wesson after suffering an armed robbery, then quits his job to preach the gospel of armed self-defense, especially to the resistant black community; Jeremy and Marcey Parker, a young, successful Kentucky couple whose idea of a romantic getaway is the Blue Ridge Mountain 3-Gun Championship in Bowling Green; and Aaron Zelman, head of Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership. The author also travels to New Orleans, where he enters the world of a man disabled by a bullet, and to Chicago to interview a killer. Along the way, he takes us to gun shows, gun stores, and shooting ranges trying to figure out why so many of us love these things and why they inspire such passions. In the tradition of the books Confederates in the Attic and Among the Thugs, he brings an entire world to life. Written equally for avid shooters and those who would never touch a firearm, this book is more than a travelogue. It gives a fresh assessment of the heated politics surrounding guns, one that will challenge and inform people on all sides of the issue. This book goes beyond gun politics to illuminate the visceral appeal of guns; it is a journey through American gun culture, in search of Americans who love their guns.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Baum, D. (2013). Gun guys: a road trip (First edition.). Knopf.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Baum, Dan. 2013. Gun Guys: A Road Trip. Knopf.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Baum, Dan. Gun Guys: A Road Trip Knopf, 2013.

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Baum, Dan. Gun Guys: A Road Trip First edition., Knopf, 2013.

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