Inside the NRA: Armed and Dangerous--An Expose [Hardcover]

Jack Anderson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1996

An investigative journalist and author of The Japan Conspiracy journeys behind the scenes of the National Rifle Association, providing a thought-provoking expose+a7 of the controversial organization and its secrets. National ad/promo.

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Amazon.com Review

At this point, it doesn't really take a thick book to document what's bad about the National Rifle Association, so muckraker Anderson has given us this rather efficient thin one. Anderson, whose previous great gun-control achievement was lampooning Capitol security by pulling a pistol out of his pocket during a meeting with Bob Dole in the latter's Senate office, here uses NRA member mailings to capture the group's hysteria and quotes legal cases to show that its scorched-earth interpretation of the "right to bear arms" has never been recognized by any court, including the Supremes. Most useful is an appendix listing Senators and House members who have always voted against meaningful gun control alongside the sizable amounts of NRA donations they've received.

Review

Reclaim the NRA. -- Midwest Book Review

Product Details

• Hardcover: 180 pages
• Publisher: Newstar Pr (January 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0787106771
• ISBN-13: 978-0787106775
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,692,292 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A third-rate "expose", February 6, 1998

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This review is from: Inside the NRA: Armed and Dangerous--An Expose (Hardcover)

For the reader already having made up his mind about the NRA, there probably is no value in reading this book. Those holding an anti-NRA stance will find little or no new useful information to support their position. Those of the opposite view also will find little to warrant buying the book, the arguments and views offered generally being "the same old stuff". The sophisticated reader will discern that this book is scarcely above tabloid journalism, though it does offer a minor study of classic propaganda technique. Some facts and credible assertions are woven with a host of inaccuracies and unsubstantiated allegations, and the whole bag then is presented as "fact". Anderson basically touts the anti-gun viewpoint, reciting the usual various hysterical and non-factual claims. As openly editorial writing, that would be acceptable. But Anderson instead alleges this book to be a summary of facts, and in doing so he doesn't meet minimum professional or common standards of responsible reporting.

26 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars tabloid propaganda, July 1, 1998

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This review is from: Inside the NRA: Armed and Dangerous--An Expose (Hardcover)

I admit, after about halfway through, I couldn't finish the book. There was nothing of any real value to what I read. NO organization the size of the NRA (over 3 million members) is without its share of controversy or disagreement among its members, but this book doesn't even try to capture an objective picture of this aspect of the NRA. Instead, it's like reading low grade political material slamming the competition, as though the author was being paid to make the NRA look as bad as possible, as apparently, he was. I pity anyone who reads this book expecting to learn anything about the NRA. I recommend books by Gary Kleck and John Lott for those wishing factual, objective information about gun control and, peripherally, the NRA.

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Highly biased rant based on the author's opinion, May 16, 2006

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This review is from: Inside the NRA: Armed and Dangerous--An Expose (Hardcover)

This book is full of mis-information, distorted facts, and the author's interpretations on the gun control issue. For example, he advocates that the 2nd ammendment only applies to formal state malitia's, such as the National Guard. Never mind the fact that the National Guard was not created until 1903, 112 years AFTER the 2nd ammendment was written. In 1791, the malitia was "every able bodied man". The National Guard interpretation has no basis. I believe his claim to have smuggled a disassembled Glock into the US Capital to be completely bogus, the Glocks have a steel slide, any metal detector will easily detect it, the plastic gun is a complete myth. He also mentions that the NRA is opposed to "reasonable" gun control measures. That's not the real issue, we all know that the real agenda of groups like the Brady Campaign is gun prohibition, the NRA has to take a firm stand. The gun control groups will never be satisfied with "moderate, reasonable" controls. Jack Anderson left this important issue out of his book. I'm reading this book, but I'm taking everything he has to say with a grain of salt, its hardly objective, and its highly biased to his opinion. For the record, I'm a proud NRA member.