Neal Knox - The Gun Rights War [Paperback]

Neal Knox (Author), Chris Knox (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 4, 2009

The history of the Gun Rights War, written as it happened by one of its key participants. Neal Knox - The Gun Rights War is a highlights reel of the Second Amendment in the latter half of the Twentieth Century. Anyone who wants to understand the gun rights debate in America needs to read this book.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...essential reading for anyone who is a serious firearms civil rights activist." "...some of the most valuable and important writing related to the right to keep and bear arms over a 40-year period." "...your single most important history lesson on gun rights." --Joseph P. Tartaro in Gun Week, October 1, 2009, p. 15

About the Author

From 1966 until his death in 2005, Neal Knox was close to, and usually directly involved in, every significant happening in the American debate over gun rights.

In a career that progressed from newspaper reporter and part-time gun writer, to gun magazine publisher, to the head of the National Rifle Association's lobby, and on to senior status as "the conscience of the gun rights movement," Neal Knox was the often-unacknowledged architect of the modern American gun rights movement.

Collected here for the first time in a single volume is a generous helping of the writing that cemented his reputation -- and helped to save the Second Amendment.

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: MacFarlane Press; First edition (July 4, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0976863308
• ISBN-13: 978-0976863304
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,123,886 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Neal in all his glory, warts and all, July 17, 2009

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P. loynd "Cochise/Texas" (Austin, TEXAS) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Neal Knox - The Gun Rights War (Paperback)

Neal Knox was a writer of some reknown, known mainly among the firearms crowd. This collection of his columns compiled and edited by his sons provides a glimpse of the man and the ideals for which he lived. The book can be considered a historical document, but still remains contemporary in an environment that increasingly seems to want to reduce individual liberty and responsibility by shovelling them onto the shoulders of a government growing daily larger, as we the people seem to diminish in the rear view mirror.
I had to get my copies from the Firearms Coalition website, but look forward to getting a few more to pass around from Amazon.
Read- and remember.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must Read for Gun Rights Activists, February 9, 2010

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Shan Wilkins - See all my reviews
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Neal Knox is a Must Read for anyone pretending to understand the Gun Rights Movement. Neal managed to piss off just about everybody in Washington - friends and foes alike - with his absolute NO COMPROMISE stance on the Second Amendment. An amazing historical snapshot of the roots of the Gun Rights Movement, from the man who created the "Powerhouse Gun Lobby" and the GrassRoots Movement that saved the 2nd Amendment. He hired fledgling lobbyist Wayne LaPierre, and taught him to shoot - although no one has ever been able to teach LaPierre to be a straight shooter. This book covers 40 years - sometimes funny, sometimes victorious, sometimes disheartening, but always instructional and informative. This book will give you the insight, understanding, inspiration, and impetus you need to become the most effective GrassRoots lobbyist you be!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars History Written by the Guy that Made It, October 20, 2010

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Jeff S - See all my reviews

This review is from: Neal Knox - The Gun Rights War (Paperback)

I had the privilege of speaking to Neal Knox on the phone a few times. He was a principled man who was not afraid to speak his mind, and did so more often than not.

The Gun Rights War give us a chance to learn from the past. And that is important because it is also our future. Gun grabbers occasionally evolve their arguments. You don't hear about Saturday Night Specials much any more. But their tactics remain predictable.

If the Gun Rights War is actually a war, preparation for the fight is critical to success. Reading this book is an excellent preparatory step to join the fight.