Self Control Not Gun Control [Hardcover]

J. Neil Schulman (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 311 pages
• Publisher: Synapse Centurion; 1st edition (December 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1882639057
• ISBN-13: 978-1882639052
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,271,675 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

J. Neil Schulman is an award-winning writer and filmmaker, whom the Wall Street Journal called a pioneer of electronic publishing His 1979 Prometheus-Hall-of-Fame novel Alongside Night -- endorsed by Milton Friedman, Anthony Burgess, and Ron Paul -- projected the economic meltdown and was Freedom Book of the Month for May, 2009. It's currently in development as his second feature film, following his award-winning comic thriller, Lady Magdalene's, starring Nichelle Nichols, which Schulman wrote, produced, directed, and acted in. His 1983 novel, The Rainbow Cadenza, won the Prometheus Award, was adapted into a Laserium show, and Robert A. Heinlein told the 1983 L-5 Society, "Every libertarian should read it!" Schulman scripted the CBS revived Twilight Zone episode, "Profile in Silver." He taught a graduate course on electronic publishing for The New School, has written for popular magazines and newspapers including National Review, Reason, the Los Angeles Times, and Reader's Digest, and monographs ranging from animal rights, informational property rights, and medicalization of criminology have been widely anthologized by academic presses. His 12 books include Stopping Power: Why 70 Million Americans Own Guns, endorsed by Charlton Heston and Dennis Prager, Self Control Not Gun Control endorsed by Walter Williams, and The Robert Heinlein Interview and Other Heinleiniana, which Virginia Heinlein said "should be on the shelves of everyone interested in science fiction." His latest is Unchaining the Human Heart--A Revolutionary Manifesto. He's recipient of the James Madison Award from the Second Amendment Foundation, and on March 16, 2009 Schulman was awarded the Samuel Edward Konkin III Memorial Chauntecleer by the Karl Hess Club, the only previous recipients being Hans-Hermann Hoppe and Wally Conger. Full bio at http://www.pulpless.com/jneil/jnsbio.html

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Eclectic, and very interesting, September 24, 2004

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A fan of liberty (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Self Control: Not Gun Control (Paperback)

Schulman deals with a number of topics here, and approaches all
of them with a consistent liberty-oriented viewpoint. This may
bother some, but it does not negate the validity of his truths.
I suspect that Schulman's rejection of the nanny-state may be
the reason for the previous reviewer's disdain. "Self Control..."
is an interesting read.

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A random, unedited collection, February 25, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Self Control Not Gun Control (Hardcover)

I can do no better than to quote a reviewer of another of Mr. Schulman's books. "The book contains very little material written [originally] for this edition; rather, it's a compilation of various unpleasant e-mail threads and letters to the editor. It seriously aggravated me to have paid for a book containing verbatim transcripts of junk I could have read for free on the Internet. Mr. Schulman is bright and makes some strong arguments, but overall the work is shoddy -- petulant, unscholarly, and devoid of editing."

This book is more of the same: random notes and web postings bound together and sent to the printer. It is unfortunate, as Mr. Schulman is clearly a thoughtful proponent of liberty.

I would highly recommend his fiction, particularly "Alongside Night", however.