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I do recognize that there are many stupid poorly conceived laws and rules but I still comply. I have never thought about starting a revolution because the trivial moronic little rules and regulations that we are requested to comply with are unreasonable in a free society. But that is the topic of this book.
Few books in my life have changed my thinking over the long term. Unintended Consequences did this. This book is about the gun culture. How it began and where it is today. I never never never thought about how not only many of the Federal firearms regulations are but in a more global sense how many of our regulations are ridiculous.
This may sound like a vague description of a 800+ page book. But this book is so global. It talks specifically about Henry Bowman who grows up shooting guns as a hobby like many others collect stamps or ride motorcycles. Yet he explains very slowly and methodically how his life experiences with his hobby are hampered unreasonably by Federal regulations. You do not have to be a gun lover or hater to appreciate this book. You only have to have a hobby or passion; any hobby or passion. You will see how our Constitution and Bill of Rights have been beaten and changed, how we are losing our individual rights and how dangerous the repurcussions.
Please read this book for the message, it will change you.
One could get the gist of the book by reading the last 200 pages only, but John Ross takes you through a tedious, but worthwhile character development excursion into the psyches of the main players in the first 650 pages. The book would not have had the same impact had I skipped them.
Unintended Consequences is destined to become a classic but may eventually be thrown in with the genre of books such as 'The Turner Diaries' and other so-called hate, anti-government, or extremist literature.
I am sure that the many organizations and individuals that monitor so-called hate and anti-government groups, including the Federal government itself, have reviewed the book thoroughly and have drawn conclusions about the sentiments of the author and the collective cultural psyche of Americans that mirror the image he creates of the personalities in the book - principally those of the 'gun culture.'
The plot poignantly demonstrates what could happen if the bureaucracy and internal security forces of the Federal government continues to run amuck generating high profile cases like the Gordon Kahl shootout, Ruby Ridge, Waco, the OKC bombing, and thousands of other not so well known bureaucratic blunders, that have resulted in vast numbers of nameless and faceless individuals languishing in federal penitentiaries, or who have lost their lifes work, savings, and assets, because of some infraction or misunderstanding of federal 'tax'laws with regard to firearms.
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