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by Alan Gottlieb (Author), Dave Workman (Author)

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Americans love books in which the good guys win. Gottlieb and Workman are adding to that proud tradition with America Fights Back by documenting case after case in which gun-owning citizens who refuse to wear the label victim remain the winners. --Jill J.R. Labbe, Deputy Editorial Page Editor, Fort Worth Star-Telegram

During my years in the U.S. House of Representatives serving on the Judiciary Committee, I tired of listening to the arguments of one gun-control advocate after another endlessly repeat the same tired, baseless arguments in support of their efforts to disarm law-abiding American citizens. Now, in America Fights Back Armed Self Defense in a Violent Age, we have a well-written defense of the Bill of Rights that provides both sound substantive arguments in support of the right to keep and bear arms, as well as true-life stories of how the Second Amendment works in practice not just in theory. This book ought to be required reading for every Member of the House and Senate; and every occupant of the White House --Former Congressman Bob Barr

In America Fights Back, through vivid real-life stories of citizens forced to face the reality of violence, Gottlieb and Workman provide an accounting of America s crime problem largely ignored by mainstream media. --Wayne LaPierre, Executive Vice President, National Rifle Association of America

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Gripping stories of armed self-defense by law abiding American citizens, woven into analysis of gun control laws and a broken justice system, and how they have failed to protect us.

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Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: Merril Press (October 30, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0936783508
ISBN-13: 978-0936783505
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (53 customer reviews)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A good read to understand the subject, December 16, 2007

By	Safe Shooter (Puget Sound) - See all my reviews

If "Castle Rock" and "Warren v DC" don't mean anything to you, start with Chapter 8; that's where Workman and Gottlieb review the fact that the police have no responsibility to provide you with any protection. This has been affirmed in court after court up through the Supreme Court.

With that as context, the remainder of the book gives the reader in a very engaging format a combination of scholarly works and anecdotal evidence that American can protect themselves from crime when allowed to.

The book provides evidence that right-to-carry laws have not led to the blood in the streets that many said. It shows that the lifting of the "Assault Weapons Ban" (sic) did not lead to an explosion in crime.

It also provides references to studies which show that gun control laws do not make any different in violent crime levels (a CDC study), and that, shockingly, criminals don't follow gun laws (a Department of Justice study).

Independent of which side of the gun debate you are on, this should be required reading so you can make an informed decision.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Anti-Gunner is Spelling (and Reason) Challenged, December 23, 2007

By	Gordon H. Hutchinson (Baton Rouge, Louisiana United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If Mr. Hayhoe is any indication of the educational level of what is leading the anti-gun crowd in Florida, can the rank and file members even find the "On" button on their computers?

With multiple misspelled words and tense errors (that means the subject and the verb don't agree, Arthur), and knee-jerk platitudes with no methodology or statistics to back his "arguements" (correct spelling is "arguments," Arthur), Mr. Hayhoe weakens his indefensible conclusions even further with poor syntax and an obvious unfamiliarity with the written word.

Some good advice, Arthur: Before you go challenging a book which has multiple statistical studies of its premise, you should first acquaint yourself with the spell-check feature on your computer.

But then, if you aren't going to familiarize yourself with studies whose methodology has been unchallenged, how could anyone expect you to worry about how foolish you would look ranting and abusing the English language?

Tsk. Tsk. Arthur. Next time, bring your brain--or at least a dictionary.

(Gordon Hutchinson is the author--with Todd Masson--of "THE GREAT NEW ORLEANS GUN GRAB," an expose' of the gun confiscation scandal in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and "THE QUEST AND THE QUARRY," a novel of hunting and family in the deep South.)The Great New Orleans Gun Grab

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The authors have assembled a comprehensive collection of citizen use of firearms in personal self-defense. Each page of this book tells stories of lives saved through the legal use of firearms. Each page expounds the authors' belief that the 21st century is a violent age, police are reactive forces that come after a crime has occurred, and smart citizens arm themselves and become proficient with their firearms.

In one of the most telling quotes on the age in which we live, the authors state on page 23: "...violence does not erupt on schedule and criminals do not make appointments in advance."

It is for this reason, the most popular feature in all National Rifle Association magazines is the "Armed Citizen." This section recreates incidents of citizens defending their lives with firearms. And it is the first feature most readers turn to when they open the pages of any NRA publication.

"American Fights Back--Armed Self Defense in a Violent Age" reads like an expanded "Armed Citizen," with hundreds of stories of citizens saving lives with guns contained within its heavily researched 200 pages.

This book has become my most consistent reference in a large library of gun-rights and firearms activist books and publications. And it would be equally important to any gunowner by proving that "Nanny-Statist" theories the police will protect you will never work. The only people who will survive an armed encounter with a societal predator are those who are likewise armed.

These are the stories you rarely see in the media--the stories of the victims who fought back, and because they had a gun, survived. In hundreds of stories the authors describe the thugs who attempted to rob, rape, or kill innocent victims who, because they had a gun, turned out to be not so helpless--and stopped the attack on themselves or someone else.

This is an important book, and one that should be in the library of every gun owner serious about protecting his God-given right of self defense and personally arming himself.

Get "America Fights Back," and add it to your library. It will make you a wiser and more defensive gun owner, and a more vigilant defender of your rights. And it will give you a ready arsenal of answers the next time someone tries to tell you why we shouldn't be armed.

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5.0 out of 5 stars My own mind, December 11, 2007

By	Geoffrey F. Beneze "geoffbeneze" (Tempe, AZ USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Reading this book is as though Workman and Gottlieb opened and read my own mind. Straight facts, no PETA like hyperbole, No Sarah Bradyish cries of WOLF!

There is an old joke that says "Liberal is a conservative waiting to be mugged." Personally, I didn't have to have the mugging before I realized I will never again allow myself to be disarmed. This book should be required reading in EVERY school in this country.

For Conservatives, this one is a dead on sermon to the believers. Now we need to target this book to every one of those in the "waiting to be mugged" line. We should also be demanding accountability from EVERY every public, appointed or elected official that allows such laws and criminal behaviors to continue. If a business wishes to disarm it's patrons, then the store should held accountable and responsible if one of those patrons is injured (or worse) by such policy.

It's time to remove the criminals from our society. It's time to remove the legislative criminals who allow such to occur from our society as well.

It's time, We the People have had enough of both sorts of criminal.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Protect Your Rights
If you believe in your 2nd Amendment Rights, buy this book. And then pass it around for others to read. You'll be very surprised what you learn. Its a MUST READ book!!

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1.0 out of 5 stars Crazy time
I don't know about the other guy but Gottlieb is nuts. he is one of those people who substitutes guns for not having anything else.

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I truly enjoyed reading this book. It did not go overboard with stats and the true life stories were compelling. Read more

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Well written, well documented book. Some repetition, but usually to make a specific point. Well worth the money, especially considering the junk that is out there in print.

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5.0 out of 5 stars America Fights Back
Service was great, as usual. Everyone who believes that the public has a right and need to bear arms should read this book.

Published 9 months ago by Book Nut

3.0 out of 5 stars I totally agree with authors but this book was very poorly written.
Alan Gottlieb and Dave Workman make a noble effort in "America Fights Back" but the book is seriously flawed, in my opinion. Read more

Published 10 months ago by ZoneIII

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST Own for Anyone Who Values their Rights
Finally there's a book that covers not only the Second Amendment, but the myths of gun control, `gun free zones' with hard facts that must be giving the Brady Campaign and other... Read more

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4.0 out of 5 stars The truth the media will not tell you
I found it to be an interesting accounting of some of the incidents that the media deliberately hide from us. It is alarming to see the extent they will go to to push their agenda

Published 11 months ago by Warren E. Knoeppel

3.0 out of 5 stars Good information, but, geez - learn to write!!!
As a supporter of handgun rights, I am aware that Gottlieb and Workman have written several books and that they together account for the braintrust behind the Second Amendment... Read more

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