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Armed America: Portraits of Gun Owners in Their Homes Hardcover – June 26, 2007

by Kyle Cassidy (Author)

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As the 2004 Presidential Election was beginning to take shape, Kyle Cassidy took note of the important role the simple concept of gun ownership was playing. Hardly anyone he knew didn't have an opinion in the debate over owning guns. Why was a constitutionally protected right so heavily debated, and who exactly as these folks that own guns? "I began to wonder who these seventy or so million Americans were, how they lived and what was important to them. I set out to photographs as many gun owners as I could and ask them one question: "Why do you own a gun."

Cassidy traveled over 20,000 miles, crisscrossing the country to meet with gun owners in their homes. Cassidy's photo essays create a powerful, thought provoking and sometimes startling view of gun ownership in the U.S. These "everyman" portraits, and the accompanying views of gun owners, fashion a riveting and provocative hardcover book.

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208 pages
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English
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Gun Digest Books
Publication date

June 26, 2007
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12 x 1.25 x 9.25 inches
ISBN-10

0896895432
ISBN-13

978-0896895430
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"...Each picture in Armed America could be a pro-gun advertisement - or an anti-gun poster. That's what makes the book so riveting." -- The Washington Post, July 29, 2007

"Cassidy's genius... vividly captures the subjects' personalities as well as their widely differing views on gun ownership." -- Guns & Ammo, October 2007

"...stunning photos... You can't finish this book and still make blanket judgments about gun owners." -- The Library Journal, September 1, 2007

"What we have here folks, between two covers, is that greatest of rarities, a fair picture of who owns guns." -- Field & Stream, David Petzel, 2007

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Gun Digest Books; 1st edition (June 26, 2007)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 208 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0896895432
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0896895430
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12 x 1.25 x 9.25 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #1,889,352 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2,329 in Portrait Photography
- #2,456 in Photo Essays (Books)
- #9,603 in Popular Culture in Social Sciences

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tikkie

Wierd, wonderful America

Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2008

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In a sporting goods store I watched as a man and his schoolage daughter examined all sorts of little black knives, before he reluctantly put the last knife down and told her, "Come on, we're gonna go look at guns."
"Guns! Guns!" she sang happily as she skipped off with her Dad.
The salesman and I stared bemusedly after them, and laughed when I said, "God bless America."
I keep this book in my waiting room and get feedback that is almost all good, except for a disturbed look from one non-gun-owner. Just big pictures of people posing in their own homes with their gun, one or many.
On each facing page appears a quote about why they feel they should have a gun. The combination of the candid photo and the equally revealing comments displays the whole diversity of our culture. There are scary looking people I'd not like to run into, especially now that I know they're armed. On the other extreme there's the gentleman who said, "As a Jewish American I am cognizant of the fact that 6 million of my people went into air pollution in the 30's and 40's...It's hypocritical to deny someone the most basic of human rights, which is the right to defend youself." Interesting book.

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Matthew William Cohen

Excellent book, shows who the gun owners of America are.

Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2007

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I picked up this book hearing high praises about it. Guns tend to be a taboo to those who are unfamiliar with them. The people that are afraid of them generally don't want to know anything about them and the mere sight of such a thing would be treated as if someone stumbeled across someone in the nude on tv.

I liked the book because it showed who the gun owners are that people keep talking about. The general feel is that gun owners are shady folks or involved in militas dressed in camo planning to overthrow the government, neo nazi skinheads or criminals roaming the street. I like the idea that the book defeats that stereotype. It shows a diverse selection of gun owners of every race and background, poor, middleclass and rich, straight, bisexual, or gay. Gun owners come in all form, some support restrictions some don't.

The pictures of the book were very detailed and even if you are not a fan of guns or don't know anything about them, the detail of the pictures and the objects around the house are interesting, also lots of pets. There are details to the left of the pictures generally that have a little dialouge on why the person owns guns along with their name and state and listing the model of firearms.

I enjoyed the book and some of my friends who don't own firearms also enjoyed it not realizing that so many gun owners were just everyday people that lived in their neighborhood.

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James Yeager

Armed America !

Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2007

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I make my living teaching good people hoe to kill bad people. Hundreds of days a year are spent on pistol, rifle and shotgun ranges teaching police, military, and private citizens how to defend themselves against evil. It is my passion.

Part of my job security is making sure that our Second Amendment Rights aren't trampled upon. That is how I happened across Kyle's book. I think it is an artistic and wonderful look inside the "gun culture". Not everyone that owns a gun wears army fatigues and has a crew cut. This book shows all of us that our civil rights transcend race, creed, color and religion.

As an amateur photographer I really appreciate the trouble Kyle went to with arranging the shoots, lighting, angles and every other small detail he took care of to make this book look like it came off without a hitch (I am sure it did not!)

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K. James

Unique potrait of "Flyover America"

Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2019

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Great photography and interesting snap shot of Real People who happen to own firearms. Their reasons for doing so are also interesting. I agree with most of them!

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Luv2Ski

Great book without an agenda either way

Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2007

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Kyle Cassidy has done a great job of capturing and presenting American gun owners from all walks of life. He presents his subjects without either glorifying or demonizing the firearms they own.

This is a book that shatters stereotypes. One is immediately struck with the diversity of his subjects which cut across the strata of American society. They are old, middle aged, young, straight, gay, single, married, urban, rural, liberal, libertarian, conservative, white, african-american, hunters, animal lovers, casual target shooters, competitors, police, military, civilian, wealthy, working-class, male and female. Whew!

Their reasons for owning firearms, presented in their own words, are as diverse as they are.

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Dave Quick

Interesting view of America

Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2011

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You would never imagine each of these families having a gun (or several guns) and to actually see them holding or displaying them in their homes casually in the living room or kitchen or whatever... It makes for a very jarring set of images for anyone that isn't used to viewing guns merely as tools or something to collect. It made me go out and look up more statistics about gun ownership - it is so common in America (about 1 in 3 homes has a gun) that I can understand how easy it was to find this truly wide cross section of people willing to participate in the photographer's project. The portraits are good, the subject matter striking. Overall - a great conversation starter of a coffee table book.

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Tristan

Good book, gives an insight into the American way of life

Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2013

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It's a good book, and gives a wide panorama of American beliefs regarding the 2nd amendment. Very fair and balanced in it's deliverance of the opinions of the subjects therein. If you want an understanding of Why americans own guns, this is one of the books you should look into. My only gripe was the lack of detail. It only shows images of gun owners and their guns, their names and a brief description of what guns mean to them. It could have gone much deeper and provided a more in depth view of American gun culture.

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Maggie

Awesome Cool Neat Gun Book!

Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2020

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We have had this book for years but bought a couple more as Christmas gifts for some friends.
It’s a neat interesting book.

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B.E.

**this is no art critique**

Reviewed in Germany on March 7, 2017

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let's keep it short. given the price...:
- lots of pictures
- interesting text
- good print

i'm overall totally satisfied. 5 stars

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Entspricht nicht der Beschreibung / Beschreibung unvollständig

Reviewed in Germany on March 11, 2016

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Das Buch wurde beschrieben: "gebraucht - gut. Seiten und Einband sind intakt". In Wahrheit lag eine Seite lose bei und es handelte sich um ein ausgemustertes Buch aus einer amerikanischen Bibliothek, was nicht in der Beschreibung erwähnt war. Der Einband war zwar weitgehend intakt (leichte Abnutzungserscheinungen), jedoch war er mit einer Klarsichtfolie festgeklebt. Buch kam allerdings zum angekündigten Datum.

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