Guns, Crime, and Freedom Hardcover – June 27, 1994

Wayne Lapierre does an excellent job of explaining the Second Amendment and exposing the myths of gun control advocates. This book is a must for anyone who supports the Constitution and opposes the movement toward a socialist-type government. One only has to examine the recent loss of freedom faced by citizens of Australia to understand the importance of protecting our Constitutional right to bear arms.
Buy this book for your friends, family and co-workers. The only way to save our precious freedom is to educate the public about their rights and counter the propaganda being spread by members of the media.

Finally, a source book for supporters of the Right to Bear Arms. Before "Guns, Crime and Freedom", only leftist ideologues got into print on the subject of Firearms in America. Lapierre reversed this long-standing trend and opened something of a floodgate of scholarly research and commentary supporting the traditionalist interpretation of the Second Amendment and the utilitarian aspects of a free and armed citizenry.
Lapierre's research spans the alpha and the omega of the gun rights issue. The book is carefully and thouroughly sourced and the extensive bibliography includes references to anti-gun material as well as evidence supporting the gun rights stance.
With the facts on his side, Wayne thoroughly explores the arguments of the gun control clique and demolishes them one by one. "Guns, Crime and Freedom" is a splendid tool for gun rights advocates who would like to do the same.

This is a well-written, well-thought-out treatise on
whether the USA's 2nd amendment (the "right to keep
and bear arms") is relevant today, and if so, what it
means. Whether you are for or against private ownership
of guns, I highly recommend this book. The author looks
at the issue in light of legal precedent, overall crime
statistics, gun ownership and usage statistics, the
writings of the founding fathers of the USA, and every
other relevant illumination you can imagine.

No rabid rhetoric here, just clear, intelligent exposition.

This 1994 book explores the controversy of "gun control" (really Gun Prohibition) by presenting facts to use against the arguments made for gun control. Does the spiraling crime rate result from private gun ownership? The reality is that areas with the least private gun ownership have the most crime and murders (Washington DC, New York city, Detroit Mich). The corporate controlled media simply lie, or tell half-truths, to promote the interests of the economic aristocrats who own them. You can read other books on this subject, like William Weir's "A Well-Regulated Militia: the Battle Over Gun Control".
Chapter 2 says that gun ownership would be mandatory if the right to keep and bear arms was interpreted like the other amendments (p.12). In fact, that was the law in 18th and 19th century America. You either showed up with your gun for the monthly militia muster, or paid a fine. Could an armed populace defeat a tyranny? It happened in 1781 America, and in Afghanistan, Vietnam, Indochina, China, Cuba, Nicaragua, Algeria, Angola, Ireland, Israel, Mozambique, Yugoslavia, and Zimbabwe (p.20). Read your newspaper for current events. An armed people could not prevent an invasion but would give the invaders holy hell. Chapter 3 mentions that the use of guns is a common and effective deterrent to crime, but rarely reported in the corporate media (its not fit to print?). Chapter 4 explains why concealed firearms will protect the public. Florida's 1987 "right to carry" law was followed by a lowered crime rate. Chapter 5 tells why a "waiting period" didn't work in California, or anyplace else (p.42)!
Chapter 6 explains the "bait and switch" tactics used by the corporate media to attack people's rights just because guns started to used plastic in place of wood (automobiles, another deadly weapon, did this ages ago). Chapter 7 compares guns to vehicles. Everyone with a driver's license could buy one, and schools would teach their use. Every town would have one or more stores! Chapter 8 is on "Guns for Cash": this program has not lowered the number of murders anywhere its been tried. Chapter 9 tells of political chicanery by the Governor of Colorado after gang warfare broke out (pp.75-76). More children die from accidental drownings, bicycles, skate boards, automobiles, or medications than from shootings (p.81).
Chapter 10 explains why the hidden agenda of the "Brady Bill" is to disarm the people through registration, licensing, gun bans, and taxes. "Gun Control" groups will tell any lie to fool the voters. Registration leads to confiscation (pp.92-93). Chapter 11 tells of the growing realization by more people to defend their civil rights. Pages 100-101 tell of the ABA's policy dispute with the NRA. Gerry Spence says the ABA speaks for corporate interests, not the people. Chapter 12 gives examples on how dangerous convicts are released to terrorize the people. Isn't this a new way to oppress and distract the people? When people are in fear they can't realize how their government manipulates them. Does this result in a lower voter turnout?
This book is worth reading, even if you don't agree with all of it. My complaint about this book is its echo of the solution of the Gun Prohibitionists: pass more laws to create a better society. What is really needed is "good jobs at good wages"; prosperous people rarely commit violent crimes. That and stable neighborhoods (as in small towns).

A great piece of work put forth here by Wayne LaPierre. I am very much in disagreement with the reader from Polk County, Florida, who says the arguments put forth by the author are not logical. Quite the contrary, it is the arguments put forth by the kooky left against gun ownership by individuals that should leave normal people scrathching their heads in disbelief. Why does there have to be an amendment to the Constitution to allow the militia (a government entity) to be armed? Pure nonsense to be sure, but that is exactly how the anti-gun crowd is trying to re-define the 2nd amendment. Individual liberty is under attack daily by this bunch and Americans must wake up to this fact and reject their goofy ideas before we all fall to their tyranny as our forefathers warned.

This book will arm gun owners , hunters , and sportsmen with ammuniton against the Anti Gun Lobbiests who want to take away the Second Amendment . This book is an informative guide to show all the tricks and schemes of the anti guners and how they work to try and disarm America . I recommend this book for all gun owners , sportsmen , and hunters