In last week’s and this week’s Light Over Heat videos, I lay out my Top 10 books on guns in America. This week I cover books #5 to #1.
See below for the list and links.
book review
Light Over Heat #34: Top 10 Books on Guns in America – #6 to #10
In this week’s and next week’s Light Over Heat videos, I lay out my Top 10 books on guns in America. This week I cover books #10 to #6.
See below for the list and links.
Light Over Heat #33: The Professor Reviews 4 Books on the NRA
In this week’s Light Over Heat video, I discuss four books on the National Rifle Association (NRA) in light of two persistent myths.
First, that the NRA was a benign, apolitical sportsmans organization prior to the Revolt at Cincinnati in 1977.
Second, that the NRA is “the most powerful lobby in America.” A PBS Frontline episode in 2020 managed to highlight both.
Review of Misfire: Inside the Downfall of the NRA by Tim Mak
Before I had a chance to read it myself, I had been hearing good things from reform minded NRA members about Misfire: Inside the Downfall of the NRA by NPR investigative reporter Tim Mak.
I’ve now had a chance to read the book in full. Despite some small quibbles I have with Mak’s language, analysis, and storytelling, this is an interesting and important book for those wanting to understand how the NRA got to be in the position it is in right now.
If you don’t have any idea what I mean by “the position it is in right now,” then you DEFINITELY need to read this book.
I “live Tweeted” my reading, chapter-by-chapter, so you can see my synopses and thoughts unrolled below.
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