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Lethal Logic - Exploding the Myths That Paralyze American Gun Policy (Hardcover)
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Lethal Logic - Exploding the Myths That Paralyze American Gun Policy (Hardcover)
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"Guns don't kill people; people kill people." "When guns are
outlawed, only outlaws will have guns." "An armed society is a
polite society." Who hasn't heard these engaging assertions, time
and time again? Burned into the national consciousness by years of
targeted, disciplined messaging by the National Rifle Association
and others, they are just a few of the bumper-sticker slogans that
have defined the gun control debate in America. Long ridiculed by
gun control advocates, they are the first words that come to mind
for most Americans when the gun issue is discussed. This is the
first book both to acknowledge the profound and deadly impact of
the gun lobby's bumper-sticker logic on the gun control debate and
to systematically expose the misguided thinking at the core of the
pro-gun slogans. Indeed, the author contends that the gun lobby's
remarkable success in blocking passage of lifesaving gun laws is
the result, in large part, of its relentless and effective use of
these simple and resonant messages. Their persuasive power has been
a largely ignored influence on the current politics of gun control,
in which the gun lobby wields unprecedented power in the Republican
Party, while many Democratic Party leaders see the policy benefits
of stronger gun laws as not worth the political risk of standing up
to the NRA. The book contends that the current political stalemate
over guns will never be broken until the pro-gun slogans are
exposed as the cleverly disguised fallacies that they are.
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