Ours is a nation in the grip of a strange kind of mania. Why after
President Reagan was shot was there virtually no handgun
legislation? Why after the Columbine massacre in Littleton,
Colorado, was nothing done to regulate the tools that children most
frequently use to kill one another? Why was there no legislative
response after a six-year-old in Flint, Michigan, shot a classmate
with a .32 caliber "pocket rocket"? Tragedy follows tragedy, with
twelve children shot dead every day in America, but guns remain
less regulated than automobiles. Why? As authors Peter Harry Brown
and Daniel G. Abel in this powerful book demonstrate, it is because
of the terrible power of the gun coalition.
"Outgunned" begins with the story of Wendell Gauthier, the
"master of disaster" attorney, who brought down the tobacco
industry to the tune of billions and then turned his attention to
guns. He struck fear into the hearts of the gun manufacturers as he
set out to make gunmakers bear some liability for the killings
caused by the often poorly made, inaccurate handguns they marketed
to criminals. Coauthor Daniel G. Abel worked for Gauthier, along
with other attorneys, as the gun-control campaign gathered
momentum. This legal initiative seemed to be about to make history
and change the face of violence in America, but sadly, Wendell
Gauthier died of cancer before meaningful gun control could be
established. More than thirty class-action suits against gun
manufacturers now languish in courtroom paralysis while as many
Saturday night specials as ever are being made. What happened?
Brown and Abel demonstrate how the pro-gun forces once again curbed
the will of a nation.
This book shows the enomous power of the NRA -- how it killed
pending legislation in Congress, hijacked the Campaign Act to fund
the George W. Bush presidential election victory, and eviscerated
the American Shooting Sports Council. That association and the gun
manufacturers actually wanted to compromise and agree to new
handgun laws, implicitly accepting some liability, but the NRA
leadership, with Charlton Heston as their president, crushed them.
In "Outgunned, " Brown and Abel uncover how NRA lobbyists were
instrumental in stopping Smith & Wesson in its tracks. They
show how the tendrils of the NRA reach into the Christian Alliance
and Republican Party, and how men like John McCain have fought back
and been undermined. "Outgunned" reveals how the NRA began dealing
with President George W. Bush when he was still governor of Texas
-- prodding him into signing a shocking prohibition against the
kind of suits Gauthier brought against the gun manufacturers.
"Outgunned" is the story of a legal crusade with up-close
accounts of the people who fought every step of the way. For those
who believe in the importance of stopping unnecessary bloodshed,
this book is essential, powerful, and urgent.
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