I got this message via e-mail recently. I'm not making a pitch for this book, as I haven't seen it, but I liked the message. You may want to check it out. Amazon lists it for $9.95.
-- Spirit of '76 Greg .
From: Downhome1@aol.com Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 15:33:12 EDT Subject: SECOND AMENDMENT To: vikings@unix.asb.com
My book titled A Little Handbook on the Second Amendment: What the American Aristocracy Doesn't Want You to Know is listed on Amazon.com. This is the only place it can be purchased, except for the possibility mentioned below.
The URL is http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0966935918/qid%3D945822745/002-8796618-1272240
Often people who support the right to keep and bear arms do not know the history of the Second Amendment or have a complete understand of what it means. One of the reasons for this is that nearly all accurate information about the Second Amendment is found in academic books that few have time to read.
A Little Handbook on the Second Amendment was written to help Americans learn more about the right to keep and bear arms without having to wade through footnotes and statistics. It includes different points of view and a broader scope of information than that commonly found in many books on the Second Amendment.
The gun control debate is often framed by the media as an issue between uncaring red-necks and the educated and sophisticated. The concept of the value of an armed society goes back to Aristotle and can be traced through western thought to the American Founding Fathers. The concept can be seen in the writings of Aristotle, Cicero, Machiavelli, John Locke, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, Richard Henry Lee, and George Mason. George Mason is considered the "father" of the Bill of Rights.
One of the great media lies is that the easy availability of guns and lack of gun control laws increases crime. Crime rates are highest where gun control laws are the most restrictive. Crime rates are lowest where guns are easily available to law-abiding citizens. Research indicates that shall issue concealed carry permit laws reduce violent crime. It is reasonable to conclude that a city would most likely reduce its violent crime rate by opening public shooting ranges, providing concealed carry training, and encouraging citizens to get carry permits.
A few have requested to have me ship books directly to them because they do not want to use credit cards on line. For a copy of A Little Handbook on the Second Amendment send a check for $12.95 made out to The Downhome Enterprise, L.L.C., 1533 Moores Point Rd., Suffolk, VA 23436. Includes shipping and handling.
Joe Bass
Suffolk, Virginia