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Thank God I Had a Gun: True Accounts of Self-Defense | 
 enlarge | Author: Chris Bird
Publisher: Privateer Publications
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  34 reviews
Sales Rank: 24450
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 250
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.7
ISBN: 0965678458
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.880973
EAN: 9780965678452
ASIN: 0965678458
Publication Date: July 1, 2006
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Product Description
This collection of true stories examines incidents involving the use of firearms by ordinary citizens for personal protection against criminals. Three basic types of events are discussed: armed defense at home, at work, and in a public place. Each episode is explored in detail, with a look at the citizen involved as well as how their defensive actions aided them or could be improved. From convenience-store robberies to police arrests gone awry, these stories provide memorable reminders of firearm self-defense dos and don'ts.
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 Very interesting read. Very educational. Highly recommend. July 22, 2008
I was very pleased that I learned so much from this book. I am an advocate of personal responsibility and self defense is a part of that. I try to think of ways to keep myself from ever having a confrontation and ways to remove myself from one if it were to happen. This book gives accurate descriptions of how people behaved in these times of stress, and while reading them I automatically inserted myself into the situation and noted how I "think" I would behaved differently were it me. At the conclusion of each story, I was able to compare what actually happened to what may have happened had it been me and I found some of my decisions to be in error. Hopefully I'll never have to be in one of those stories, but if I am, hopefully I'll be able to apply the knowledge gained from this book.
wake-up call June 14, 2008
this book needs to be read by people that are not total anti-gun but think the police can "save" them. Learn that the gun is just a tool with a job to do,learn to use it like you would any other tool.
 Good gun stories, too much right wing sermonizing... June 12, 2008
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
Apparently only God fearing, white Republicans own and value guns (with one exception). And only black men ("thugs") or Hispanic men commit crimes (with one exception).... While I enjoyed some of the stories, which I thought were well written and informative, I could have done without the cheap Republican talking points inserted into these tragedies. For example, we learn that whenever anyone says we need a waiting period to purchase guns to allow for a proper background check, we should remind them of what happened to unarmed citizens in New Orleans after Katrina. Huh? What does that have to do with a waiting period? As a Virginia Tech alumnus, I think background checks should be strengthened, not eliminated.
It's a pity the author couldn't just give us more stories in place of his right wing propaganda. After all, not all gun owners are rabid Republicans (although, to the author's credit, most of his audience no doubt is, so I suppose it's good business for him to preach to the choir). And many people believe there can be healthy limitations on gun ownership, e.g. the previously mentioned waiting period, or banning assault weapons, and these limitations are consistent with the right to bear arms (just like the right to free speech doesn't mean you can scream "fire" in a crowded theater).
In any case, if its stories you want, buy the book. There are good lessons to be learned here, and the author should be commended for his work in compiling them in one handy reference.
 Be afraid! Be very afraid! May 26, 2008
1 out of 17 found this review helpful
Everyone is out to get you! The guy next door is probably a serial cannibal! Your son's elementary school teacher is a communist revolutionary who must be stopped! The government is coming to rape you and make you learn French!
UNLESS you have guns! LOTS OF THEM!
HOORAY FOR AMERICA!
Thank God I Had a GunA May 20, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
A must read by all anti Gun individuals and Thoes that understand what a Gun is for.
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