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Summary: Excellent book although I break with Bowman on one point
Review: I think this book sends an excellent message. The sex and some of the graphic stuff that is away from the point in the book could have been left out, but the message is very important. When people have nothing left to lose, they become desperate. The politicians portrayed in the book are all real politicians as well. There are some name changes, but most of them are close enough to figure out. This book is FICTION, but some of the events there, like the Bonus March, are real. We must not forget the events that have happened, and remember AT THE BALLOT BOX, before it is too late. The ball is in our court. Let's make it count. VOTE!!!!!
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Summary: Good idea - mediocre execution
Review: I just finished reading the work by John Ross (the 5th printing) and I must admit I was disappointed. After...reading the review by Vin Suprynowicz (who I admire greatly) claiming hat it "rival(s) Rand's Atlas Shrugged" I can do nothing but lose esteem for him. UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES has a great point however - and that point is that the government has gone too far. Ross does a great job of showing this fact along with educating the reader to massive extent about how guns work. This I feel, were the positives. The negatives however, are that this book is EXTREMELY vulgar in both language and graphic sexual detail. This is simply unnecessary, and takes away greatly from any effort at scholar. Also, the characters are completely unbelievable and quite laughable at times. Ross's incessant foreshadowing are nothing but annoying as well. I also find it humorous that he puts a burning constitution on the cover of his book. It would benefit Ross greatly if he read some Lysander Spooner and realized that scribbles written 225 years ago and agreed to by no one except perhaps, the actual signers of those scribbles, apply to no one - and certainly do not guarantee any "rights". Rights come from our nature as human beings, and our "gun rights" are not guaranteed by the "US constitution" (so-called) and its particular scribbles. Other than these fundamental problems, Ross has written a decent novel, and I did enjoy it. However, it is NO Atlas Shrugged.
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Summary: Some good themes, but not much of a novel
Review: Well, as already written the book has two basic sections. 800+ pages about the development of the "gun culture" and 250 or so pages of story. For shooters the history is interesting, and for folks that are interested in ballistics and firearms engineering it is pretty involved and gripping. The main shortcoming of the book is that the characters are all pretty one-dimensional. The good guys are all regular joes, except they have tons of money, never make tactical or strategic mistakes, are completely noble and honest, and are forced into violence by the bad guys, who are small-minded, marginally competent, bitter fascists. Definitely worth reading, but not for the story. The ending is more than a little implausible. Overall it is a fair effort for someone who is not an author by trade. A little more fallibility in the "good guys" and a lot less in the "bad guys", a few plot twists to change what was an entirely predictable plot development, and Ross would have really had something here.
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Summary: A great "what-if" - I loved it!
Review: The historical accuracy of this book is absolutely astounding. The government is not "for the people, by the people" anymore. This book takes aim at those who wish to trample civil liberties, no pun intended. Enjoy!
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Summary: Best Profreedom book ever published
Review: This book was well written and well researched. the author most certainly knew what he was talking about. exciting, and scary but so very real and true to life that it almost made me think that the fiction part of it really happened. this is a fiction/fact book, and one that every second amendment supporter should read.
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Summary: The best book I have read in a long time!
Review: I absolutely loved this book! The fictional part of the story was very entertaining, while the historical background was truly enlightening. This book shows the government for the tyrants that they have become, and how they divert the American Citizens attention using the mainstream media and staged events. I hope this book is recognized for the wakeup call that it is meant to be.
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Summary: You Are Known by the Company You Keep
Review: Those of you, and there seem to be many, who have endowed this book with five stars should be aware that Timothy McVeigh, the convicted Oklahoma City bomber, has embraced it totally, calling it his "New Testament." (See "American Terrorist, Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City Bombing.") Perhaps you should be more careful whose ideas you choose to espouse. This book is the manifesto for every delusional paranoid who honestly believes the government is about to knock on his door and take away all his guns before enslaving him and selling his wife and daughters into white slavery. It was this very same set of delusions that led McVeigh to take the lives of 168 innocent people, including 19 babies, on that April morning in 1995. It sends shivers down my spine to know that Timothy McVeigh has so many kindred spirits out there, some of whom probably dream of carrying on his "work." View this book as the paranoid trash that it is.
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Summary: Second Amendment Primer
Review: John Ross's "Unintended Consequences" is superbly informational and provides an exceptionally (much needed) harsh spotlight on the activities of the United States government, which has been busily chipping away at the Bill of Rights since the FDR presidency. The storyline focuses on the 'gun culture,' which mainstream media loves to portray as skinheaded, BDU wearing, M-18 toting maniacs hellbent on overthrowing the government of the U.S. What the media fails to mention however (and what you WON'T learn in school) is that the culmination of various "gun control" measures passed by our illustrious (and I use the word loosely) leaders in Washington, D.C. has all served to expand the powers of the federal government and otherwise dilute the Second Amendment. This book is a wake up call to the citizenry and will serve to illustrate that if you value your freedom in this country, then you WILL get involved in the political process and take back the government from existing powerhungry, self-serving, self-righteous politicians currently in office today. Vote for a change from the usual business as usual. Vote Libertarian. ....
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Summary: 3.5 -- very nice until the last section!
Review: John Ross's prose is something less than captivating. It gets the ideas across, but it doesn't do it with any great flair or memorable style. It lacks the tremendous eloquence of authors like Guy Gavriel Kay without capturing the elegant straightforwardness of George R. R. Martin. (The two named are both high fantasy authors, but no matter.) However, Ross does manage to keep your eyes glued to the pages, begging for more: up until the last section of the book, the novel is a fascinating journey through the entire lives of several characters, and contains a great deal of interesting historical data on how the present-day firearms laws came to be. It also has a veritable database of miscellaneous gun facts strewn throughout. The problem with the book (and why it received only 3.5 stars) is the final section. First off, for the story it wants to tell, it's far too short. About ten pages from the end, I couldn't believe everything could be resolved satisfactorily in such a short span of pages. Sure enough, the ending is unrealistic, and, I felt, rather cheated the the tremendous amount of work that had gone into the previous parts. Second, the story completely changes tone. It becomes a poorly constructed James Bond film without James Bond or the film. It manages a modicum of excitement, certainly, but it is a severe disappointment for the ending to be so blatantly hokey after reading the rest of what is a serious, down-to-Earth novel. In short, I recommend this book, with the caveat that the ending and entire last section basically stinks.
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Summary: A must read book for all young men
Review: This is the type of book every father should buy for his son by time he's a teenager. Just like The Yearling, Red Badge of Courage, etc.
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