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Summary: One woman's passion fills a million hearts
Review: It's been said that if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself. Well, Donna Dees-Thomases wanted something done, and she managed to get others involved in a very controversial topic.The book, "Looking for a Few Good Moms: How One Mother Rallied a Million Others Against the Gun Lobby," is the story of how one woman, a mother of two, created a movement and organized the Million Mom March (MMM) in Washington, D.C. on Mother's Day in 2000...and woke up everyone to the tremendous gun problem and the need for enacting better, more sensible gun-safety laws. MyParenTime.com highly recommends this book -- it's detailed with daily struggles, obstacles, successes, and most of all...passion. It's proof that there is power in people. There are still hurdles to come, including an upcoming battle to renew a ban against assault weapons such as AK-47s and Uzis. The book also gives a checklist of how the MMM was organized, and explains their solutions to keeping not only our children safe from gun violence, but their families as well.
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Summary: Feel-good unreality
Review: Maybe the book should be subtitled, "How an elite few can try to impose their will upon others." The "Million" moms, alleged to be a grassroots movement, but actually funded by a millionaire, never actually reached a million members. Famous "million" moms like Rosie O'Donnell call for the banning of all handguns, but Rosie herself has employed an armed bodyguard to protect her child! This kind of elitism is closer to the reality than the humble, grass-roots "story" told by this book.
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Summary: I hate Guns... Dont care much for this book either.
Review: President Bush said he'd sign an extension of the ban on assault weapons. Halt the Assalt? Halt the disingenuous attacks on the President. The authors have succeded in sullying a meritorious issue. I'm all for the ban on assault weapons. Instead of reading this book just send a letter to your congressman asking to extend the ban on assault weapons. We'll all be better off.
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Summary: A lot can be accomplished in 9 months
Review: This book shows what a difference one person can make. The other reviews of this book erroneously state that the Million Mom March is out to disarm people, or to tread on the rights of law abiding citizens. Not once in the book does she speak of taking away guns. (I have to wonder if these reviewers actually read the book or are attempting to make their "we have enough gun laws, guns don't kill people.." views known in whatever way is possible.) The Million Mom March takes a middle of the road, sensible stand. Ms. Dees-Thomases speaks of her outrage at the numbers of people killed every year, and together with many others, sought to rally people to end the killing. She led a movement (of which I am proud to be a part)which looks beyond a crime definition of gun violence. The March pulled together various gun control groups, each having a different agenda, to a middle ground which promotes responsible gun ownership, while attempting to close gaps (sales not requiring background checks and limiting gun purchases to one per month) which have created a black market for guns. I found her description of the dynamics of organization-building fascinating. Anyone mobilizing volunteers can identify with the frustration of pleasing everyone, and dealing with the 151s. Thanks Donna.
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Summary: Looking for a Few Good Moms
Review: This is an excellent book that really tells it like is was. I was there and the energy from the 750,000 concerned citizens at the march was incredible. The book describes the efforts of ordinary people that led to a movement. The group is still alive and well and I am proud to be a part of it. Thanks to people like Donna Dees Thomases people who care about this country have been united to make it better.
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Summary: Entertainment and Education
Review: Very well written, Donna writes in such a way that you feel yourself taking part in this important piece in social history and at the same time explains the issue in such a way that if you haven't been involved before, you will now. And at the end this book give excellent tips for becoming a grass roots organizer. For all people who need to be reminded that individuals can make a difference.
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Summary: Propagandist hype by a gun-grabber...
Review: Want to support those who would take away your rights (and not just the 2nd Amendment guaranteed rights - these people are engaged in an effort to stifle the voices of the nearly 5 million people in the NRA, not to mention the countless others in all of the other pro-2nd Amendement organizations)?? Then buy this book. Or don't, and help to put a socialist out of work. Looks like a million is a lot less than it used to be. Billing itself as the "Second Million Mom March", the event in DC this past week drew about 2000 people. Hell, by that logic, there's about 500 people people here in my office, and I'm all alone. And hey - folks - when you have Jesse Jackson as your keynote speaker, that tells you quite a bit about the target audience.
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Summary: Oh please
Review: Yeah you COULD read this book if you really had nothing better to do. But really, ask yourself this: "Am i so pathetically stupid that i REALLY need this idiot to tell me what to think?" You want to know what to do about gun violence? Heres what you do, look around you at the world not as its represented on the news but in how it appears in your own eyes, talk to people on BOTH SIDES of the issue (and by people i mean REAL LIFE people you know, like your FRIENDS. Not politicos pushing an agenda OR soccer moms with nothing better to do that emit shrill cries about their pet issue) and then make YOUR decision. Then you can have all the pride and conviction that comes from having a stance based on an HONEST PERSONAL ASSEMENT rather than just parroting the embarrassing lies of someone else.
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