Unintended Consequences
by John Ross
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Book Reviews of Unintended Consequences
Book Review: The Best Book You Will Read, Period!
Summary: 5 Stars
[First of all, I rate this book as an eleven, but there isn't an eleven on the rating chart.] If you are as frustrated as I am with the size and scope of federal, state, county, special district, and city governments, and are wondering just what you can do to bring things back "into perspective," then this book is for you. I don't even own a gun, hated the Army when I was in it, but this book gives you a completely different perspective about the importance of weapons in the history of the world. When you realize that the goal of every government is to disarm the populace so that it can impose restrictions on the populace for "everyone's good," you begin to understand the enormity of the problem. And as you peruse these reviews, don't believe even one word from the moron who claims that this book is anti-semetic, anti-woman, etc. It sounds as if this book steps on this individual's belief that big government is only here to "help" you. "Unintended Consequences" will be the best $28.95 that you have ever spent. Don't even hesitate to buy the book. Do it now! And, as most of the other reviewers have noted, buy more copies and give it to others for gifts. It is an amazing, compelling book, holding your interest from start to finish. And when you are done, wondering just what else you can read that fits along these lines, subscribe to "The Resister." I envy those of you are buying this book: you are about to embark upon a journey which will forever change the way you see the world. And you are guaranteed to lose a lot of sleep, trading the sleep for the pages of "Unintended Consequences." [Don Farrar, Walnut Creek, CABook Review: Not really about guns, but the freedom we've already lost
Summary: 5 Stars
This is my first review. I found this book in a gun show, looked it up and read reviews for a while, before actually buying it. Not easy to find a used copy cheap, you know? So when I decided to get it I was concerned about throwing money away on some gun nut's ranting. One of the reviews mentioned "Atlas Shrugged" which was much easier to find used and much more 'mainstream', so I read that first so I'd know what the comparison was.Well, I'm thrilled to find such a well-written explanation of the problem that I'm sure 99% of the citizens of this country don't even believe exists. And of course that's the point; the frog in water is a perfect analogy. This book uses guns; Ayn Rand used trains... but the idea is the same and excruciatingly relevant to EVERY American- your government has become the enemy, and you BETTER wake up and make changes the easy way before it's no longer possible. Both of these books do a marvelous job of removing all your 'but what if' objections and bringing you to the conclusion that, yes, the problem really is critical and urgent. Although their solutions are extreme, I can't really articulate what I would do differently, and if nothing else, they serve notice of what would BECOME necessary if we don't fix it now by the election process.
This country was once "the Great Experiment", but those of you who parrot the phrase "it's a free country" without really understanding what you're saying, you voters who continue to vote the way your grandparents did without understanding why, you are the problem! The government pirates can only get away with what they do because of your indifference. READ THESE BOOKS!!!
Book Review: A powerful and distrubing story of excess and anarachy
Summary: 4 Stars
Mr. Ross has produced a tension filled mixture of historical perspective and exploitive prediction. In the early chapters he has delivered a review of the importance and commonality of gun ownership established in the United States Constitution. As he progresses the clear attempt of government agencies to limit freedom and gain control of the populace develop logically if not with great literary skill. There is room to argue that he has exercised considerable prejudice in the relating of many of the events he chronicles, but they do not distract from the intent of his argument nor do they damage it. One could as easily argue that his excesses are minute compared to the outrageous misinterpretations of our constitution by those who would control the ownership of guns.
My discomfort with the book developed slowly as Mr. Ross moved from the chronicling of government abuse to the imagining of the consequences of those abuses to which his title refers. The proposition that any man, whether of good will or ill, can deliberately set out to murder individuals without any sense of dread or remorse, is too much for me to swallow.
This is a book which should be read. The eroding of freedom must not go unproclaimed, or responded to. But, the response dare not be in kind, less tyranny be converted to anarchy. Mr. Ross has failed to acknowledge the horror of a society in which the freedom to own guns for pleasure and self protection becomes one in which gun ownership and irresponsibility result in the ability to murder with impunity.
The reader should take care that his anger towards the Jack Booted is not allowed to dictate a sense of pleasure over their demise.Book Review: Ross' Book Gets Right To The Heart Of The Matter.
Summary: 5 Stars
I finally read Mr. Ross' book after having him sign it at the Soldier of Fortune Convention last year, and like most others, could not put it down. It reads well and the descriptive language makes it easy to understand and put your mind in the action.As the descendant of a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and of Commodore Stockton, who helped defeat the Mexican army in California in the 1800's, I was apalled by the actions of the government agents in this book. I was so sickened and angered by the information I was not already aware of, that it took a long time before I was back to my old self after reading the book. Even more disturbing were the raids that happened at a company I worked for that were not mentioned in the book, but equally as brutal and without good cause as they resulted in no criminal charges or findings. Scare tactics? Job justification? Good men doing the work of the evil few? Read about it in the book. You think it's too long? Skim or read faster. You think it's too sexy? Sex is part of life, accept it and move on. You think it's too technical? You can never know all there is to know about firearms and shooting;just enjoy the fact that someone has given you alot of good info that took a long time to research and woven it into an interesting story.
Above all it is a cry of alarm in the near darkness of socialist media run by self righteous people that used to shout, "Power to the people!" and "Down with the government!" until they got into office.
I think Mr. Ross' book deserves the time and money needed to digest this story, and you will be forever educated by the contents.
Book Review: Harsh novel...
Summary: 4 Stars
I enjoyed this book, but at the same time felt my anger rising as I read it. It details the laws that were unjustly passed in "the land of the free" to ensure that the government and ONLY the government would have access to many weapons that had previously been legal for most citizens to own.
The character of Henry Bowman is used to show how *the gun culture* is populated by those that enjoy shooting, not just for hunting, but for sports such as skeet and target.
One thing I do NOT enjoy about this book (and it seems to be a failing of many a *gun culture* book) is the amount of financial resources the characters amass or inherit. What about the guy or gal that can't afford 34 weapons and 40,000 rounds of ammo in a retreat in the hills? What about the homeowner that has one or two weapons and wants to continue to have the right to defend their lives and property?
Characters in these books are writ large it seems, because the authors think only men read them. All the female characters have huge chests, silken hair and legs that go on forever...the men are all in top physical shape and have worked at such adventurous jobs as big game hunters and the like...
Give me some reality, PLEASE.
Give me a character that smokes a little too much or has a pot belly or a woman that is chubby with a houseful of kids clamoring for her attention.
That being said, I would still recommend this book. It will shatter any liberal misconceptions one might have about the government being there to help and anger most because it shows the machinations of government agencies gone power-mad and besotted with their own inflated self importance.