Unintended Consequences | John Ross

Unintended Consequences | John Ross | Well thought out and written

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	Unintended Consequences John Ross Accurate Press, 1996 - 863 pages average customer review:based on 372 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Wonderful Book

I first read this book in Sept. 2000 after buying it from Amazon. I remember that because I wrote the date on the fly leaf. Since then, I've read the book four more times, the last time about a year ago. Time to do it again. I've referred it to numerous friends and family members, and all have been glad that I did.

To reiterate what has been stated in so many other reviews, this book was to me disturbing, exciting, historically accurate, and educational. And more adjectives apply. The basic description is just "good." A good book. One of the very best, in fact, that I've read in fifty-or-so years. And that's quite a few books of all genres. I obviously do not agree with the negative reviews. Even the the sexually explicit scenes serve a point in this book. It is not bigoted, nor antisemitic, nor racist, though the author expertly and accurately describes bigotry, antisemitism, and racism as they apply. And there's a reason why he does that. Discover the reason.

Raised in a family immersed in what Ross calls the "gun culture," my brothers and I took for granted guns, shooting, hunting, reloading, etc. We went to school in the era when guns could be bought in a hardware store, from the Sears-Roebuck catalog, and from J.C. Penny "big book" without any "paperwork" except a simple purchase receipt, and when one could take his .22 rifle or shotgun to school for use in hunting when school dismissed. Hence, we lived through a part of the era described in the book, and have seen the incremental changes in civil rights, gun laws, and attitudes toward guns, running the spectrum of guns when they were viewed as essential household tools to being viewed as politically incorrect (as I describe the current situation)and almost totally taboo in "polite society."

As a current retiree and still a member of the gun culture, I read this book with great interest; and found it to be so disturbing that I read it again; and then, of course, again and again. My view is that if you own a gun, you have to read it; and if you don't, then you still should read it. If you don't "believe" in guns(I've always wondered how one can "believe" or "not believe" in guns, any more than one can "believe" or "not believe" in power tools, as dangerous as some of them can be.), try it anyway. It is bound to enlighten, at the least. This book is as much about civil rights -- all of them -- as it is about only guns. As so many have said in other reviews, this is a book that Americans should read, regardless of their points-of-view on guns. Alas, I should not exclude the Brits and the Aussies -- and others -- considering the incremental erosion of civil rights extant in those countries -- It is worth the time spent.

Bon voyage.

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Well thought out and written

this is an eye opener, but in the same time it is a well written book, read it, enjoy it and learn from it..

A must read

I first read this book in 1997,I couldn't put it down,there is a warning there,this can happen in America.
Americas federal gun control laws are copies of the Nazi gun control law of 1936,it was introduced by Senator Christopher Dodds father during his term in the 1960's.
Dodd,the father,was part of a Neuremberg military group,and had access to Nazi documents.

Just awesome

I've read this one a few times, and its hard to put down each time. The story is great, and the way it mingles reality and the potential future is genius. This book is very well written, and although the plausibility of the final outcomes are a bit far fetched, it is a powerful way of demonstrating what can happen when stupidity and government excesses can drive people into thinking they have nothing left to lose.

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Can't put it down!

Few books have ever so captivated me that I simply could not put it down! This is definitely one of them. I even try to catch a few words during commercials on my favorite TV show, Boston Legal.

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