"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:25:27 -0400, with neither quill nor qualm, "Ed
Huntress" quickly quoth:


"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:51:31 -0400, with neither quill nor qualm, "Ed
Huntress" quickly quoth:

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Speaking of ricochets, I'm reading Richard Feldman's _Ricochet:
Confessions
of a Gun Lobbyist_ right now. It's recommended reading for all NRA
members.

Sheesh. I must have stood less than 5 feet from him at the anti-anti-AR
rally in Trenton a decade and a half ago. I wish I'd known who he was
then.

Can you give us a better idea of what is it about? I know how titles
can be misleading, _The Syntax of Sex_ being the best one I can think
of right now. (No, I haven't had a chance to even open the cover yet,
but plan on enjoying Crystal's _How Language Works_ fairly soon.)
Is he pro- or con-NRA?

Here, read an excerpt and decide. This actually is the first chapter:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...oryId=16324652

Oh, I think I had read that excerpt before, probably on Amazon.
Is the rest of the book as tense as the first chapter?

I'm only up to around page 100, but, so far, it slows down after the first
chapter and now it seems to be building up again. Which stands to reason,
because that's the way books like this are written.

It's interesting to me partly because I knew, and worked with to a limited
extent, some of the people he talks about. He was the NRA liason for NJ when
I was involved with the fight over our assault-rifle ban. The people he
talks about were the guys running the show here in NJ.

Where I am in the book now is where he describes what happened with Bernie
Goetz and Roy Innis in New York. Fascinating stuff.

--
Ed Huntress