Larry Correia - In Defense of the Second Amendment

In Defense of the Second Amendment

Larry Correia

Foreword by Nick Searcy

A truly independent life, in fact life itself, pivots on the right and implementation of keeping and bearing arms. Unarmed and helpless is unarmed and helpless, and no man has any right whatsoever to force that upon another man. Case closed.

Ted Nugent, hunter, rock star, and bestselling author of God, Guns, & Rock n Roll; Kill It & Grill It; and Ted, White, and Blue: The Nugent Manifesto

In Defense of the Second Amendment is easy to understand and a great resource for anyone doing impartial and unbiased research. Correia uses a no-nonsense approach, adds a touch of humor, and does away with the usual complex legal jargon to support the Second Amendment against the ideology of the far left. He educates the openminded reader who wants to form his or her own opinion, details how gun laws are circumvented by criminals, and explains why they are unreliable from the get-go. Im particularly impressed by how he sees through the medias political agenda with its one-sided catcalls of racism and right-wing extremism against those who stand up for their rights. Self-defense is absolutely a human right, and this rightyour rightshould not depend on someone elses feelings!

Kendall Jones, Turning Point USA contributor and conservationist

Youll never read a more interesting or enjoyable book about gun rights and regulation. Every gun rights supporter should have this book both for the fun it offers and for the intellectual ammunition it provides. Highly recommended!

Glenn Harlan Reynolds, Beauchamp Brogan Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Tennessee, and founder of the InstaPundit blog

In a time when the Supreme Court seems to be the only government organization with a basic understanding of the Constitution and Second Amendment, its essential that we all understand our rights as enumerated in the Second Amendment. Having a guide to help us all understand what it saysand meansis critical. If you have the facts, you dont need to get emotional to make your case. And when it comes to our rights, facts matter.

Jim Shepherd, publisher, The Outdoor Wire Digital Network

Those who incrementally attack the Second Amendment are intent on depriving us of the right to defend our families, property, and liberty. Larry Correia exposes this creeping authoritarianism and offers a scorching moral and legal defense of our oldest right. In Defense of the Second Amendment is a must-read for anyone who still values the Constitution.

David Harsanyi, senior editor, The Federalist, and author of First Freedom: A Ride Through Americas Enduring History with the Gun

In Defense of the Second Amendment is a refreshing read filled with concrete information concerning the Second Amendment. Correia points out with verve and humor the ridiculous arguments that the gun control side uses to chip away our constitutional protections of the rights of every human being. He points out the danger of red flag laws and powerfully explains how we who defend our rights can effectively and compassionately make the case for gun ownership with women and minorities. With a plethora of real-world examples of self-defense during the pandemic, the book welcomes (and helps to equip) the eight millionplus new gun owners we gained during the pandemic. Correia gives us the tools to make the modern case as to why gun rights are both womens rights and civil rightsa cause I have been passionately advocating for years.

Antonia Okafor Cover, founder of Empowered 2A and National Womens Outreach Director for Gun Owners of America

Larry Correia tells the simple truth in In Defense of the Second Amendment: Nothing stops a madman with a gun, but a good guy with a gun. Its the best explanation of why gun sales are booming as Americans realize theyre on their own to stop crime as it happens. American citizens are the real first responders.

Jim Scoutten,Shooting USA

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A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Note to reader: Book publishing takes time, and since this went to press, the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives has likely changed its regulations because, well, as an organization it is malicious, capricious, malignantly dysfunctional, and generally sucks. Make sure you check the current rules.

B efore I met Larry Correia, bestselling author, I met Larry Correia, vicious, bloodthirsty serial Twitter murderer.

I didnt know who Larry was when I first befriended him on social media. I just knew he tore up silly leftist dumbasses on the internet the way Michael Moore tore up extra-large supreme meatza pizzas. And Larry did so hilariously, with biting sarcasm, incisive wit, and invincible logic. I immediately saw him as an irreplaceable ally in the never-ending Twitter War, and I felt a kinship, as both of us do not play with leftist idiots well. We both had waded into the social media sewer with all our guns blazing, laughing hysterically as we slaughtered stupid Democrat-worshipping brainwashed losers day after day, laughing all the way.

It was only later that I realized that Larry was also a great and prolific fiction writer, with an output as long as my acting resume, and that Larry was exactly the rare kind of conservative I had been saying for years that we neededthe conservative who created art, the conservative who entered the world of storytelling, a world that for too long had been ceded to zombified leftists like Stephen King, Don Winslow, and other once-talented writers whose works had become predictable groaners because of their seemingly irresistible need to infuse them with trite, unrealistic, virtue-signaling leftist ideology.

As a fellow warrior in a creative field myself, the world of cinematic storytelling, I felt I had found a brother.

In reading Larrys Monster Hunter novels, you realize that underpinning all the exciting action, banter, and bloodshed there is a strong, sensible moral codea code that goes beyond mere legality and enters the realm of right and wrong. Often the hero in a Correia work steps