Under Fire: The NRA & the Battle for Gun Control
University of Iowa Press, 338 pages, selected bibliography, index. [Expanded]
An excellent piece of reporting. Davidson is a thoughtful social critic who leads us carefully through a complicated, interesting, and very American bit of history.”
— The Los Angeles Times
- “Notable Book of the Year,” New York Times Book Review (Henry Holt)
- “Notable Paperback of the Year,” New York Times Book Review (Owl Books)
Under Fire was widely hailed as the first objective examination of the National Rifle Association and its efforts to defeat gun control legislation. Now in this expanded edition, Osha Gray Davidson shows how the NRA’s extremism has cost the organization both political power and popular support. He offers a well-reasoned and workable approach to gun control, one that will find many supporters even among the NRA membership. (By the publisher)
Reviews
Sarah Brady
An insightful, behind-the-scenes look at a powerful special interest group that has managed to prevent enactment of sensible gun laws for the last century. This book is a must.
Field and Stream
Under Fire is disturbing, depressing, well written and carefully researched. The book will open your eyes.
Washington Post Book World
Under Fire is must reading….provides an inside-the-office, fly-on-the-wall view of an organization operating in a vacuum, seemingly deaf to the deadly gunfire that echoes outside its walls.
Kirkus Reviews
A graduate course in real-world politics…a fascinating study of the practical applications of political power.
The New England Journal of Medicine
The story is told without passion but in an easy-to-read, hard-to-put-down style that many novelists would envy….Under Fire is a terrific book and long overdue.
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Fascinating, comprehensive, and enlightening.
