This somewhat dated book (1992) provides much scary information about American society’s gun culture. Author intersperses story of how a deranged teenager was able to carry out an assault on a Virginia Beach school using an automatic pistol with facts about how gun dealers and the National Rifle Association have intimidated legislators into legal irresponsibility. Even weak existing restrictive laws have many loopholes. Mentioned also is how the NRA distorts the U.S. Constitution’s 2nd Amendment; they scoff at the qualification that the right to keep and bear arms applies only to members of a well regulated militia. Book was written before the infamous Columbine, Virginia Tech and Tucson assaults. The chilling, creepy gun culture remains with us.