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"Sustenance is our target; health and balance in the wild is our goal."--Ted Nugent

The publisher, Regnery Publishing, Inc , June 21, 2000
About God, Guns & Rock and Roll:
Get ready to roc, doc. You've just entered the world of Ted Nugent, where freedom reigns, thanks to our God-given right to self-defense and the Second Amendment, heroes rule-it's "we the people" NOT "we the sheeple"-and dinner comes care of "pistolero steakage." You thought the day of the patriot had gone. Guess again. The minuteman has come back to life as the raging Motor City Madman. Here's a hard rockin', hard workin' star, whose life is devoted to knocking down violent crime, knocking down drugs, and knocking down restrictions on American freedom-personally. As Ted says: you either believe in the Constitution and the Ten Commandments or YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM- with him. And vengeance is his, sayeth the guitarboy. Ted celebrates the Spirit of the Wild "beyond the pavement"-from which all good things come. Here's nature as rock 'n' roll rehab, a return to the spirit, a dose of reality that doesn't come plastic-wrapped and styrofoamed. Ted takes you machine gunning with Aerosmith; backstage, busting drug dealers; and shows you how many rock stars took drugs and are dead, while he went hunting- and he's still Ted. And then there's kids- and Ted's patented, but freely shared, dramatic advocacy for kids to stay clean, stay cool, stay disciplined. Here's how to learn the "ballistics of spirituality", the duty of the hunter, the lesson that God is always watching. Here's bowhunting, rifle, shotgun, and handgun marksmanship as an exercise in self-control. Here's how to walk tall with your compass always pointed True North. Ted shows the way

What others have said:

"Ted Nugent is, beyond argument, one of the good guys. In addition to his continuing career in broadcasting, and his mastery of the guitar, he's a frequent guest on one or another of the major TV shows. It can be said though, that his work for outdoor sports is his deepest concern. All those who share his commitment will enjoy his book." -Charlton Heston

"I have known Ted for many years, and I can't say that I always agree with him. I can't even say I often agree with him. But I respect him for this reason: in a world where fame makes people fat and satisfied, Ted continues to fight for his beliefs. He loves nature. And- as this book proves, page after page- he feels that living without passion is not really living. That, I agree with him on- wholeheartedly." -Mitch Albom, Syndicated columnist and ABC-radio host, Author "Tuesdays with Morrie"

"Don't let the pony tail fool you! Ted Nugent writes and speaks with passion based not upon opinion, but through research and personal experiences. I am fortunate to know Ted is for the good in all of us. Read, learn and join the cause! -Kirk Gibson

In Defense of Hunting

Book Description
An acclaimed nature writer and environmentalist delivers an eloquent and provocative pro-hunting exploration of the primal impulse to hunt and its endangered value in modern society.

Synopsis
In prose that vibrantly evokes the beauty and the cruelty of nature--and the archetypal nature of the hunt--James Swan argues that acknowledging the instinctual roots of the hunt is vital to repairing our modern alienation from nature and crucial to our understanding of our basic human needs. Swan is also the author of Nature as Teacher and Healer.

I wrote this book to clear up many misconceptions about the motivations of hunters in general; to describe how when hunting is undertaken with deep, heartfelt conviction, it can lead one to an understanding of the deepest ethical values about life, love and ecology. This position is not just based on my own feelings, but as I describe in the book, it is based on the conclusions of many eminent behavioral scientists including Freud, Jung, Menninger, and most importantly Erik Fromm

More Guns, Less Crime

Amazon.com
Multiple regression analyses are rarely the subject of heated public debate or 225-page books for laypeople. But John R. Lott, Jr.'s study in the January 1997 Journal of Legal Studies showing that concealed-carry weapons permits reduced the crime rate set off a firestorm. The updated study, together with illustrative anecdotes and a short description of the political and academic response to the study, as well as responses to the responses, makes up Lott's informative More Guns, Less Crime.

In retrospect, it perhaps should not have been surprising that increasing the number of civilians with guns would reduce crime rates. The possibility of armed victims reduces the expected benefits and increases the expected costs of criminal activity. And, at the margin at least, people respond to changes in costs, even for crime, as Nobel-Prize winning economist [TAG]Gary Becker showed long ago. Allusions to the preferences of criminals for unarmed victims have seeped into popular culture; Ringo, a British thug in Pulp Fiction, noted off-handedly why he avoided certain targets: "Bars, liquor stores, gas stations, you get your head blown off stickin' up one of them."

But Lott's actual quantification of this, in the largest and most comprehensive study of the effects of gun control to date, a study well-detailed in the book, provoked a number of attacks, ranging from the amateurish to the subtly misleading, desperate to discredit him. Lott takes the time to refute each argument; it's almost touching the way he footnotes each time he telephones an attacker who eventually hangs up on him without substantiating any of their claims.

Lott loses a little focus when he leaves his firm quantitative base; as an economist, he should know that the low number of rejected background checks under the Brady Bill doesn't demonstrate anything by itself, because some people may have been deterred from even undergoing the background check in the first place, but he attacks the bill on this ground anyway. But the conclusions that are backed by evidence--that concealed-weapons permits reduce crime, and do so at a lower cost to society than increasing the number of police or prisons--are important ones that should be considered by policymakers. --Ted Frank

The Wall Street Journal, James Bovard
...a compelling book with enough hard data that even politicians may have to stop and pay attention.