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Dan Baum is a gun fanatic. He is also Jewish Democrat who grew up in suburban New Jersey. In Gun Guys, he takes us on a guided tour of gun stores and gun shows, shooting ranges and festivals, contests and auctions, trying to figure out what draws so many of us to guns in the first place. Is it just part of being American?  Introducing a wide cast of characters, Baum shows both sides of the gun culture in America, bringing an entire world vividly to life, and in doing so helping to find a middle ground in the gun debate, where actual conversation can take place.

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<br> Dan Baum armed himself with an open mind and a .38 Detective Special to see what the armed lifestyle is about. Taking participatory journalism to a debate that rivals abortion as a hot-button topic, he emerged with observations that need to be read by both sides of the highly polarized issue. <br> -- Massad Ayoob, author and use-of-force instructor <br> You don't have to agree with Dan Baum on everything; perhaps a gun-loving self-described liberal Democrat from Boulder is so unique nobody will. But he has written the most original book on the gun culture yet, fair, funny, and as informed as it is iconoclastic. I urge all my friends, both those in the NRA and those who think guns are evil, to read, learn, laugh, and recognize themselves. Gun Guys is an unlikely bridge for our too-polarized time. <br>--Steve Bodio, author of Good Guns Again, and An Eternity of Eagles. <br> Dan Baum's curiosity about guns and his passion for them pull you deep into this book before you even know how you got there. He has put in the heft of a firearm and the smell of gunpowder and the heedless pleasure of shooting, and has produced a beautiful piece of writing. <br>--Ian Frazier, author of Travels in Siberia <br> Engrossing . . . a thoughtful corrective to the mutual ideological hysteria surrounding the issue of guns in America. <br>-- Kirkus Reviews <br> [A] well-written, thought-provoking and often humorous account of [Baum's] road trip through America's gun culture . . . Gun Guys is the sort of readable, information-rich book that could change minds and help bridge the huge national divide over guns. Let's hope it finds the readership it deserves. <br>--Alden Mudge, Book Page<br> <br> Publishers Weekly Top 10 Choice in Social Sciences <br> Baum's skill as a writer and journalist is revealed . . . [A] balanced accounting of both sides of America's gun issue, and while Baum doesn't have all the answers, his solution that both sides come together t

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Dan Baum is the author of Nine Lives, Smoke and Mirrors, and Citizen Coors. He was a staff writer for The New Yorker and has written for Rolling Stone, Harper’s Magazine, The New York Times Magazine, and many other publications.

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