A review by gillthequill
American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15 by Zusha Elinson, Cameron McWhirter

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

If you want a comprehensive look on why American today, circa 2024, has such a mass shooter problem, this book offers an easy to read, engaging, and well written account. Weaving both smaller stories, such as AR-15 inventor Stoner's life story and individual accounts of mass shootings, with bigger picture narratives, such as the Vietnam War, this book offers a clear through line of how we got here today. It was an excellent read, one that had me consuming easily 150 pages in the first day of reading alone. A depressing read, but a necessary one if you want to understand how exactly we got here. My only critique was perhaps a deeper dive into the history of the NRA was warranted, but otherwise good read!
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