CONTENTS

Preface: Shooting Guns in the Desert Can Surprise You

Introduction: Why You Should Give Up Your Guns

It’s Far Too Easy to Buy a Gun

Guns Kill Young People

Guns Kill People of Color

Guns Kill Women and Children

We Are Killing Ourselves with Guns

How I Became a Fewer-Guns Activist

The Founding Fathers Wanted a Country with Fewer Guns

The NRA: Birth of a Lobby

How the NRA Weaponized the Second Amendment

Why the NRA Is Successful

How the NRA Channels Hatred into Political Success

We Know How to Reduce Gun Violence

The New Second Amendment Compact

We Must Not Overcriminalize Gun Owners

End Gun Manufacturer Immunity

Increase Oversight and Regulation of Gun Manufacturers

Regulate All Gun Dealers

Reduce the Number of Guns in the United States

A License to Kill

Insure Your Piece

End Armed Intimidation

Unleash the Power of Science to Save Lives

Reducing Gun Violence in Chicago

How to Eliminate Mass Shootings

The Solutions in the Compact Have Worked in the Rest of the World

Gun Owners Support a World with Fewer Guns

How You Can Build a Future with Fewer Guns

Learning from the Fight for Marriage Equality

A Strategy for Building a World with Fewer Guns

We Will Win

Acknowledgments

Appendix: How to Talk to Gun People and Win

Notes

Index