The Rifle

I liked the story but the message was trying to counter the argument that guns don't kill people, people kill people by relating a series of events that happened because of the negligence of people. It would be comparable to saying that cars kill people by cited a case where somebody was killed by a......more

This is not an anti-gun story; it's a warning about not properly caring or understanding tools. Paulsen tells the story of a Rifle, how it was lovingly made and cared for. Its shot is "sweet" and it comes into the possession of Revolutionary War soldier who uses this rifle to kill British officers.......more

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You'll hate it most likely if you're a 2nd-amendment freedom fighter, and you'll hate it if you think all of Paulsen's books should or will be like Hatchet. But like The Tent, you'll be blown away by what he can do in so few words. It's a memorable read, that's for sure. The book starts out with a v......more

This was a spectacular book. To think that a old-fashioned "sweet" (that is a term used in this book for basically calling a gun epic) flintlock pistol could have a story amazes me. Is your kid obsessed with guns? Tell him/her to read this book so they can understand how deadly and corrupt a gun is.......more