The Virginia Gun Owner's Guide - Sixth Edition

What you can do, and what you can’t do, with guns in Virginia:

1. Every state gun law word-for-word
2. All the gun laws described in plain English
3. Used and recommended statewide

The Virginia Gun Owner’s Guide includes all the state gun laws for having, buying, selling, carrying and using firearms; the use of deadly force and self defense, concealed-carry licenses, special weapons, gun safety, school and kid laws, transportation, federal laws... you get the most complete coverage available for your state’s handling of the Second Amendment to the Constitution. More than 150 self-test questions, 22 lethal-encounter scenarios for study and discussion, much more. Used in classes statewide and widely endorsed. Every gun owner needs a gun owner’s guide.

• It doesn’t make sense to own a gun and not know the rules
• You don’t want to be in trouble for a rule you never heard of
• Ignorance is no excuse—it’s better to know the rules
• You have a right to know what the laws are
• If you knew all your rights you might demand them

Alan Korwin, author of three books and co-author of seven others, is a full-time freelance writer, consultant and businessman with a twenty-five-year track record. He is a founder and two-term past president of the Arizona Book Publishing Association, which has presented him with its Visionary Leadership award, named in his honor, the Korwin Award. He has received national awards for his publicity work as a member of the Society for Technical Communication, and is a past board member of the Arizona chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

Working with American Express, Mr. Korwin wrote the executive-level strategic plan that defined its worldwide telecommunications strategy for the 1990s; he wrote the business plan that raised $5 million in venture capital and launched SkyMall; he did the publicity for Pulitzer Prize cartoonist Steve Benson’s fourth book; and he had a hand in developing ASPED, Arizona’s economic strategic plan. Korwin’s writing appears often in a wide spectrum of local and national publications.

Korwin turned his first book, The Arizona Gun Owner’s Guide, into a self-published best-seller, now in its 22nd edition. With his wife Cheryl he operates Bloomfield Press, which has grown into the largest producer and distributor of gun-law books in the country. It is built around seven books he has completed on the subject including the unabridged guide Gun Laws of America, an ever-expanding line of related items, and countless radio and TV appearances. His 10th book is Supreme Court Gun Cases.

Alan Korwin is originally from New York City, where his clients included IBM, AT&T, NYNEX and others, many with real names. He is a pretty good guitarist and singer, with a penchant for parody (his last band was The Cartridge Family). In 1986, finally married, he moved to the Valley of the Sun. It was a joyful and successful move.



About Steve Maniscalco

Steve Maniscalco served in the U.S. Navy from 1980 to 1986, achieving the rank of Petty Officer First Class. As a Submarine Sonar Technician he traveled extensively throughout the Atlantic, Arctic and Mediterranean Oceans and the Caribbean Islands. Steve observed that, remarkably, it all looks like the inside of a nuclear submarine.

Since 1986, Steve has worked for the U.S. government as a technical writer and an electronic technician. The majority of his government service was in the Norfolk, Va., area as a sailor and then as a civilian employee.

Steve moved to Phoenix, Ariz., in 1994, and made the switch from submarines to F-16 jet aircraft, writing technical manuals for aircraft trainers at Luke Air Force base. He is an active competitive shooter, having participated in literally hundreds of matches.

In 1995, Steve approached Bloomfield Press, proposing to co-author a book about Virginia gun laws. Steve brings to The! Virginia Gun Owner’s Guide his ambition as a writer, his passion for competitive shooting and an abiding interest in Constitutional issues.

Mr. Maniscalco recently quit his secure government position to devote himself as a full-time dad to his new son, Steven Blaise, a full-time husband to his wife, Leslie and a full-time writer to just about anyone who will pay him fairly for quality work. You are holding a sample of his abilities in your hands. To see his work as a web-page designer visit www.gunlaws.com.