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‘American Gun’: Murdered Ex-Navy SEAL Was Working on a New Book About U.S. Gun History

Feb. 6, 2013 10:01am Billy Hallowell

In the wake of ex-Navy SEAL Chris Kyle’s murder, his publisher has announced that the American hero and best-selling author was in the process of writing a second book. The project, entitled, “American Gun: A History of the U.S. in Ten Firearms,” provides the nation’s history as told through influential and game-changing firearms.

Sharyn Rosenblum, a spokesperson for publisher William Morrow, made the announcement about Kyle’s upcoming book on Tuesday. The former sniper was working on the project along with co-author William Doyle. While the Associated Press notes that there was no release date being given for the project, Barnes & Noble lists the book’s expected availability date as May 14, 2013; it is already available for pre-order.

Here’s a cover image, as shown on the bookseller’s web site:

Ex Navy SEAL Chris Kyle Was Working on New Book: American Gun: A History of the U.S. in Ten Firearms

Photo Credit: Barnes & Noble

A description of “American Gun: A History of the U.S. in Ten Firearms” reads:

In American Gun, the deadliest sniper in U.S. history tracks down and shoots the most important American firearms, from a flintlock rifle to a Colt revolver to the latest high-tech weapon he used as a SEAL. Chris Kyle uses these guns as a window on United States history, making the sweeping argument that the American story has been tied to and shaped by the gun. In each chapter he offers engaging stories associated with a particular gun, form wars to duels to shoot outs. American Gun is part history, part first-hand journey as Chris locates and shoots these legendary guns.

Kyle’s first book, “American Sniper,” a bestseller, was written along with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice. It was released in Jan. 2012.

As the tragic details surrounding ex-Navy SEAL Chris Kyle emerge, a portrait of the accused, Eddie Ray Routh, showcases a man purportedly suffering from severe mental illness. While many questions remain, the details are continuously becoming clearer.

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Glenn Beck’s charitable organization, Mercury One, began taking donations for those wishing to honor Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and his friend Chad Littlefield.

To donate by mail:
Mercury One
PO Box 140489
Irving, TX 75014

Make checks payable to Mercury one but in the memo field please write “Chris Kyle Fund.”

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Comments (31)

smithjacusmc
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 7:36am
One mans terrorist is another mans patriot, one mans patriot is another mans infidel, in the end each is fighting for what he believes is righteous, death is a natural recourse of this warfare of ideals…may the better and more resourceful win.

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RinkyDink34
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 10:30am
Sadly Chris Kyle threw caution to the wind and paid the Ultimate Price. Rest in Peace Chris.

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Newtowns-Third-Law
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 1:33pm
“Despite what your momma told you, Violence does solve problems.”

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- SwampFoxHiggy
  Posted on February 7, 2013 at 6:19am
  No law stands in the way of violence. when the dust settles, and pen sets to paper to write the pages of history, violence rules the day.
  
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GAKnight
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 12:19pm
Just FYI to writers….(all media) Those who serve in the military usually frown upon being called “ex”- they prefer former…..we never say EX GOVERNOR..former………please show our military heroes a little more respect…thanks

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- TheIggies
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 12:48pm
  You’ll have to prove that using “ex” is offensive to all ex military types. I’m, personally, not offended by it so I say shove your opinion and shut it.
  
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- whyvote
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 1:01pm
  THEIGGIES isn’t eager to relive his dishonorable discharge so the title EX probably suits him just fine
  
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- smithjacusmc
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 7:21am
  agreed, “ex” signifies a negative seperation, “former” gives creedance to having done something and although you still associate your self with the organization you are not active in it. as in “once a marine always a marine”. thanks and semper fi
  
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RaydocX
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 11:37am
i hope the book gets finished or printed as is… Taya and Chris’ kiddos also can use the financial help, and i suspect the tone of the book would provide supporters of the Second Amendment ample new facts and counters to the Left’s lies.

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- TheIggies
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 12:49pm
  Not like anyone on the left would bother reading this garbage from some dead, fake “hero” anyway.
  
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- whyvote
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 12:59pm
  When your hero is Osama Bin Laden, I could see why you would consider Kyle a “fake” hero. BTW you have a perfect avatar for a horses A$$
  
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outremre
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 11:35am
I really find it hard to believe that anyone here could empathize with a stone cold killer. Have any of you actually read the book American Sniper? If it was not ghost written, then I have to conclude that Chris Kyle was a sociopath. The slaughter of men and women is not something to boast about. There is nothing laudable in American Sniper. I have read many combat memoirs, and this one by far is the most callous and de-humanizing account of how a brainwashed government trained killer can be made to disregard natural law and be made to accept the notion that when a politician in authority orders you to kill other people in a distant land, then the cause is just. If anyone on this forum opposed the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, then you cannot hold this man up as positive role model. I would be embarrassed to speak these deeds if they were my own. Anyone ever wonder why so many of our vets and service are committing suicide at record rates since GWOT? 12 years of war and multiple combat deployments will turn most men into the classic PTSD case. Chris Kyle had the intellect of a savage.

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- whyvote
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 12:53pm
  Where do Obama’s drone killings rank on the “intellect of a savage”? It amazes me that people like you celebrate the Fort Hood shooter and 911 terrorists as some kind of anti-heroes battling the evil USA while denigrating real heroes like Kyle.
  
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- Dismayed Veteran
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 2:48pm
  I never believed the invasion of Iraq was needed. On the other hand, I believed that our actions in Afghanistan should have been the subject of horror stories in Afghanistan for the next 100 years. My son has served in both Iraq and Afghanistan. My belief about Iraq in no way reflects on my respect and admiration of the bravery and sacrifice of the men and women who served in Iraq.
  
  BTW all war is savage. Chris Kyle was no more of a savage as any other veteran.
  
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- 50calgunner
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 8:38pm
  Outrem
  You don’t understand any thing! Chris is a American hero! The savages that you seem to think are just misunderstood are just pure evil and need to be sent to hell. You also don’t realize that the savages he was eliminating wanted to kill him,you,me and every other American that wouldn’t bow down and praise the pediphiel Mohammad! I guess you will be at the funeral protesting with west borough or some other ows group.
  
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- TexasTundra
  Posted on February 7, 2013 at 11:10am
  Hardly the “intellect of a savage.’ People like Chris Kyle, Dave Hackworth, Richard Marcinko and Jerry Boykin have all been called savages and animals. Just because they don’t think that all problems can be solved by diplo-dinks in striped pants sipping tea and nibbling crumpets doesn’t make them sociopaths, it makes them realists.
  
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Newtowns-Third-Law
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 11:34am
We need to get them thar two writer boys to add: “Chapter 11: The Gun That Killed Kyle.”

Jesse James, John Derringer, Chris Kyle. All back shot by cowards. But all brave and accomplished gun-slinging legends for eternity.

Buy yer copy today – or better yet, mail Kyle’s widow and kids a $5 dollar bill instead. Avoid the middlemen and tax collectors.

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- TexasTundra
  Posted on February 7, 2013 at 11:19am
  Jesse James and hopefully you mean John Dillinger were criminals…James was a total sociopath who killed many innocent people during the course of his robbery career. The same was not true of Dillinger but in fairness, he was either going for a firearm or the FBI thought he was. A better comparison would be James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok, a somewhat flawed force for law and order murdered in an equally cowardly fashion. An even better comparison would be legendary Oklahoma lawman Bill Tilghman, a man of not only accomplishment but rectitude, murdered by a no-account he thought he had disarmed who produced a hideout weapon.
  
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WilliamORights
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 11:33am
Another saga of murder from the same people who brought you 9/11 I and 9/11 II. How long does it take to connect dots that form a straight line?

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david3755
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 11:20am
Just pre-ordered my copy. Glad to support this American Hero.

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vigibill
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 11:15am
How about Kevin Sorbo. He has no aspirations to be part of the elite Hollywood establishment.

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- TheIggies
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 12:50pm
  Yeah? And? When was the last time you saw him in anything that mattered? Ohhhh, right, 15 years ago.
  
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- whyvote
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 1:03pm
  when was the last time you posted anything that mattered?
  
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shorelineliz
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 10:29am
Chris Kyle, America’s deadliest sniper, offered no regrets by Alan Duke
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/03/us/texas-sniper-killed-kyle-profile/index.html

hris Kyle had no regrets about any of the 160 people he killed as a Navy SEAL sniper during his five combat tours in Iraq. Standing 6 feet, 2 inches tall and weighing a muscular 220 pounds, Kyle developed a deadly reputation in Iraq, prompting insurgents to put a bounty on his head, according to his autobiography.

When Kyle’s military career ended after a decade, he joined other former SEALs to start Craft International, a security company with the motto “Despite what your momma told you, Violence does solve problems.”
He also became a best-selling author, a reality TV personality, a supporter of fellow vets suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome, an avid hunter and an outspoken opponent of gun control.
Kyle, 38, was shot to death Saturday — by a former Marine, police say — while shooting for fun on a Texas gun range. Another veteran was also fatally shot.
Kyle’s opinion of the American public’s ability to understand war was poor.

“For the most part, the public is very soft, you live in a dream world,” he said. “You have no idea what goes on the other side of the world, the harsh realities of what these people are doing to themselves and then to our guys. There are certain things that need to be done to take care of them.”

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- shorelineliz
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 10:51am
  Christ Kyle: America’s Deadliest Sniper Had No Regrets by Alan Duke
  Source: http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/03/us/texas-sniper-killed-kyle-profile/index.html
  
  Kyle helped established the FITCO Cares foundation, a charity that helps U.S. war vets “who have survived combat but are still fighting to survive post-traumatic stress disorder,” the group’s website said.
  Life back home was a challenge for Kyle, who acknowledged that he turned to alcohol for comfort at one point. “After I was discharged from the military, it was difficult trying to become a civilian,” he told a lawyer during a deposition for a lawsuit last November.
  Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura filed a lawsuit last year accusing Kyle of defaming him in the book by exaggerating his description of a fight between the two at the wake for SEAL Mikey Monsoor, who was killed in Iraq in 2006.
  The book quoted Ventura, also a Navy veteran, as saying he “hates America” and telling Kyle, who was mourning the death of a SEAL teammate, “You deserve to lose a few.” Kyle described punching Ventura out at the Coronado, California, bar.
  In the suit, Ventura denied making the statements in the book.
  At his deposition last November, Kyle continued to insist his book accurately described his clash with Ventura. “He was complaining about the war, that we shouldn’t be there,” Kyle testified. “Complaining about Bush, that, you know, Bush was a war criminal. How we were killing innocent men and women and children overs
  
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- shorelineliz
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 10:56am
  Chris Kyle Offered No Regrets by Alan Duke-cont’d
  Chris Kyle helped established the FITCO Cares foundation, a charity that helps U.S. war vets “who have survived combat but are still fighting to survive post-traumatic stress disorder,” the group’s website said. Life back home was a challenge for Kyle, who acknowledged that he turned to alcohol for comfort at one point. “After I was discharged from the military, it was difficult trying to become a civilian,” he told a lawyer during a deposition for a lawsuit last November.
  Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura filed a lawsuit last year accusing Kyle of defaming him in the book by exaggerating his description of a fight between the two at the wake for SEAL Mikey Monsoor, who was killed in Iraq in 2006.
  The book quoted Ventura, also a Navy veteran, as saying he “hates America” and telling Kyle, who was mourning the death of a SEAL teammate, “You deserve to lose a few.” Kyle described punching Ventura out at the Coronado, California, bar.
  
  In the suit, Ventura denied making the statements in the book. At his deposition last November, Kyle continued to insist his book accurately described his clash with Ventura.
  “He was complaining about the war, that we shouldn’t be there,” Kyle testified. “Complaining about Bush, that, you know, Bush was a war criminal. How we were killing innocent men and women and children overseas.”
  
  Source: http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/03/us/texas-sniper-killed-kyle-profile/index.html
  
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Gonzo
Posted on February 6, 2013 at 10:10am
I saw where Kyle had sold the movie rights to “American Sniper”. Let’s hope they pick an actor worthy of the role…if there are any.

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- shorelineliz
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 10:29am
  Jason Statham.
  
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- BurntHills
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 10:36am
  Dean Cain, first above all, he’d do Chris proud. or Jim Cavaziel.
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 11:01am
  Whoever the guy was that played Captain America would work…if he’s not a Hollywood commie.
  
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- WillG
  Posted on February 6, 2013 at 11:40am
  Chris Hemsworth.
  
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