Mike Harkins

eBook, ePUB

Move To Fire - A Family's Tragedy, A Lone Attorney, And A Teenager's Victory Over A Corrupt Gunmaker (eBook, ePUB)

Beschreibung

From the foreword of Move To Fire -- "...no government entity can force a gun manufacturer to recall a defective gun... an unethical gun manufacturer could choose to create and sell a gun it knew to be defective, and no entity could stop that from happening." "That happened." A decade after seven-year-old Brandon Maxfield was paralyzed in an accidental shooting by a defective gun, he and his attorney accomplished what the government couldn't do, and the firearms industry and gun safety groups failed to do - hold the defective gun's manufacturer accountable for creating millions of low quality, dangerous guns so connected to tragedy that they were known as junk guns. When the gunmaker filed bankruptcy to avoid paying his half of a historic $50,000,000 product liability award to Brandon, then schemed to resurrect the company, the teen launched a campaign to acquire the company himself and stop it from producing thousands more defective guns. Brandon's and attorney Richard Ruggieri's efforts attracted national support, and derision, as their story became international news. Michael W. Harkins' compelling narrative is an illuminating account of the people and events that captivated the world's leading media outlets in nine countries, and also reveals why millions of defectively designed guns like the one that almost killed Brandon Maxfield are still on the streets.

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Autor

Michael W. Harkins is an independent journalist and media consultant in Northern California. His 2016 book, "Move to Fire - A family's tragedy, a lone attorney, and a teenager's victory over a corrupt gunmaker," documents the true story of a boy accidentally shot and paralyzed by a defective gun, and the attorney who won a $25,000,000 product liability judgment for the boy a decade later.
The book received acclaim in 2016 as one of only nine independently published nonfiction titles to receive a starred review from Publishers Weekly, which also included the title on its 2016 Spring Titles to Watch list, and 2016 Independent All Stars list. The book's Facebook page can be accessed at facebook.com/movetofire.
The Way to Begin, released in early 2019, reveals a writing method for new writers struggling to overcome a common challenge -- to actually write the opening pages of a story. His essay on recovering from Northern California's 2017 wildfires appears in Real Simple magazine's September 2019 issue. His previous book, The Way to Communicate, a guide for developing enhanced personal communication skills, was released in 2010.
His forty-year creative career has included work for and with a wide variety of clients, including Jackson Family Wines / Kendall-Jackson, Gatorade, USC Keck Medical Center, the American Red Cross, Thrice Fiction magazine, and NorthBay Biz magazine. His commentary has been featured on NPR's All Things Considered, and his early concert industry work included concert production and video production with Journey, Bruce Springsteen, and Michael Jackson. He is a former adult literacy tutor, volunteers with several wildlife organizations, and is a veteran of the Army's elite 82nd Airborne Division.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Mike Harkins
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. November 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780996567213
• Artikelnr.: 48948208