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<br>Institute on Comparative Political & Economic Systems, Georgetown University
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'''Alan Merril Gottlieb''' is an American author, [[conservative]] [[political activist]], [[Gun politics in the United States|gun rights]] advocate, and [[businessperson]]. Gottlieb has published 23 books.
'''Alan Merril Gottlieb''' is an American author, [[conservative]] [[political activist]], [[Gun politics in the United States|gun rights]] advocate, and [[businessperson]]. Gottlieb has published 23 books.
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He was born in [[Los Angeles]] and graduated from the [[University of Tennessee]] in the summer of 1971, after a five-year course, with a degree in [[nuclear engineering]].
He was born in [[Los Angeles]] and graduated from the [[University of Tennessee]] in the summer of 1971, after a five-year course, with a degree in [[nuclear engineering]].


Gottlieb is a defender of [[Gun politics in the United States|gun rights]], and most of his 19 books are about the subject. Gottlieb is a businessman who owns, with his wife, several businesses whose target market is libertarian to ultra-conservative groups.
Gottlieb is a defender of [[Gun politics in the United States|gun rights]], and most of his 19 books are about the subject. Gottlieb is a businessman who owns several businesses whose target market is libertarian to conservative groups.


Gottlieb owns [[Merril Press]], an "independent publisher of unusual nonfiction books by authors who know what they're writing about."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.merrilpress.com/index.php?p=aboutmerrilpress |title=Merril Press |access-date=2006-11-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061112134652/http://www.merrilpress.com/index.php?p=aboutmerrilpress |archive-date=2006-11-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{primary inline|date=April 2019}} He is also president of four [[radio station]]s, including [[KITZ]] in [[Port Orchard, Washington]], [[KGTK]] in [[Olympia, Washington]], [[KBNP]] in [[Portland, Oregon]], and [[KSBN (AM)|KSBN]] in [[Spokane, Washington]]. Gottlieb owns Merril Mail Marketing, Inc., a [[for-profit]] corporation, that is his direct response mail fund-raising business. He also controls The Service Bureau, Inc., a non-profit cooperative corporation that provides its members with services such as [[telephone]] fund-raising and [[accounting]].
Gottlieb owns [[Merril Press]], an "independent publisher of unusual nonfiction books by authors who know what they're writing about."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.merrilpress.com/index.php?p=aboutmerrilpress |title=Merril Press |access-date=2006-11-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061112134652/http://www.merrilpress.com/index.php?p=aboutmerrilpress |archive-date=2006-11-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{primary inline|date=April 2019}} He is also president of four [[radio station]]s, including [[KITZ]] in [[Port Orchard, Washington]], [[KGTK]] in [[Olympia, Washington]], [[KBNP]] in [[Portland, Oregon]], and [[KSBN (AM)|KSBN]] in [[Spokane, Washington]].


Gottlieb is also the Chairman of the [[Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms]], Founder of the [[Second Amendment Foundation]], a Board Member of the [[American Conservative Union]], and President of the [[Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise]].{{citation needed|date=January 2014}}
Gottlieb is also the Chairman of the [[Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms]], Founder of the [[Second Amendment Foundation]], a Board Member of the [[American Conservative Union]], and President of the [[Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise]].{{citation needed|date=January 2014}}

Revision as of 23:51, 3 August 2021

This article is about the American activist. For the Canadian public servant, see Allan Gotlieb.
Alan Merril Gottlieb
Born
Los Angeles, California
NationalityAmerican
EducationNuclear Engineering, University of Tennessee
Institute on Comparative Political & Economic Systems, Georgetown University
Occupation(s)Political Activist
Author

Alan Merril Gottlieb is an American author, conservative political activist, gun rights advocate, and businessperson. Gottlieb has published 23 books.

Biography

He was born in Los Angeles and graduated from the University of Tennessee in the summer of 1971, after a five-year course, with a degree in nuclear engineering.

Gottlieb is a defender of gun rights, and most of his 19 books are about the subject. Gottlieb is a businessman who owns several businesses whose target market is libertarian to conservative groups.

Gottlieb owns Merril Press, an "independent publisher of unusual nonfiction books by authors who know what they're writing about."[1][non-primary source needed] He is also president of four radio stations, including KITZ in Port Orchard, Washington, KGTK in Olympia, Washington, KBNP in Portland, Oregon, and KSBN in Spokane, Washington.

Gottlieb is also the Chairman of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, Founder of the Second Amendment Foundation, a Board Member of the American Conservative Union, and President of the Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise.[citation needed]

Works

Gottlieb has published or self-published 23 books.

Books

  • Gun Rights Affirmed: The Emerson Case
  • Gun Rights Fact Book
  • Politically Correct Guns: Please Don't Rob or Kill Me
  • Celebrity Address Book
  • THE GUN GRABBERS: Who are they, how they operate, where they get their money
  • Things You Can Do to Defend Your Gun Rights
  • She Took A Village
  • Rights of Gun Owners: A Second Amendment
  • The Wise Use Agenda
  • Gun owner's political action manual
  • Black & Blue: How Obama and the Democrats are Beating Up the Constitution

Books co-authored by Gottlieb

  • George W. Bush Speaks to the Nation – George W. Bush and Alan M. Gottlieb (Merril Press, 2010; ISBN 978-0936783406)
  • Trashing the Economy: How Runaway Environmentalism Is Wrecking America – Ron Arnold and Alan Gottlieb
  • Guns for Women – George Flynn and Alan Gottlieb
  • More Things You Can Do to Defend Your Gun Rights – by Alan Gottlieb and David Kopel
  • Double Trouble: Daschle and Gephardt – Capital Hill Bullies by Alan M. Gottlieb and Dave Workman
  • Politically Correct Environment by Alan M. Gottlieb, Ron Arnold, and Chuck Asay
  • America Fights Back: Armed Self-defense in a Violent Age by Alan M. Gottlieb and Dave Workman[2]
  • These Dogs Don't Hunt: The Democrats' War on Guns by Alan M. Gottlieb and Dave Workman[3]
  • Assault on Weapons: The Campaign to Eliminate Your Guns by Alan M. Gottlieb and Dave Workman (2009)
  • Dancing in Blood:Exposing the Gun Ban Lobby's Playbook to Destroy Your Rights by Alan Gottlieb and Dave Workman (2014)
  • Right to Carry: I carry a Gun a Cop is too Heavy by Alan Gottlieb and Dave Workman (2016)
  • ‘’Good Guys with Guns’’ by Alan Gottlieb and Dave Workman (2019)

References

  1. ^ "Merril Press". Archived from the original on 2006-11-12. Retrieved 2006-11-03.
  2. ^ "Books". Merril Press. October 30, 2007. Archived from the original on April 15, 2009. Retrieved 2008-09-15.
  3. ^ "Books". Merril Press. August 1, 2008. Archived from the original on April 15, 2009. Retrieved 2008-09-15.
Sources
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