Gun-rights group writes 'wholesome' children's book on virtues of handguns

Gun-rights group writes 'wholesome' children's book on virtues of handguns
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Thirteen-year-old Brenna Strong is just your average middle schooler. What makes her family unique, though, is that Brenna's parents lawfully open-carry guns for self defense.

This is the premise of the new picture book My Parents Open Carry, which was written by Brian G. Jeffs and Nathan R. Nephew, the co-founders of gun-rights group Michigan Open Carry. The picture book chronicles the Strongs as they have a "typical Saturday running errands and having fun together."

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Samantha Rollins

Samantha Rollins is TheWeek.com's news editor. She has previously worked for The New York Times and TIME and is a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.