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A work of narrative history and reportage by two veteran Wall Street Journal reporters, Cameron McWhirter and Zusha Elinson, tracing the AR-15 from Eugene Stoner's 1950s design in a California garage to its place as America's most controversial rifle. It follows the gun through military adoption, civilian marketing, mass shootings and the political fights around it. It was a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist, a Washington Post top 50 nonfiction book of 2023 and a Kirkus best nonfiction book of the year. It suits readers who want reported history on guns and American politics rather than a technical manual or a shooting guide.
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Critics received it as a serious, well-reported history, with the New York Times Book Review calling it a magisterial work of narrative history and original reportage. It landed on multiple 2023 best-of lists and was a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist.
American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15 is a narrative history of the rifle, written by Wall Street Journal reporters Cameron McWhirter and Zusha Elinson. It follows the AR-15 from its invention to its place in American life.
The book begins in the 1950s, when firearms designer Eugene Stoner invented the rifle in a California garage. He wanted a lightweight, easy-to-use weapon to replace the M1 used by soldiers in World War II. Under the name M16, the rifle became standard equipment in Vietnam. Gun owners at first shunned it, and a group of small-time gun makers later drove its popularity. In the 2000s it became the weapon of choice for mass shooters, and the gun industry embraced it as a financial boost.
The authors examine America's gun culture, the rifle's appeal, the harm it causes, and the politics of reducing that toll. The book includes 8 pages of black-and-white images. It was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and was short-listed for the Zalo Book Prize.
