When American mayors start a campaign to ban handguns, Otis Cogsworth, CEO of Cogsworth International Arms worries about the effects on his company. He convinces an Arkansas congressman to introduce the ` American Freedom from Fear Act`: a law mandating that every American must own a gun. In tiny rural Asabogue, Mayor Lois Leibowitz passes an ordinance to ban firearms. But Otis Cogsworth`s holiday mansion sits nearby. Otis orchestrates a recall election against Lois. Asabogue resident Jack Steele, a has-been action star not unlike Steven Seagal, runs against her & brings in the heavy artillery of American politics. Thousands of pro-gun militants armed to the teeth, & their opponents, descend on Asabogue. The village becomes a war zone. Meanwhile, Washington politicians & a cowardly President are caught between a mighty gun lobby & the absurdity of every American man, woman & child carrying a gun. What ensues is a hilarious indictment of American politics, whose author knows from bitter experience how sensible laws almost never get passed by Congress.