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Ross spent a dozen years and tens of thousands of dollars of his own money to get a Concealed Carry law passed in Missouri in 2003 (and to override the governor's subsequent veto of it), despite not personally needing the law, as he is an auxiliary police officer and firearms instructor for many Missouri departments.
John Ross was the Democratic candidate for U.S. Congress in 1998 in Missouri's 2nd congressional district, billing himself as a "Pre-Roosevelt Democrat," which, as he defined it, was "a Democrat without the Socialism." He lost to Republican incumbent James Talent.
In 2000, Ross appeared under his own name in the independent film Defiance, where he played the part of a gun dealer in a small western town in 1876.
Ross writes a semi-regular Internet column called "Ross In Range," where he discusses topics that interest him. A recurring theme is understanding and coping with women. His column and the continued success of his book have earned him cult status with fans around the world.
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