The book is currently in its 12th edition with over 400,000 copies sold since the first edition was published in 1996.  Owners of recreational vehicles make up one of the book's largest readerships.  But any gun owner who travels with a firearm will find the Traveler's Guide's insight extremely helpful.  Aside from being favorably reviewed by a host of magazine editors, the book is sold at the NRA's famous national firearms museum and used by the National Football League as reference material for its players.   

Along with being an attorney licensed to practice in the state and federal courts of Kentucky, Scott is a Class III firearms dealer.  He sells machine guns, suppressors, and short barreled shotguns to qualified persons.  He also enjoys shooting such weapons.  His favorite is the German HK-33 which can be seen in the pictures to the left.  He likes almost any full-auto firearm with a military history and also enjoys shooting semi-automatic replicas.

Scott is active in politics as well as business.  He enjoys speaking to gun owner groups about legal issues concerning firearms and also lectures to college students who are not always predisposed to pro-gun positions.  Scott serves as a director on the Board of the Kentucky Firearms Foundation and is a corporate sponsor of the Kentucky Coalition to Carry Concealed.  He is also a life member of the National Rifle Association and believes that grass roots involvement in the fight to preserve the citizen's right to bear arms is essential to maintaining this important freedom.  Scott has appeared as a guest on statewide pubic affairs programs such as Kentucky Tonight and has also been interviewed about gun issues by the local Fox and ABC affiliate channels.  Scott recently wrote a feature article for Handguns magazine entitled "The Ten Worst Places to Travel with your Handgun."  It was well received by magazine readers and quoted by several media personalities.

Scott's education includes attending Northern Kentucky University and earning a B.A. in History in 1990.  While a student at NKU, Scott served as Student Government President and student representative on the university's board of regents.  Upon graduation, Scott received the W. Frank Steely award for outstanding Senior in History and the University's Distinguished Service award.  Scott was also fortunate enough to have a book grant for NKU students named in his honor.  The funding for the grant was derived from the proceeds of a campus-wide aluminum recycling program that Scott established.

Scott later attended Salmon P. Chase College of Law where he received his Juris Doctorate in 1993 and also was a winner in a national legal brief writing competition sponsored by the National Rifle Association.  The brief, entitled The Right Most Valued by Freemen, concerned the origins and historical development of the citizens right to keep and bear arms.  It was later published in the NKU academic journal Perspectives in History as well as cited by former NRA legal counsel Robert Dowlut in an article written for the Stanford Law Review. 

Scott currently lives in Covington, KY with his wife Jennifer, a computer systems administrator for a major airline.  Although she had limited exposure to firearms before meeting Scott, Jennifer is now an accomplished shooter.  She prefers pistols but also enjoys shooting full-auto weapons such as the Uzi.  The couple hope to live in Kentucky for the rest of their lives and continue to enjoy the firearms tradition which has been a part of the Commonwealth since the days of Daniel Boone and Simon Kenton.

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