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Armed Bureaucrats

Wednesday, 31 March 2010 20:06 Jeff Knox The Knox Update - The Knox Update

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From the Firearms Coalition

Disarm the Bureaucrats

By Jeff Knox

 

(Manassas, VA, March 19, 2010) There is nothing unusual about a federal agency buying guns, particularly a federal agency with law enforcement authority, but when that federal agency is the Office of the Inspector General for the US Department of Education, well, that rightfully raised a few eyebrows.  The EDOIG put out a solicitation seeking 27 Remington 870, 12 gauge, pump shotguns with 14 inch barrels and Knoxx (no relation) adjustable, recoil reducing stocks.  The document went on to explain that the 14in Remington 870s are the “only shotguns authorized for ED based on compatibility with ED existing shotgun inventory, certified armor and combat training and protocol, maintenance, and parts.”

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Disarmed Discomfort

Wednesday, 31 March 2010 20:11 Jeff Knox The Knox Update - The Knox Update

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From the Firearms Coalition

Discomfort with the Comfort of Skill at Arms

By Jeff Knox

(Manassas, VA, March 11, 2010) Dr. Ignatius Piazza, founder of Front Sight Firearms Training Institute, is fond of talking about “the comfort of skill at arms.”  It’s not only a part of his sales pitch it’s also an integral part of the overall philosophy taught at the school.  It is an important concept because having full confidence in your own ability to handle almost any serious encounter that might arise is a very comfortable feeling.  Of course that comfort must never be allowed to slip into complacency or cockiness and that too is emphasized in Front Sight training.  The comfort of skill at arms removes anxiety and makes the world a much more inviting, less threatening place.  There is a downside to the comfort of skill at arms though and that is the intensified discomfort of being disarmed.

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McDonald at SCOTUS

Friday, 05 March 2010 22:58 Jeff Knox The Knox Update - The Knox Update

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From the Firearms Coalition

Deciphering the Court

Deciphering Your Rights

By Jeff Knox

(Washington, DC, March 5) Oral arguments in the Supreme Court case of McDonald v. Chicago were an interesting show on March 2. (Read the Transcript here.)  Most of the Justices made their positions on applying the Second Amendment to the states – and what mechanism to use to do it – fairly clear from the outset.  Most observers agree that the Court will declare that states must recognize a fundamental right to keep and bear arms.

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