Attention Ranges and Clubs:
A Call to Arms!
(May 20, 2009) On Independence Day 2009 we will celebrate several things in addition to celebration of the 233rd anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, we at The Firearms Coalition will be celebrating our 25th anniversary as an organization. We’ll mark the occasion with the release of the new book The Gun Rights War, a compilation by my brother Chris of highlights from Neal Knox’s extensive writings stretching from 1966 to 2000.
July 4 also marks the inauguration of a new event, National Training Week. National Training Week is an opportunity for experienced shooters and gunowners to share their knowledge with newcomers. During the week between July 4 and July 11, ranges and gun clubs all over the country will host events and offer special deals geared to new shooters.
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Neal Knox – The Gun Rights War
Now Accepting Orders!
The long-awaited compilation of the best of Neal Knox’s writing is on its way. The scheduled release date is July 4. It’s been a long haul, but I have to say I’m pleased with the result. I’m looking forward to telling you more about it. Here’s the cover copy:
“Neal Knox A hero—no, the hero—of the Second Amendment.”
–Tanya Metaksa
former Executive Director, NRA-ILA
For forty years, Neal Knox reported on every significant event in the Gun Rights War. He himself became the story more than once, as he published news that powerful people wanted left alone. Assembled here at last in one volume are the inside stories:
On Politics
- The Democrats are a danger to the Second Amendment—but so are the Republicans.
On the NRA
- How Neal Knox became the architect of the modern NRA—and why the NRA now pretends he never existed.
On how to be the Gun Lobby
- How to talk to a politician—it starts with you listening.
Often controversial, always principled, Neal Knox was the man Gun Week called, “the conscience of the gun-rights movement.” Here at last, in one volume is the core of the writing that made his reputation—and helped save the Second Amendment.
“Neal played a pivotal role in the gun-rights movement. Simultaneously loved and hated, he made a difference in defense of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.”
–Alan Korwin, Author, Gun Laws of America
Mail orders may be placed by sending a check for $24.95 to:
The Gun Rights War
PO Box 3313
Manassas, VA 20108
The On-Line order site is still in development but should be functioning any minute now – We Hope!
To visit the on-line order site, click here
or go to http://www.TheGunRightsWar.com
The Ammo Drought
(May 6, 2009) Where has all the ammo gone? That’s a common refrain these days and not just in a few places, but all across the country. The answer is simple and complicated, but it’s not part of a nefarious plot hatched up by Washington politicians. Ammo supplies got thrown out of kilter as a result of military action in Iraq and Afghanistan and several former Warsaw Pact nations transitioning to NATO caliber arms. Some sources of military surplus ammo have been drying up under a UN agreement to "de-militarize" (read destroy) surplus ammo rather than let it into the open market. During the same period the costs of metals for components, particularly lead and copper, started climbing due to global demand. Ammunition prices, which have held remarkably
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Ammunition for the grassroots gun rights movement
