Celebrate National Exercise Your Rights Day with me this Tuesday (August 28).
I'll be at the Maryland/DC event at:
Realco Guns, Inc.
6108 Marlboro Pike
District Heights, MD 20747
I'll be there a bit before Noon and stay through 2:00.
Anyone in the DC metro area is encouraged to stop by and join us anytime during those two hours.
Even if you can only stop by for a few minutes on your lunch hour to show your support and buy a box of ammo.
Hope to see many of you there.
Jeff
Here is the list of planned events from the Brady Bunch:
In addition, a statewide letter writing campaign is being organized in California to build support for a crime-fighting “microstamping” bill being considered by the State Legislature.
If you can attend any of these events, please do so and let us know at exercise@firearmscoalition.org
The Good, the Bad, and Jesse Jackson
Yesterday and today have been Good News – Bad News and very full.
The Good:
A friend invited me to attend a local Friends of NRA Banquet last night. I always enjoy the banquets and am very supportive of the work of the NRA Foundation. I spent many years working on Friends Committees helping to put together banquets in Arizona, Washington State, and Idaho. I've attended many banquets and acted as MC for at least 7 or 8 over the years, but I've never won anything more than a small houseplant and a pocket knife sharpener – until last night. I am now the proud owner of a brand new Weatherby .257 rifle! Woo Hoo!!!
More Good News: Some of you might recall I mentioned that I had an article scheduled to come out in a major gun publication…
Well it finally hit the news stand. It's a feature article on how to introduce people to guns Continue reading Update 08/24/07
National Exercise Your Rights Day is just 10 days away!
Buy a Gun or Ammo on August 28!
Are you ready?
Have you saved up some money?
Have you notified your clubs and friends?
Have you made sure your local gun stores know about National Exercise Your Rights Day so they can promote it and offer special discounts?
Have you made plans to join friends at the range?
Have you begun drafting your message to your legislators?
The Reverend Jesse Jackson is joining in the celebration of National Exercise Your Rights Day though the good Reverend is Continue reading Buy a Gun on August 28!
Want to be alerted when new items are added to The Firearms Coalition site? I've added a feature that allows you to subscribe to the various categories. Look for the "Subscribe" link on the bottom of the menu after you've logged in. It's handy for those of us who haven't caught up with the newsfeed trend and still just troll email.
More cool stuff on the way.
ABC News is covering the topic of concealed carry on campus. See the story behind this link. I was struck reading it how much the story echoes an older Knox Report column that I have posted here on our site. The coverage also echoes the HELPS (Higher Education Lawful Personal Security) Act which we hope to see introduced this year which Jeff describes in a forthcoming Knox Report column. The HELPS Act should prompt some interesting discussions in the months and years to come.
One of the great advantages of this new web management system is that it is very easy to add content. One of the shortcomings is that it does not allow us to manipulate the "Latest News" feature in the top menu – thus the listing of a column from 2005 at the top of "Latest News". As I dig up old articles that I want to share, the system automatically lists the newest additions even when those additions might not actually be "new" or "news."
I would encourage visitors to the site to not only look at "Latest News" and "Most Popular", but to pop into each of the major areas to se what interesting item might have been posted since your last visit. There is usually a new "Knox Report" every week. "News Flashes" and "Alerts" can appear at any time as can blog entries from Chris or me (and eventually from Mom). And of course, we're having some fun with videos too.
Soon you should be able to interact with us and other readers by posting responses in our "Blog" areas. In the mean time, please don't hesitate to drop us a note with questions, comments, or suggestions either through the "Contact" form or directly to me a: Jeff at FirearmsCoalition.org.
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Yours for the Second Amendment,
Jeff
The Knox Report
From the Firearms Coalition
(Houston, Texas, April 18, 2005) History was made at the 134th Annual Meetings and
Convention of the National Rifle Association held in Houston this weekend.
But not in the sense of historically significant events occurring. Instead,
the history was re-made in an Orwellian sense.
In the Houston version of NRA history, Neal Knox made no contribution to the
fight to preserve the Second Amendment.
Activists should be aware of the fact that as the "Parker" case heads to appeal at the Supreme Court, it is no longer the "Parker" case. The pleading for certiorari will be titled "District of Columbia v. Heller" since Heller was the only plaintiff in the original case who was actually found to have legal standing and the roles have switched for the appeal.
This change has made it difficult for many people trying to keep up with the case to locate information since Continue reading Parker is now Heller
Hello Gun-Voter,
Tonight is National Night Out Against Crime. Block parties and community festivals are being planned around the country to show support for crime prevention, build neighborhood and community cohesiveness, and recruit for programs like Neighborhood Watch.