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The Bloomberg Dilemma

January 4, 2007 Chris Knox

The Knox Report

From the Firearms Coalition

The Bloomberg Dilemma

By Jeff Knox

(January 5, 2007) New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg is at it again. He recently filed federal civil suits against 12 more federally licensed firearms dealers in South Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. In his well-publicized effort to “stem the flow of illegal guns” into New York, Bloomberg hired private detectives to enter gun shops around the country to covertly video gun dealers making “questionable” sales. He then files civil suits charging the dealers with knowingly and recklessly contributing to New York’s crime problems by selling guns to crooks. These suits are intended to either drive the targeted dealers out of business or to force them to agree to oversight by a court-appointed “special master” that essentially opens their books to the New York City mayor’s office. Dealers can expect Bloomberg’s antics to continue for the next couple of years, as the city’s $800,000 contract with the detective agency runs through 2008.

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Alerts List

Tennessee House Sees the Light!

April 18, 2006 Chris Knox

Subject: Tennessee House Sees the Light!
From: AlertsList at FirearmsCoalition.org (Firearms Coalition)
Date: Thu Apr 19 15:26:28 2007

The Tennessee State House saw the critical lesson of the Virginia Tech tragedy and took immediate action. Let's hope the State Senate follows suite and the Governor will quickly sign this into law.

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The Knox Update

Flying with Guns

December 9, 2004 Chris Knox

The Neal Knox Report

From the Firearms Coalition

Packing For Unfriendly Skies

By Neal Knox (updated 05/08 by Jeff Knox)

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Dec. 10, 2004) – Flying with a firearm in your checked baggage is more complicated than it used to be, but it’s usually not the nightmare some think.

The important thing to remember is that making a mistake involving a firearm in an airport can result in serious consequences – and it doesn’t have to be you that makes the mistake.

There are plenty of people working for airlines and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) who, whether through fear, malice or simple ignorance, can make traveling with a gun harder than it should be. If one of them makes a “mistake” it could be you that pays the price.

Simply notifying a ticket agent that there is an unloaded firearm in your bag – as you are required by law to do – can result in pandemonium. I recall a case several years ago where a man declared a legal shotgun at Washington National Airport and found himself surrounded by a SWAT team. Not a comfortable position.

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