Weekly Knox Update

[AlertsList at FirearmsCoalition.org (Firearms Coalition)]

Three items for this weeks update:

1. Rights Activists Shooting Themselves in the Foot
2. No More Land for Gun Banning NPS
3. You Are a Radical Extremist and a Potential Terrorist (because you're
a good citizen)

*The Myth of Mandatory Training*

 (March 12, 2009) Rights activists are shooting themselves in the foot
whenever they advocate for mandatory training for concealed carry, and
they?re shooting themselves in the foot a lot lately.  There is
absolutely no question that all gunowners, especially those who choose
to carry in public, need to take their responsibilities seriously and
seeking out quality training is just the beginning of the responsibility. 
            But legislating training is a seriously bad idea. 
            If it is reasonable and prudent to mandate training for
concealed carry, why would it not be reasonable and prudent to mandate
training for open carry?  If that is reasonable, what about mandating
training for anyone wishing to even own a firearm, and mandatory
training for anyone who lives in a home with a firearm?  If mandatory
training makes sense, then what is the argument against mandatory
storage requirements?  The bottom line is that firearm safety is a
matter of personal responsibility and that responsibility can not and
should not be legislated by government.  Personal responsibility is, by
definition, personal.
            The idea of mandatory training stems from the huge and
disturbing assumption that the people have no common sense of their own
and must be led to sensible behavior by the government.
            To read the entire article, go to the following link:

http://www.firearmscoalition.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=360&;
Itemid=37
or just go to our home page at: http://www.FirearmsCoalition.org

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*No More Land to National Park Service
*
There is a major lands bill pending in the US House which would add a
bunch of land to the National Park Service.  The bill has already passed
the Senate and has come up a couple of times in the House only to be
beaten back by gunowner's objections. 
As long a the National Park Service maintains its anti-gun policies and
regulations they should not be given authority over one more square inch
of US soil.
Contact your Representative and tell them to oppose S.21 - No more land
to the NPS until they adopt gun regulations similar to those of the
National Forest Service and BLM.
Gun Owners of America has taken the lead on fighting this legislation. 
More information can be found at their web site:
http://www.GunOwners.org

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*You Are a Dangerous Extremist!*

A state-sponsored law enforcement "intelligence" organization in
Missouri has apparently produced a document vilifying virtually anyone
who disagrees with the government about taxation, gun rights, the
Federal Reserve, or any other Constitutional issue.  The report leaps
from assumption to assumption with the ease of the most adept conspiracy
theorist and concludes that since neo-Nazis, skin-heads, and the KKK
tend to oppose taxes, support the Second Amendment, and question
government authority, everyone who does any of those things is
automatically suspect as a racist extremist and a potential terrorist.
Read more here:
http://www.firearmscoalition.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=359&;
Itemid=1
or just look for the story on our home page at:
http://www.firearmscoalition.org

Please forward this information to people who should be interested and
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