Subject: fcalerts-list Digest, Vol 54, Issue 2
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Today's Topics:

   1. Knox e-Update (Firearms Coalition)

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  Knox to Host Gresham's /Gun Talk /Sunday

             This Sunday, September 20, Jeff Knox, Director of The
Firearms Coalition, will once again guest host on Tom Gresham's popular
*/Gun Talk /*radio program.  The program airs from Noon to 3:00pm
Eastern time every Sunday on radio stations around the country and
satellite radio as well as live streaming over the internet and
downloadable poscasts. To find a station near you or to download the
audio, go to _*www.GunTalk.com.*_ <http://www.GunTalk.com>

  Senate Tells Amtrak, "No Guns, No Money."

  Shenanigans in play!

(Washington, DC, Update September 18, 2009) The US Senate has voted
68-30 in favor of a measure which would deny $1.6 Billion taxpayer
dollars for the beleaguered Amtrak passenger train system unless they
change their "No Guns" policy.

Since the Madrid commuter train bombing in 2004 Amtrak has maintained a
policy of no guns or weapons on their trains - even locked in checked
baggage.  The amendment passed by the Senate today was sponsored by
Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) says that Amtrak must accept checked baggage
containing firearms or starter pistols as long as the passenger declares
the firearm at the time of check in and the gun is unloaded and locked
in a hard-sided case.  The measure also provides for the lawful
transport of ammunition in checked baggage.

Opponents raised objections based on the cost of implementing the
liberalized regulations, but those arguments rang hollow and the measure
passed easily.

 Now for the shenanigans:

Even though the amendment passed easily - with a few surprising (and
suspicious) votes in favor - this is not a done deal.  Since the Senate
version of the underlying appropriations bill is now different from the
version passed in the House, there must be a Reconciliation Conference
to bring the two versions into line.  For a conference, both houses
select a number of representatives who are supposed to go sit down
together and hash out their differences, settling on a final bill they
believe will be acceptable in both houses.  That version of the bill is
then sent to the floors of the House and the Senate where it receives an
up or down vote.  No amendments are accepted for a reconciled bill. _*
(Read More and see Vote Count)*_
<https://secure.firearmscoalition.org/index.php?option=com_content&tas...>

  *Reading** - and Rating - Congressional Votes*

As we reported in our bi-monthly newsletter, /The Knox Hard Corps
Report/, voting records, especially those for final passage, don't tell
the full story of where our elected servants stand on a particular
issue.  And the fact is that those servants occasionally take pains to
conceal their true position from the people who sent them to office.
This year's poster boy for obfuscated voting is Senator Mark Pryor a
second-term Democrat from Arkansas.

In the July Senate vote for nationwide concealed-carry reciprocity,
Pryor first voted against the measure but then, when Republicans Lugar
of Indiana and Voinovich of Ohio cast their votes against their party
line, he changed his vote to a nominally pro-gun vote. _* (Read More)*_
<https://secure.firearmscoalition.org/index.php?option=com_content&tas...>

*History* *Matters*

  */Neal Knox - The Gun Rights War/* **

* *

               Most readers of this column knew my late father, Neal
Knox, as a Washington lobbyist and gun-rights hard-liner.  And most of
you also know that his family - particularly my brother Jeff and I,
along with our mother Jay - continue the work he started with The
Firearms Coalition.  But in my travels, I've been dismayed to discover
that many of "our guys" - from shooters at the range to industry types
at the trade shows -  don't really know or understand who Neal Knox was
and what a significant impact he had on their rights.  More importantly,
they don't know or understand the history of the fight which has brought
us where we are today.  Imagine a west-bound wagon train with no one
among them who had ever forded a river with a wagon or crossed a
difficult mountain pass.  */Neal Knox - The Gun Rights War/* is the
journal of an experienced guide and wagon master.  He wasn't perfect and
he wasn't always right, but he had a good compass and was always trying
to move in the right direction.  _*Click here to read the full story.*_
<https://secure.firearmscoalition.org/new/index.php?option=com_content...>

  _***Click here to Order Your Copy!*
  <http://www.thegunrightswar.com/grw/index.php?option=com_virtuemart>**_

*GRPC 2009 - September 25, 26, and 27 in St. Louis, MO.
*    Both Chris and Jeff Knox will be speakers at the 2009 Gun Rights
Policy Conference being held this year at the Renaissance Hotel and
Conference Center in Saint Louis, Missouri next weekend.  The event is
free and it is an excellent opportunity to meet committed gun rights
activists and leaders from all over the country.
    Hosted each year for the past 2+ decades, GRPC is the single biggest
gathering of leaders of the gun rights movement in the country.
Representatives from every serious national rights organization are
always in attendance as are state, regional and grass roots leaders from
every corner of the U.S. as well as many foreign countries.  Nowhere
else can activists listen to, talk to, and share information with such a
stellar group.
    Along with formal presentations, there are informal gatherings
scheduled where activists can network with each other and spend time
getting to know the folks that are working for them at the state, local,
national, and international level.
    While I have been a regular participant and speaker at GRPC for many
years, as Dad was before his death, this will be the first conference at
which Chris and I will both be presenting and we're excited about the
opportunity.  We're also excited about meeting many of you there.  I
always come away from GRPC with new ideas, and many new friends.
    The Gun Rights Policy Conference is absolutely free and attendees
receive a free stack of some of the most important books currently
available on the rights issue.  For more information about GRPC or to
register, visit the Second Amendment Foundation's web site at www.SAF.org.
    Chris and I hope to see you there next weekend.

*
Now is the time to build and grow.  *
    I understand that money is tight and concern is high as the
challenges come at us from many directions.  The Firearms Coalition is
facing those challenges too and working to keep our operations effective
and relevant as we face these uncertain times.
    Along with our primary web site at www.FirearmsCoalition.org, our
newsletter, /The Knox Hard Corps Report/, and these e-Updates, we also
have created www.GunVoter.org to help collect and disseminate
information about candidates, politicians, and their activities.  We
also produce our regular commentaries for /Shotgun News/ magazine and
other outlets and have just agreed to provide a column for the USPSA's
official journal, /Front Sight/ magazine.  All of those activities take
time and or money and none of them generate direct income for The
Coalition or for us.  All of these activities are solely contributor
supported.  We and The Firearms Coalition are paid based on the value
you the readers see in our products.  If you don't support us, we simply
can't continue to exist.
    If you have not contributed to our efforts lately, please consider
making a contribution now.  Even just $5 can make a difference so please
contribute today.  If you can't make a monetary contribution, please
contribute by sharing our information with your friends who support the
right to keep and bear arms.  To make a contribution, go to
www.FirearmsCoalition.org and click on "Support Our Work."

Yours for the Second Amendment,
   Jeff
Jeff Knox
Director, The Firearms Coalition

*P.S. Please forward this e-Update to your friends and shooting buddies,
and please consider making a contribution to support our work.*

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* The last e-Update contained links which caused some to receive
security warnings.  That issue should be corrected in this edition.  If
you run into any problems, security warnings, or dead links, please let
us know.  -- JAK

The Firearms Coalition is a project of Neal Knox Associates, the most
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