Neal Knox - The Gun Rights War

For several decades (I'm 76) I have fought to preserve the Second Admendment. Now, I see much of my time was not a benefit for the Second Admendment but the gun manfacturers! Guns which for $300-$400 three or four years ago now sell for $1100-$1300. Those of us that worked to save the private ue of authorized firearms are padding the pockets of the manufacturers. This is an extreme case of price fixing! With the President crushing military brass, we are definately suffering gun control from both sides; one was supposed to be a friend and bailed them out, the other working to take the gun rights away. This is aa good case of the mouth eating the hand that feeds it. -- Chris replies: The firearms industry has a history of short term thinking. In the book Neal Knox comments on an editorial on the back page of a catalog from Fred Biffar & Co. The editorial took issue with tthe then-new Sullivan Law of New York. Biffar distributed guns in the early Twentieth Century. The guns were mostly second-tier imported guns with names like Walther and Ortgies -- in other words, affordable. Biffar recognized that the threat of gun laws was aimed directly at their business. The big manufacturers were less concerned in those days. I've considered initiating the Biffar Award, or "Biffy," to be given to firearms industry members who demonstrate a commitment to the Second Amendment. Chris Knox