– Son of “Neal” Knox
– Co-Maintains FirearmsCoalition.org and GunVoter.org
– Compiled and edited, The Gun Rights War
About Chris Knox
Chris Knox is a Second Amendment writer and editor and the eldest son of Neal Knox, one of the most influential and outspoken figures in the modern gun rights movement. Neal Knox was a championship rifleman and magazine publisher who, in 1978, was recruited by Harlon Carter to lead the NRA’s legislative work in Washington. There he drafted the bill that became the McClure-Volkmer Firearm Owners Protection Act, which reformed parts of the Gun Control Act of 1968. In 1984 he founded the Firearms Coalition, a loose-knit network of individual activists, clubs and civil rights groups that supports grassroots work through education and issue analysis.
Chris Knox and his brother Jeff Knox, director of the Firearms Coalition, have carried that work forward. In 2009, marking the coalition’s 25th year, Chris compiled and edited Neal Knox: The Gun Rights War, a collection of his father’s columns, articles and essays covering roughly 1966 to 2000. He selected the pieces and wrote annotations placing each one in its historical context, including a section on Neal Knox’s often contentious relationship with the NRA. Jeff Knox has described the book as a diary of the Second Amendment movement, and it remains a useful primary source for anyone studying how the modern gun rights movement took shape.
Key Facts
- 1978: Neal Knox recruited to lead NRA legislative efforts in Washington
- 1984: Neal Knox founds the Firearms Coalition
- 2009: Chris Knox compiles and annotates Neal Knox: The Gun Rights War
- 1966-2000: Period covered by the writings collected in the book
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Sources
- AmmoLand: Firearms Coalition Marks Quarter-Century With Knox Compilation
- WorldCat: Neal Knox, The Gun Rights War
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