William Fairbairn
February 28, 1885 – June 20, 1960 (75)
1901 – British Royal Marine
Police Officer
1907 – Shanghai Police during the interwar period
1941 – Trained allied special forces during World War II
Received the U.S. Legion of Merit (Officer grade)
at the request of OSS-founder “Wild Bill” Donovan
1951 – Firearms Instructor
Developed hand-to-hand combat methods
1926 – Created his own fighting system known as Defendu
included innovative pistol shooting techniques
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Neal Knox (Born)
(June 20, 1935 – January 17, 2005)
– 1966 testified before Congressional committees at least fifty times, before the House Subcommittee on Crime against what eventually became the Gun Control Act of 1968
– 1977 The NRA Cincinnati Revolt
– 1978-1982 Executive Director of NRA Institute for Legislative Action (ILA)
– 1984 Founder & chairman of the Firearms Coalition
– founding editor of Gun Week
– editor of Handloader Magazine
– founding editor of Rifle Magazine– –
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Christopher Spencer
June 20, 1833 – Jan 14, 1922
Spencer repeating rifle 1860 Colt
Spencer Arms Company
Roper Repeating Arms Company
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