by Jeff Knox

As the new year dawns, just over a year after the atrocity at Sandy Hook, it’s time to look at what’s been done since that horror to add to the protection and defense of our children.

First, it’s important to recognize the fact that mass murder attacks on school children are extremely uncommon, and the odds of your or my children, grandchildren, nieces, or nephews being directly involved are incredible small – probably in the neighborhood of 1 in 100 million in any given year – so you’re more likely to win the PowerBall and MegaMillions lotteries – simultaneously – than to have a child involved in an attack like Sandy Hook or Columbine. Of course that’s no comfort when tragedy does strike, and it’s the possibility – regardless of how unlikely – which demands that steps be taken to reduce the odds even further.

It’s clear that institutional lethargy, myopia, and political correctness have schools and their administrators virtually incapable of change. In the wake of the worst school massacre in decades, the response of school administrators around the country was to double-down on the same emergency response strategy that failed at Sandy Hook; the Hide and Hope strategy.

Teachers are instructed to close their classroom doors, gather children in a corner, and hold them there until the “lockdown” ends. Unfortunately, that’s where the planning ends. There is rarely any planning for what exactly to do if the “bad guy” actually enters the room and starts hurting people.

by Clint Lake

Many moons ago, I gifted my brother with a blued, used, cop Sig Sauer P229. It had heavy holster wear on the slide and frame but was practically brand new on the inside. It quickly became his carry pistol, and he loved it so much he gave it a name, which I think my mom is going to use for her next cat. But I digress.

For his combo Xmas/Birthday (no I’m not a skinflint, but both fall so close together they might as well be the same event) I decided to makeover his P229 in Cerakote – slide in Shimmer Gold and frame in Titanium.

Off it went to Jerrod Yost at EAC Concepts. EAC is located in southern Mount Vernon, Ohio just 30 minutes northeast of Polaris and very easy to get to. I dropped the pistol off on a Tuesday and a week and a half later, it was ready to pick up.

Upon inspection, the pistol was transformed from a well-worn front line defensive tool to a downright hot piece of awesome! The pistol truly looks like one of a kind. Total cost of re-beautification hovered around $175. EAC doesn’t just do pistols. They can makeover AR/AKs, shotguns, bolt-actions, and even knives.

Because I liked Jerrod’s work so much, I decided to drop off my AK and G23 for a new, one-of-a-kind paint job. The G23 has the slide done in Patriot Brown and frame in Magpul Flat Dark Earth. The AK has a base color in the same Magpul Flat Dark Earth with a mesh-camo pattern of Magpul Olive Drab Green and Patriot Brown.

For you gear heads, I gave him a Krebs Custom Flash Hider, Krebs Custom Safety/Selector, a Midwest Industry railed fore grip, and a US Palm AK pistol grip. All this furniture was Cerakoted in my stated color and installed as part of the makeover.

EAC Concepts will be doing some pro-bono work on some of the firearms we will be auctioning off at our 2014 Buckeye Bash on April 5th. I hope to see you all there because the proceeds go towards our FASTER program that gets teachers active killer training to help them protect our kids.

Please support a local business that supports your Second Amendment rights in Ohio. You can get an idea of Cerakote color palettes by going to www.cerakoteguncoatings.com. Contact Info: Jared/EAC Concepts, 855-322-1215 or info@eacconcepts.com.