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“assault clips,” that should not be readily available to civilians, like machine-guns and fully automatic weapons. Administration officials then asked questions. My colleagues and I gave examples and arguments for legislative, administrative, and voluntary policies that could help reduce the bloodshed.
Leader of Brady Group Gloats About Coming Gun Ban ‘Proposals’ JUN 10, 2011 06:35P.M.
“The meeting lasted more than 90 minutes. Having this many Administration representatives spend this much time on this initial meeting signaled to me that the president is serious. He wants to do something meaningful about gun violence. After meeting with others, including law enforcement and “gun rights” groups [note: no such meetings are known to have been held], Obama’s representatives will be presenting specific proposals. We hope those will include all the “sound and effective steps” that the president called for in his statement.”
Leader of Brady Group Gloats About Coming Gun Ban “Proposals”
No word has leaked on what or how the anti-rights leaders will attempt to implement their programs. Rumors are swirling that every effort will be made to avoid going through Congress, since it is well recognized that the peoples’ representatives there will not tolerate rights denial programs. Avoiding Congress would be a travesty bordering on treason, but since it is just one of many such moves, objections might be slight, and arrests of the perpetrators seem unlikely.
Gunlaws.com PHOENIX, AZ --(Ammoland.com)- Paul Helmke, ringleader of the aggressive Brady Anti-Gun gang, released this statement about the “bipartisan” gun-control meeting the White House scheduled. (Note: The “White House” is a building and can’t do anything; the person responsible in that building remains unidentified but appears to be Steve Croley) The meeting only included people who want to ban guns, an indicator of the plans, according to unidentifiable experts.
One leading gun-rights advocate, who was not invited to the “open” discussions, opined, “A seat at the table would be good, but only if used to present reasonable ideas — gun curricula, self-defense protections, justice for civil-rights violators (just injecting civil rights into the lexicon would be good), gun-free zones vs. make-believe gun-free zones, the debilitating effects of hoplophobia and failure to recognize or treat the sufferers, and have the antis dismiss such common-sense measures; also a chance to stand against the anti-rights movement and cast them as such. I’m not sure which gun-rights leader is best suited to that. I’d love to have a crack at it, but I wasn’t invited.” An opportunity to do any of that was considered unlikely.
“On Tuesday, I attended a meeting at the U.S. Department of Justice with representatives from the White House, the VicePresident’s office, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the FBI, and others from the Obama Administration, along with leaders from the gun violence prevention movement, to discuss how to reach the goals outlined in the President’s statement. Officials from the Administration indicated that this was the first of what they hoped would be a series of discussions. They said they had not settled on, or excluded, any relevant proposals.
There are serious issues American gun owners want discussed, such as restoration of rights, national concealed-carry reciprocity, cracking down on states like New Jersey, New York and California that routinely violate gun owners rights, lifting the administration’s ban on importation of historic WWII-era rifles, reining in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, especially the Phoenix office and its Fast and Furious and GunWalker operations, and the nomination of anti-gun rights Andrew Traver to head BATFE.
“I began the discussion by listing basic measures that the Brady Campaign, and others, felt could make a difference. The list included: a strong background check system, with good and complete records of dangerous and irresponsible people, applicable to all commercial gun sales; more tools for law enforcement to stop trafficking in illegal guns; increasing the number and type of military-style weapons, including
Plans to strip Americans of their guns, either in whole cloth
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or with a thousand cuts, are deep secrets at both the center of the U.S. government, and at the United Nations, which are known to be working in concert to attain those goals. We’ll be watching.
CCW in the City of L.A. The City unsuccessfully opposed the motion. Under Penal Code § 12050, the LAPD has an obligation to process applications for CCWs, and to issue CCWs if the applicant has “good cause.” For many years, the City and the LAPD had a policy of not making CCW applications available, never finding good cause to exist, and effectively prohibiting the issuance of any CCWs. The City’s unlawful refusal to properly process CCW applications and issue CCWs was challenged in two lawsuits in 1992 and 1994. To settle the suits the LAPD agreed to be bound by a Judgment requiring that all citizens who request a CCW permit application could get one at any LAPD station house, that the application would be accompanied by a written copy of the LAPD’s procedure for handling the application, including the factors used to determine whether an applicant has ”good cause” for the CCW, and that applicants would be informed of the procedures for appealing the denial of a CCW application. The settlementalso established a Citizens Advisory Review Panel, made up of appointed citizens who would review CCW applications denied by the LAPD and make recommendations regarding whether the LAPD should reverse its denial of the CCW application.
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AMMOLAND.COM SHOOTING SPORTS NEWS The LAPD has repeatedly failed to honor its legal obligations under the Judgment. The LAPD stopped making CCW applications and a written copy of the CCW policy and appeal process available at all station houses. And the LAPD is ignoring the recommendations of the Citizens Advisory Review Panel and has instead enacted a de facto policy of again issuing no CCWs, despite whatever showing of good cause the applicants might make.
Legal Action Wins Court Order Forcing LAPD to Make CCW Policies Available JUN 10, 2011 05:24P.M. NRA / CRPAF Legal Action Wins Court Order Forcing LAPD to Make CCW Policies Available at Stations and on LAPD Website
The motion heard on Thursday sought, among other things, to force the LAPD to make CCW applications and copies of its written policy available at each station house as the judgment requires. To support the motion, NRA grassroots activists were recruited to investigate the LAPD’s CCW practices. They were frustrated by uncooperative officers at individual LAPD station houses. The officers had no understanding of the LAPD’s application process and, in almost all instances, could not provide a CCW application to the requesting citizen, much less a copy of the LAPD’s written court ordered policy. LAPD officers bluntly told citizens that unless they were celebrities, they shouldn’t even bother filling out the CCW application because they would be denied a CCW as a matter of LAPD policy. These NRA activist witnesses signed declarations about their frustrated attempts to get CCW applications, which were submitted with the motion to force LAPD to comply with the 16-year-old Judgment.
CalGunLaws.com San Diego, CA --(Ammoland.com)- On Thursday, June 9, 2011, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Terry Green granted a motion in the NRA and CRPA Foundation financed case against the City of Los Angeles regarding the LAPD’s concealed weapons permit (CCW) processing and issuance policies.
In granting the motion and ruling against the city, the Court ordered the City to provide contact information for CCW applicants to the plaintiffs’ lawyers, to get sworn declarations signed under penalty of perjury from every Commanding Officer at each of the LAPD’s 21 station houses and precincts confirming their compliance with the terms of the Assenza judgment and indicating what affirmative steps were taken to ensure compliance, and to prominently post a CCW link on the LAPD website so the public can easily access both the CCW application and the LAPD CCW policy. LAPD must comply with this Order by Wednesday,
The motion was brought to force LAPD to comply with a 16-year-old Consent Judgment from the 1995 Assenza v. City of Los Angeles case. For years, LAPD has repeatedly sought to avoid its obligations under the judgment and to keep people in the dark about what it takes to get a
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September 7, 2011.
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A memorandum discussing the suits and their history is posted here. So in a city with almost 4 million citizens, with some 300 CCW applications being made per year, LAPD has only granted 24 active CCWs. Citizens who have had credible and ongoing threats made against them and their families, and those who carry large sums of cash as part of job and are high-profile robbery targets, have been repeatedly denied CCWs despite meeting the “good cause” criteria for receiving CCWs that the LAPD was forced to agree to years ago. To rectify this situation, two new legal actions are being pursued. The first is the motion to enforce Judgment in the Assenza v. City of Los Angeles case discussed above.
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The second action is a new lawsuit, Davis v. City of Los Angeles. The nine plaintiffs in this new action, some of whom have had CCW applications pending and unresolved with the LAPD for years, have submitted sworn declarations attesting to a litany of missteps and abuses by LAPD in its handling of their CCW applications. These abuses include not only the failures to provide applications and copies of the written policies at stationhouses, but refusals to timely consider their applications, failures to respond to inquiries regarding the status of applications, failures to acknowledge the availability of the Citizens Advisory Review Panel as a method of appealing denial, and the failure to give any weight to recommendations by the Citizens Advisory Review Panel.
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Official Corruption in the Obama Administration’s Gun Runner Scandal JUN 10, 2011 04:58P.M.
Second Amendment challenges may be incorporated into these lawsuits as the case law develops in the Ninth Circuit, where another NRA/CRPAF LAP case, Peruta v. San Diego, is currently being heard.
Official Corruption in the Obama Administration’s Gun Runner Scandal About to Take Center Stage – It’s now time to defund Project Gunrunner!
Seventeen years ago the NRA and CRPA joined forces to fight local gun bans being written and pushed in California by the gun ban lobby. Their coordinated efforts became the NRA/CRPA “Local Ordinance Project” (LOP) – a statewide campaign to fight ill conceived local efforts at gun control and educate politicians about available programs that are effective in reducing accidents and violence without infringing on the rights of law-abiding gun owners. The NRA/CRPA LOP has had tremendous success in beating back most of these anti-self-defense proposals. Gun Owners of America In addition to fighting local gun bans, for decades the NRA has been litigating dozens of cases in California courts to promote the right to selfdefense and the Second Amendment. In the post Heller and McDonald legal environment, NRA and CRPA Foundation have formed the NRA/CRPA Foundation Legal Action Project (LAP), a joint venture to pro-actively strike down ill-conceived gun control laws and ordinances and advance the rights of firearms owners, specifically in California. Sometimes, success is more likely when LAP’s litigation efforts are kept low profile, so the details of every lawsuit are not always released. To see a partial list of the LAP’s recent accomplishments, or to contribute to the NRA or to the NRA / CRPAF LAP and support this and similar Second Amendment cases, visit www.nraila.com and www.crpafoundation.org.
Washington, DC --(Ammoland.com)- A story that Gun Owners of America has been following over the past several months is ready to explode next week in the news. If you have been reading our articles on AmmoLand or reading our newsletter, The Gun Owners, or watching our videos on the GOA website, you know what Project Gunrunner is all about. It refers to an operation where the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearm and Explosives (ATF) was working with gun shops, approving firearms purchases to buyers who were suspected smugglers. While this scandalous activity remained hidden for some time, it really
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went viral in the news media after one of the guns sold to a smuggler was later used to murder Border Patrol agent Brian Terry in December.
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Since then, GOA has been lobbying the Congress to hold Congressional hearings to investigate the corruption in the Obama administration, specifically in relation to Project Gunrunner. GOA has corresponded with President Obama on this issue and has asked it members several times to urge their legislators to call for hearings themselves.
Tags: Arms Trafficking, ATF, BATFE, Fast & Furious, Gun Trafficking, Project Gunrunner, Straw Purchases, Washington DC
Well, there is good news to report. Beginning next week, the House of Representatives is set to commence hearings into Project Gunrunner — which also goes by the names of Project Gunwalker or Fast and Furious.
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Tony Holmes Joins Team Benelli’s 3-Gun Roster
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) is the point man leading the investigation on the House side. His hearings are sure to reveal much new information, but even so, he has already discovered quite a bit.
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Project Gunrunner “was authorized at the highest level,” Issa told a radio audience this past Tuesday. “This decision was made at least by people in the Office of Attorney General Holder.”
Tony Holmes Joins Team Benelli’s 3-Gun Roster
This underscores the tremendous hypocrisy and antagonism against gun owners on part of the Obama Administration. After all, officials (like the President) were blaming American gun stores for letting firearms slip into gun smugglers’ hands and, thus, fueling much of Mexico’s violence. But all the while, the administration was quietly approving the sales of those firearms to those very same gun smugglers. “[The ATF] apparently did this,” said GOA Executive Director Larry Pratt in his letter to the President, “in part, so it could push gun control in Congress by demonstrating that guns used in Mexican violence came from the United States.” ACTION: Please urge your Representative to closely follow the upcoming hearings into Project Gunrunner. Tell them that it is unconscionable for Congress to be funding a program that allows the Obama Administration:
Benelli Three Gun ACCOKEEK, MD --(Ammoland.com)- Benelli USA is pleased to announce the addition of Tony Holmes to its roster of 3-gun top shots.
1. To put guns into the hands of suspected gun smugglers; and then, Holmes specializes in the Open Class of 3-gun matches. He especially enjoys shooting his Benelli M2 with an XRAIL magazine extension system attached, which permits him to employ 21 rounds in a rotating magazine configuration.
2. To turn around and blame law-abiding gun owners for the problem! Project Gunrunner needs to be defunded IMMEDIATELY!
Competing in the shooting sports since 1974, Holmes has proven himself to be a top competitor in a variety of shooting disciplines, including pistol, rifle and shotgun. Coached as a youngster by his police officer father who was a serious competitor in Practical Pistol Competitions (PPC), Homes began competing in NRA High-power, Small-bore Rifle matches and later in PPC.
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His first national match was a Second Chance Bowling Pin Shoot in 1983, and he’s never looked back.
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In the late 1980s Holmes began shooting in 3-gun matches, which he liked for the inclusion of three different types of guns. Although Homes shoots in a variety of competitive disciplines, including ISPCA, Masters, Bullseye, PPC, Action Pistol and Long-Range Silhouette Rifle, 3-gun remains his favorite.
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Among his distinctions, Holmes is the 2003 World 3-Gun Champion and 2-time US National Combat Shotgun Champion just to name a few from a long list of competitive achievements.
Also on Gun Talk this week, Chad Baus, Vice Chairman of Ohio’s Buckeye Firearms Association. In his most recent online article on www.buckeyefirearms.org, Baus examines a three-part series of articles titled “Overrun by Guns”, published last week in The Columbus Dispatch. The problem Baus and many others have with these articles written by a Dispatch journalist is that they were paid for – and paid for by The Joyce Foundation, a notorious anti-gun rights organization.
“I attend many matches all around the country, and I live, breathe, eat & sleep thinking about my next match.” Holmes said. “And as such, I rely heavily on the flawless performance of my Benelli M2, which has become my primary “go-to” shotgun.” For the latest news and product information visit www.benelliusa.com
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Tags: BenelliUSA, Competition Shooters, Competitive Shooting News, ISPCA, Shooting Teams
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Tags: Anti-Gun Media, Biased Media, Buckeye Firearms Association, Gun Talk Radio, Pro Gun Radio, Shooting Media News, Tom Gresham
JUN 10, 2011 01:23P.M. Guns in the Media – This Week on Gun Talk Radio
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Team GLOCK Ladies Maintain Top Spots in USPSA Double Tap & World Class Speed on Steel JUN 10, 2011 01:06P.M. Team GLOCK Ladies Maintain Top Spots in USPSA Double Tap and World Class Speed on Steel Randi Rogers Named Ladies Limited Champion at Double Tap and Tori Nonaka Places Tenth Overall for Iron Sight at Speed on Steel.
Gun Talk Radio MANDEVILLE, LA --(Ammoland.com)- Fact-checked, unbiased, honest news is sometimes hard to find in today’s world. Tom speaks with two writers about media bias against firearms, this Sunday on Tom Gresham’s Gun Talk (R) Radio, the nationally-syndicated radio talk show about guns and the shooting sports. Kevin D. Williamson writes for the National Review – “America’s most widely read and influential magazine and website for
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prepare for the world championship in August.” Nonaka competed with both a GLOCK 34, 9×19, built by S&J Custom and a GLOCK 17 Open Steel Gun built by Hatfield’s Gunsmithing. Dave Sevigny will next compete in The Steel Challenge West Coast Regional in Piru, CA, June 17-19. The same weekend Randi Rogers and Tori Nonaka will be at the IDPA Carolina Cup in Oxford, NC. Tags: Competition Shooters, Competitive Shooting News, Glock, Randi Rogers, Shooting Teams, Steel Shooting, Tori Nonaka, USPSA, Women of USPSA
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Glock Pistols SMYRNA, Ga. --(Ammoland.com)- Team GLOCK continued their top finishing season at they competed in the USPSA Double Tap Championships, held June 3-5, in Wichita Falls, TX and the World Class Speed on Steel 2011, held June 3-4, in Old Bridge, NJ.
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Randi Rogers, who represented the team at the USPSA Double Tap, finished as Ladies Limited Division champion and 25th overall.
Southwick Associates Honored for Groundbreaking Shooting Sports Research
Tori Nonaka, who competed in the Speed on Steel, placed tenth in the Iron Sight Centerfire division and 14th in the Open Centerfire. Rogers performance at the Double Tap Championships put her against a deep field of world champions, where she was faced with stages such as the “Sea Serpent.” This particular stage required the competitors to hit 14 paper targets for a possible 140 points. Rogers shot the stage in 20.15 seconds and scored 131 out of the 140 points.
Southwick Associates FERNANDINA BEACH, Fl --(Ammoland.com)- Research organization Southwick Associates was honored this week by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) for their groundbreaking research that has helped government agencies, businesses and organizations better understand and serve the needs and habits of people who enjoy the outdoors.
A challenging stage, the competitor must begin at the front of a rectangular shooting area and maneuver backward to engage targets while keeping the muzzle pointed down range. In addition while moving backward the competitor must also duck below an arch built to resemble a giant sea serpent. “For my first Double Tap competition, I was very pleased with my overall placement,” stated Rogers. “Transitioning between the very accuracy intensive Bianchi Cup to the speed focused Double Tap was a challenge, but I was very happy with the outcome of the match.” Rogers competed with a GLOCK 35, .40, built by S&J Custom.
The presentation was made by Jim Curcuruto, NSSF’s Director of Industry Research, during the organization’s annual Shooting Sports Summit. This year the event was held in Louisville, Ky., June 8-9. The NSSF is the trade association for the firearms and ammunition industry and the Summit was an opportunity for leaders of the industry and conservation fields to discuss issues that affect the future of hunting and recreational shooting. This year a key topic of discussion revolved around the findings of a new joint research project by Southwick Associates and Responsive Management. The project focused on the activities that compete with hunting and target shooting.
Tori Nonaka, who competed for Team GLOCK at the World Class Steel Speed on Steel, shot in both the Iron Sight Centerfire, placing tenth overall and the Open Centerfire Divisions placing 14th overall. “I looked forward to this match all year, and was very pleased with my performance,” stated Nonaka. “This exciting variation of the Steel Challenge will definitely help me to
“The awards are well deserved. NSSF research would not be
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where it is today without them,” said Curcuruto, in presenting the two businesses with hand-carved walnut wildlife statues.
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Accepting the award on behalf of Southwick Associates was company founder and owner, Rob Southwick. Southwick founded the company in 1990 and for the past 21 years has been the leader in evaluating the economics, statistics and market evaluations for the hunting, angling and shooting sports industries. Southwick Associates has a long and distinguished history of conducting groundbreaking research on behalf of most of the state wildlife agencies and industry associations to help them understand outdoor enthusiasts and create programs that better serve the public. Their work has directly led to agencies improving their license structures and pricing. The firm has also worked extensively with private businesses involved in the outdoor industry to help them better understand their markets and help improve products and services for their consumers.
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“Helping develop the NSSF’s trade statistics program has been professionally rewarding and fun,” said Southwick in receiving the honor. “The NSSF has provided us the support needed to develop new research tools that help companies boost profits and increase hunting and shooting sports participation. We are sincerely grateful to the NSSF for its recognition and for the opportunity to serve the industry.”
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Key projects that Southwick Associates has conducted in conjunction with NSSF have included developing the first index of hunting license sales, tracking shooting range activities and trends, generating the first estimates of lifetime expenditures expected from new hunters and target shooters and conducting the first ever annual survey of firearms retailers to identify trends. Last year, the company conducted a groundbreaking study that identified hunter churn rates and described their lifestyles. NSSF expects the findings to help guide recruitment and retention efforts for many years to come.
Second Amendment Foundation BELLEVUE, WA --(Ammoland.com)- Dear Fellow Gun Rights Activist,
About Southwick Associates: Southwick Associates was founded in 1989 to serve state fish and wildlife agencies, as well as the sportfishing and hunting industries. We specialize in economic and business statistics related to fish and wildlife. Our expertise includes measuring retail expenditures by anglers, hunters, wildlife viewers and other outdoor recreationists; quantifying the jobs, tax revenues and other economic impacts of outdoor recreation; tracking trends within outdoor industries as well as identifying major distribution channels and the overall structure of specific outdoorrelated industries; and analyzing the value of fish and wildlife resources and their uses including land transactions, new business ventures, fish kills and more.
I would like to personally invite you to our 26th annual Gun Rights Policy Conference (GRPC), which will be taking place September 23, 24, and 25, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois at the Hyatt Regency Chicago O’Hare Airport hotel. With the new battles over individual rights in the age of terrorism, attacks on our gun rights from the UN as well as a number of Second Amendment cases in the courts. The theme of It’s About Freedom is most important as we set the pro-gun rights agenda for the year to come. This year GRPC will be action-packed. With over 50 speakers handpicked from the leadership of the Gun Rights Movement, the topics to be presented promise to have an impact that will help direct the path of our cause for years to come.
Tags: Awards, National Shooting Sports Foundation, NSSF, Responsive Management, Shooting Industry News, Southwick Associates, Sportsmen Surveys
Invited speakers this year include: myself, Joe Tartaro, Alan Gura, Otis
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McDonald, John Lott, Massad Ayoob, David Kopel, John Snyder, as well as staff from the Second Amendment Foundation, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, National Rifle Association, National Shooting Sports Foundation, KeepAndBearArms.com, and Gun Owners of America.
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Niagara County Legislature Unanimously Opposes Microstamping Bill in NYS Legislature
A number of elected political leaders have been invited as well. As in the past, the Second Amendment Foundation will not only pick up the tab for lunch and snacks, but will also provide more than $125 worth of vital pro-gun rights materials to each attendee.
JUN 10, 2011 12:33P.M. Niagara County Legislature Unanimously Opposes Microstamping Bill in NYS Legislature
In addition to the luncheon and free materials, you will have the opportunity to chat with the speakers at the two evening National Shooting Sports Foundation and Illinois State Rifle Association planned receptions. This event is so important to our cause, that the SAF Board of Trustees has elected to help underwrite the entire cost of the event. Your cost to attend this event is absolutely free!
AmmoLand Gun News Because of the number of people who travel every year to attend this event, I have negotiated a special discount room rate for GRPC attendees. Reservations for the special discounted room rate of $112 per night can be made by calling 1-800-233-1234, and telling them you are planning on attending the Gun Rights Policy Conference (GRPC) sponsored by the Second Amendment Foundation.
Niagara County, NY --(Ammoland.com)- Niagara County lawmakers unanimously opposed an extreme bill passed by the New York State Assembly that would require gun-buyers in New York state to purchase guns the included costly technology that had been repeatedly proven unreliable at best. County lawmakers expressed disgust with grandstanding by the State Assembly’s leadership, which every year passes a raft of anti-Second Amendment bills, most of which are stopped cold in the Senate. The Assembly’s passage of a bizarre “micro-stamping” bill- long the darling of extreme gun-control organizations- caused a pair of lawmakers representing four of Niagara County’s rural towns to lead an effort to condemn the Assembly’s actions and call on the Senate to block its passage.
If you have any questions, please call the SAF office at (425) 454-7012 to register. You can also register online at our GRPC Registration & Information Page, or send an e-mail to grpc2011@saf.org, or fax us at 425-451-3959. Sincerely yours,Alan M. Gottlieb Founder Second Amendment Foundation
Micro-stamping would, in theory, imprint a unique identification number on cartridges ejected by semiautomatic pistols. Unfortunately for proponents of the concept, it’s been repeatedly found to work poorly at best- even being proven ineffective during an involved 2006 study at the University of California-Davis. With even a University of California school opposing mandating the technology, Niagara County lawmakers were left scratching their heads about why the Assembly is in such a hurry to require the unproven and costly technology in New York.
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For that reason, Tuesday night county legislators were unanimous in admonishing the Assembly’s leadership for passing the legislation and asking the Senate to once again act as a road block against extreme laws, often authored by downstate Assemblymen. “Again, it seems the assault has started with the anti-Second Amendment rights legislation originating in the Assembly,” Legislator John Syracuse, R-Newfane, told his colleagues. “What we have here is this micro-stamping- I hesitate to use
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the word ‘technology’- that has repeatedly failed in laboratory tests. And now the Assembly wants to require it.”
“There are just a lot of holes in it,” Hill said. “The Assembly leadership is talking about adding an expense to lawenforcement for a technology that’s not proven, and that can be scrubbed right out of a handgun. And I just think it’s another attack on our Second Amendment rights.”
Syracuse noted that chief among the problems with micro-stamping -aside from the fact that a similar experiment at a Suffolk County, N.Y., crime lab had found that virtually all of the stamped characters were unreadable- and that a criminal with a metal file could render the technology impotent.
Tags: Anti Gun Bills, Gun Banners, Microstamping, New York, NYSRPA, Second Amendment
“They’re easily scoured or tampered with,” Syracuse said. “All this does is erode the rights of law-abiding citizens to purchase guns. And we won’t tolerate this back-door effort at gun control.”
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Michigan Natural Resources Commission Votes to Lift Deer Baiting Ban
Syracuse was joined in sponsoring the measure blasting the Assembly by Legislator Michael A. Hill, R-Middleport, a parole officer who was concerned about efforts by criminals to misuse micro-stamped ammunition casings fired by law-abiding firearms owners- particularly his fellow law-enforcement officers.
JUN 10, 2011 12:22P.M. Michigan Natural Resources Commission Votes to Lift Deer Baiting Ban
“The problem with the technology is that there may be an opportunity that, if this actually worked, people could become victims of false accusations,” Hill said. “As a lawenforcement officer myself, I go to the range twice a year to qualify, and we use quite a few cartridges, and they’re all over the range. We do our best to pick them up. But we don’t get them all. And these ranges would be a popular place for criminals to go to pick up casings to scatter around a crime scene to add to confusion.” Hill’s specific objection has been repeatedly cited by the National Rifle Association as well. Hill, who as a law-enforcement officer is quite knowledgeable about firearms, noted a second failing of micro-stamping: it only is applicable to semiautomatic pistols. Micro-stamping would be ineffective on revolvers, as the expended cartridges remain in the gun.
Michigan Natural Resources Commission Votes to Lift Deer Baiting Ban
“Old West-type guns- revolvers -don’t even eject their rounds. If they used a gun in that category to commit a crime, they’re going to take the cartridges with them,” Hill said. “That nullifies the effectiveness of this technology.” Further complicating things, Hill and Syracuse noted, is that the Assembly bill requires creation of a statewide database of unique bullet IDs, but fails to explain how construction, updating, and maintenance of such a costly database would be paid for. “I know that databases cost money to create. Databases cost money to maintain,” Hill said. “The Assembly doesn’t say where that money is going to come from.”
Michigan Department of Natural Resources Michigan --(Ammoland.com)- The Michigan Natural Resources Commission on Thursday voted 4-3 to lift the current deer baiting and feeding ban in the state’s Lower Peninsula.
Hill summed up the County Legislature’s opposition to the Assembly micro-stamping bill on behalf of his colleagues.
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The ban had been in place since 2008, when Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) was detected in a deer at a private deer breeding facility in Kent County.
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Baiting will still be prohibited in Deer Management Unit (DMU) 487, the six-county Bovine Tuberculosis zone in northeastern Lower Michigan. The counties where baiting will continue to be prohibited are Alcona, Alpena, Iosco, Montmorency, Oscoda and Presque Isle.
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The NRC approved a proposal to allow baiting in limited quantities from Oct. 1 to Jan. 1. Hunters may place any type of bait, no more than two gallons at a time, across a 10-foot by 10-foot area per hunting location.
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The NRC also reinstated recreational feeding of deer in the Lower Peninsula, with the exception of DMU 487. Property owners may place two gallons of bait on their property within 100 yards of their residence year-around. The NRC also placed a three-year sunset on the regulations, which means it will reconsider the baiting issue again in 2014. In 2008, the Department of Natural Resources announced it had detected the state’s first case of CWD in a three year-old female deer at a private deer breeding facility in Kent County. At the time, the Department followed protocol as outlined in the state’s emergency response plan for CWD and immediately banned baiting and feeding of white-tailed deer in the Lower Peninsula. The NRC then passed regulations making the ban permanent, but said it would reconsider the ban in three years, giving the DNR adequate time to perform disease testing and surveillance in the state for CWD.
Archery Trade Association New Ulm, Minn. --(Ammoland.com)- ATA retail members can renew their membership now to beat the rush that begins when current 20102011 memberships expire June 30. As with the 2011 Trade Show in Indianapolis, retailers wishing to attend the 2012 ATA Trade Show in Columbus, Ohio, must be ATA members.
In the three year period, the DNR tested thousands of white-tailed deer for CWD, but did not detect another case.
ATA membership-services staff recently completed their annual review of memberships, and are mailing out renewal orders for 2011-2012 to 700 “pre-verified” retail members. Members are encouraged to save time by paying their dues and renewing their memberships online.
The NRC also directed the Department to work with the Legislature to strengthen the penalties for baiting violations. A potential bill sponsor has been identified who supports establishing an escalating scale of penalties for repeat offenders, which would include mandatory hunting license revocation.
They can also pay by mailing back the paperwork with a check, or faxing it in after completing the “cc” info on the order.
If hunters do use bait, the DNR requests they not place bait repeatedly at the same point on the ground, and only place bait out when they are actively hunting. This may minimize the chance of direct and indirect exposure of deer to any unknown disease that may be present.
An additional 300 retail members whose commitment ends June 30 will receive a request for information to become verified and eligible to renew. These members will not receive a dues order, so they will not be able to renew online. They must mail or fax the required information for ATA verification.
For more information about CWD, go to www.michigan.gov/emergingdiseases.
Starting this year, all retailers will be part of the “Archery Pro Shop Retailer” membership category. The ATA Dealers Council decided to create this one uniform category, and eliminate the former categories: “Retailer” and “ProShop Retailer.”
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is committed to the conservation, protection, management, use and enjoyment of the state’s natural and cultural resources for current and future generations. For more information, go to www.michigan.gov/dnr.
For questions about your status or membership, contact Maria Lewis at (866) 266-2776, ext. 2, or marialewis@archerytrade.org .
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the Proud Lake Recreation Area. In 2006, the DNR re-evaluated the property as a part of its statewide Land Consolidation Strategy, and recommended that the 502 acres be sold or exchanged. The property is bisected by Wise Road, which divides it into two distinct parcels. The north portion is approximately 253 acres and undeveloped. The south portion is approximately 248 acres, including 72 acres that contained the former Nike missile site. The former missile silos on the property have been filled in and the area now consists of open fields.
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AMMOLAND.COM SHOOTING SPORTS NEWS The sale agreement requires the township to keep the land as open space, in a generally natural condition, for wildlife habitat and public outdoor education purposes. The 72-acre former missile site that was formerly developed can once again be developed to host active outdoor recreation facilities and fields, tennis or basketball courts or ice rinks. The property can be used for events, classes, instructional activities, contests, tournaments or similar events that promote the outdoors. The agreement also allows Commerce Township to charge fees to offset the cost of ownership, operation and maintenance of the property.
Michigan DNR Moves Ahead With Deal to Sell 500 Acres to Commerce Township for Park JUN 10, 2011 11:47A.M. Michigan DNR Moves Ahead With Deal to Sell 500 Acres to Commerce Township for Park
Proceeds from the sale of the property will go into a restricted fund the DNR uses to purchase land for public recreation purposes. Priority will be given to lands within DNR boundaries in state game areas, parks and recreation areas, and other high quality outdoor recreation land in southern Michigan. A portion of the proceeds will be used to acquire replacement lands that meet the criteria for lands acquired with funds from the state’s Game and Fish Protection Fund. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is committed to the conservation, protection, management, use and enjoyment of the state’s natural and cultural resources for current and future generations. For more information, go to www.michigan.gov/dnr.
Michigan Department of Natural Resources Michigan --(Ammoland.com)- A land transaction that would sell 500 acres of state-owned land in Oakland County’s Commerce Township to the township to develop into a public outdoor recreation facility is nearing completion, as Department of Natural Resources Director Rodney Stokes authorized the DNR to move ahead with the deal at the June 9 meeting of the Michigan Natural Resources Commission.
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Wisconsin DNR Needs Your Help With Game Bird Brood Observations
The two-phase deal includes sale of approximately 502 acres in Commerce Township to the township for a total of $2.805 million. The first phase includes sale of a 201.4 acre parcel for $1,282,140, with a closing to occur before Sept. 15. The second phase includes the sale of 301.3 acres for $1,522,860, with a closing to occur before April 15, 2012.
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The transaction is the culmination of a multi-year discussion between the DNR and Commerce Township about the sale of the land for public recreation and open space uses. Under the sale agreement reached, the township agreed to keep the property open to the public for open space, wildlife habitat and public outdoor education purposes.
Wisconsin DNR Needs Your Help With Game Bird Brood Observations Attention Upland bird hunters and outdoor enthusiasts.
The property, known as the Proud Lake Recreation Area – East Unit, was partially used in the 1950s as a Nike missile base by the US Department of Defense. Due to its occupation by the Department of Defense, the property was closed to the public, and not actively managed as part of
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chicken, sharp-tailed grouse, gray partridge and bobwhite quail. The most frequently observed game bird species were wild turkey (765 observations) and ruffed grouse (117 observations). Results from your observations will be used to monitor the reproductive status of these birds and to help make fall hunting forecasts. If you have any questions about the survey, or if you have any issues accessing the survey website please contact Brian Dhuey. Thank you for your interest in Wisconsin’s wildlife. Brian Dhuey Wildlife Surveys and Database Manager Wisconsin DNR Tags: Brood Surveys, Conservation Projects, Game Birds, WDNR, Wisconsin
Wisconsin DNR Needs Your Help With Game Bird Brood Observations
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RMEF Honors Oregon Elk Researcher with Murie Award JUN 10, 2011 11:21A.M. RMEF Honors Oregon Elk Researcher with Murie Award
Wisconsin DNR MADISON, WI --(Ammoland.com)- The Wisconsin DNR is asking for your help in measuring the brood production of some of the state’s upland game bird species. We are looking for observations of broods of pheasant, wild turkey, ruffed grouse, sharp-tailed grouse, prairie chicken, gray partridge, and bobwhite quail. Wisconsinites spend many days outdoors during the summer months, and see a variety of our state’s abundant wildlife. This makes you a good source of information on the reproductive status of some of our wildlife species. Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation No special effort is required! Just go about your normal summertime activities, and when you see a brood of young pheasants, turkey, ruffed grouse, sharp-tailed grouse, prairie chicken, gray partridge, or bobwhite quail, please report your sightings. Instructions on how to perform the survey, a link to the survey form, and a tally sheet for your use can be found here.
MISSOULA, Mont. --(Ammoland.com)- An award honoring the science-based conservation legacy of Olaus J. Murie, the late biologist remembered as the father of modern elk management, has been presented by the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation to Dr. Michael Wisdom of La Grande, Ore.
Also report any sightings of turkey and pheasant hens that do not have broods.
The recipient of the 2011 Olaus J. Murie Award is a wildlife researcher at the Pacific Northwest Research Station, Forestry and Range Sciences Laboratory, at La Grande.
During the summer of 2010, Wisconsinites reported 950 observations of game broods of wild turkey, ring-necked pheasant, ruffed grouse, prairie
An expert in North American ungulate ecology and modeling, wildlife
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biology, vertebrate species and wildlife-habitat relationships, Wisdom also is a noted leader as these topics relate to disturbance regimes and anthropogenic risk factors.
3. Dedication to his or her profession
Wisdom’s contributions to the science of wildlife management are extensive. He has been an author or co-author of 364 invited papers and posters and of 44 offered presentations and posters. Wisdom has 17 formal consultations with scientists both nationally and internationally regarding use of technologies and methods in ungulate research. He also has 118 publications to his credit in scientific journals.
5. Credibility and respect among peers
4. Commitment to the conservation of wild, free-ranging elk
Murie was educated at the University of Michigan. He was the first to conduct elk and habitat research at the National Elk Refuge in Jackson Hole, Wyo. His detailed work led to the classic book, The Elk of North America, published in 1951. He promoted sound stewardship and protection of wildlife habitat, receiving numerous honors and awards. Murie died in 1963.
“Everyone who has followed professional elk management since 1986 has heard of the ‘Wisdom Model,’ which was one of the first definitive attempts to predict habitat effectiveness,” said Tom Toman, director of conservation and staff biologist for RMEF.
The RMEF award honors Murie’s legacy while recognizing those who have become conservation leaders in their own rite. Past recipients include Jack Ward Thomas, Jim Peek, L. Jack Lyon, Valerius Geist, Robert D. Nelson and John Cook.
“Newer modeling efforts are a collaboration of many biologists but Mike remains one of the leaders and the objective has never changed: Develop a tool to measure dietary digestible energy, distance to roads, distance to cover and slope to help direct habitat enhancement and watershed restoration work. Mike remains on the cutting edge of these advanced techniques in elk management.”
About the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation: Snowy peaks, dark timber basins and grassy meadows. RMEF is leading an elk country initiative that has conserved or enhanced habitat on over 5.7 million acres, a land area equivalent to a swath three miles wide and stretching along the entire Continental Divide from Canada to Mexico. RMEF also works to open, secure and improve public access for hunting, fishing and other recreation. Get involved at www.rmef.org or 800-CALL ELK.
Along the way, Wisdom’s efforts also benefit other wildlife species that prosper in early and mid-seral successional habitats.
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During his career, Wisdom has been a wildlife assistant at Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation, bird phase research leader, chemical lab technician and fisheries teacher assistant. He served as a wildlife and fisheries biologist and assistant district wildlife biologist for the Bureau of Land Management in Coos Bay, Ore. He also worked as a technology transfer scientist, a regional wildlife ecologist and a terrestrial scientist at the Forest and Range Science Laboratory in La Grande, Ore. Wisdom is now part of the Starkey Ungulate Ecology Team, Ecological Process and Function Program of the USDA Forest Service.
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Wisdom’s academic achievements include a B.S. in wildlife management from University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, an M.S. in wildlife science from New Mexico State and Ph.D. in forestry, range and wildlife from the University of Idaho. The 2011 Olaus J. Murie Award was announced in May at the Western States and Provinces Deer and Elk Workshop in New Mexico. Wisdom was unable to attend, however, so a formal presentation to him will follow later this year. The award is based on five criteria: 1. Relevance of work to the conservation of wild, free-ranging elk 2. Application of work “on the ground” to benefit wild, free-ranging elk
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Finger OFF the Trigger Stupid
Not only is firearms safety everyone’s responsibility you have to practice it 24/7 – you have to remain diligent and never let your guard downremember it only takes one mistake to change your life or someone else’s life forever. Stay safe and stay shooting! LAV out.
Tactical Tips by Larry Vickers Marietta Ohio --(Ammoland.com)- One thing I like to highlight in my classes is ‘real’ world firearms safety- not the firearms safety that an NRA certified instructor reads off a little card he carries in his wallet but gun safety as it applies to you in the world we live in. The world that is full of lawyers that would like nothing more than to take everything you own. With that in mind here goes; Accuracy Is King 1) In the real world there are no paper targets or 12 foot earth berms behind the target. On the two way range the targets shoot back and the best backstop you can hope to have is the upper torso of the bad guy your dealing with. This is yet another reason why accuracy is king in the real world and always remember when you pull the trigger you own the bullet you just launched- good or bad.
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Danger Loaded Weapon 2) Treat every weapon as if is loaded at all times; read that last part again- at all times!! We know this is important but people don’t do it. Something in our brain says that once the gun is ‘empty’ it is inert and we can point it anywhere we want to – this is dangerous as all we have to be is wrong one time and a life changing event could happen.
About: Larry Vickers is a retired career special operations soldier with 20-plus years of service to our country. A longtime 1st SFOD- Delta operational member, he was a key player in the small arms marksmanship expertise and weapons selection of that Unit.
This is actually the most commonly violated safety rule of them all.
He brings a very unique set of skills to the market, and has a wide and varied background in the firearms industry.
Muzzle Awareness 3) Muzzle awareness; goes hand in hand with #2 – always ask yourself ‘what if this weapon where to discharge right now?’
Visit www.vickerstactical.com You want the answer to be ‘ my ears would be ringing but no one would be hurt’ . This one can’t be over emphasized because in the real world LE and Military sweep people with their muzzles all the time as a matter of doing business- in some cases it can’t be avoided. My theory is you need to know where the gun is pointing at all times and only sweep someone if it is absolutely necessary- in the civilian sector it rarely is, if ever.
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Finger OFF the Trigger Stupid 4) Finger OFF trigger until ready to fire. This is The golden Rule - the firearms safety law that allows you to use and handle weapons on a regular basis without harming yourself or someone else. And the rule that is mandatory in this day and age; case in point the is Glock handguns – the most popular in the world and pistols that require you put this rule into practice each and every time you handle one.
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