May 2014 - Gun Owners Action League

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Dedicated to Education, Safety, Training, and Support of Massachusetts Firearms Owners
May 2014
Northborough Victory!
Town of Northborough Votes for Freedom
Northborough Votes NO on Article 58.
he met numerous times with
town officials and was told that
the land abutting his purchased
property was not developable.
Fast-forward a few years and that
changed, we’ll pick up with David
again.
May 2, 2014
By: Mike Sweeney
On Wednesday night April 30, 2014
voters of the town of Northborough sent a very clear message to
town officials by voting no or Article 58.
The vast majority of voters who
had sat through three nights of
Annual Town Meeting voted overwhelmingly against overriding a
recent MA Superior Court decision,
which deemed the range use not
only legal, but also perfectly safe
for the surrounding neighbors.
The genesis of this Article and this
story goes back twenty years, to
1994 when David Brown and his
wife Carmel carefully selected and
purchased a tract of land to build
their house with accompanying
target range in the backyard.
“About 2006, land next to ours
was subdivided for house lots.
Even though our range was clearly
posted, people built homes within
500 feet of our firing line. Some of
those people then complained to
the town because they wanted to
stop us from using our own range.
Thanks to David Brown, GOAL was a distribution center for “No on Article 58” signs.
Once we started distributing them they rapidly spread about town.
A letter to GOAL from David, who is
a life member, told the story.
to construct a small target range
for our own use. We have complied with all the laws. For over 15
years we used our range without
incident. We have tried to be good
neighbors.”
“Carmel and I have lived in Northborough for many years. We are
avid target shooters. We moved
to Northborough in 1994 because
we could buy enough land there What he’s not saying here is that
NRA Annual Meeting and Exhibits 2014
The town responded with a cease
and desist order to us.”
Despite promises from the town
of Northborough, the land was developed and David found himself
no longer able to use his shooting range on his private property. It should be noted that David
Continued on page 8
GOAL Debates Grossman
hotels. Most of the major hotels
even had enclosed skywalks to get
to the center. There were plenty of
good restaurants around the area,
but read the menus before sitting
down because many were rather
pricy.
Jim really liked this “smallbore” Bushmaster,
note the size of the suppressor!
May 2014
By: Jim Wallace
The exhibition hall was fabulous
as always. There were displays
from manufacturers like Kahr
Arms, Smith and Wesson, Mossberg, Savage Arms, Ruger you
name it they were there. There
were also displays set up from a
variety of collectors organizations
including one that had a great
selection of World War I machine
guns like the infamous “potato
digger”. Then of course were the
countless firearm accessories
Once again I was able to travel to
the NRA Annual Events, this time it
was held in Indianapolis. It is a well
laid out city for such large conventions with the Lucas Oil Stadium
(where the Colts play) and the
Convention Center within walking
distance of all of the downtown Continued on page 8
Steve Grossman (L) and GOAL’s Jim Wallace (R) flank a podium left empty by Attorney
General Martha Coakley
INVITES ALL GUBERNATORIAL Massachusetts.
CANDIDATES TO GUN ROUND“These candidates need to realize
TABLE
the failure of gun control in MA,”
BOSTON – Today, Jim Wallace of said Jim Wallace, GOAL’s ExecuGOAL, on the steps of the Mas- tive Director. “What we need to do
sachusetts State House, debated is stop dividing ourselves on usegubernatorial candidate Steve less policies and join together to
Grossman on gun policy. Wallace find a way to stop the criminals
emphasized the plight of law- from trafficking guns like our legabiding gun owners who feel per- islation, H. 3264, The Civil Rights
secuted under the current Mas- and Public Safety Act.
sachusetts laws and the abject
GOAL invites all gubernatorial canfailure of the current laws to redidates to a roundtable discussion
duce crime.
on guns and gun policy. There are
The two debated over gun policies 350,000 license gun owners in this
proposed by Governor Patrick and state and they have questions
others including the Governor’s about their rights.”
One Gun A Month policy and AttorThe genesis of the debate was
ney General candidate Warren Tolan article on Boston.com/Globe in
man’s requiring supposed “smart
which Grossman, accused Martha
technology” on all firearms sold in Continued on page 9
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GOAL News
In This Issue:
GOAL News - Print Edition is the Official Journal of Gun Owners’ Action
League. GOAL is the official state association of the National Rifle Association.
GOAL is dedicated to education, safety, training and support of Massachusetts Firearms Owners.
Since 1975, GOAL has represented the interests of the law abiding citizens of Massacusetts.
Gun Owners’ Action League Officials
GOAL Board of Directors
President: Jay Beard
1st Vice President: Steve Moysey
2nd Vice President: Mike Anthony
Secretary: Ellie Horwitz
Executive Director: Jim Wallace
Term up in 2014
Bruce Hall
Michael Concannon
Joe Currie
Gary Wilk
Term up in 2015
Rickard Sitte
Bettina Romberg
Jim Finnerty
Ernest W. Foster
Term up in 2016
Mark Jester
Ron Amidon
Richard Sinnott
Vacant Seat
From the Executive Director - Jim Wallace
From the Editor - Mike Sweeney
Bettina’s Take
Patriot Games
Legislators Range Day Coverage
GOAL Training Schedule
Join GOAL - Information/Form
Competition & Events Schedule
Worcester Pistol & Rifle Club News
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Join GOAL Protecting Your Freedom Begins Here!
Gun Owners’ Action League is the official state firearms association in
Massachusetts. We are an association of law-abiding citizens who believe in the basic right of firearms ownership for competition, recreation
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GOAL works hard to defend the Constitution and the Bill of Rights against
those in Massachusetts who wish to infringe upon the freedoms guaranteed by our forefathers. The programs sponsored and developed by
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We were formed in 1974 to protect the right to keep and bear arms for
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May 2014
From the Executive Director
The Bifurcated Massachusetts and it cost them the election. For
the most part though, it is DemoDemocrat Party
crats that use lawful gun owners
With another election year upon
as a punching bag when they seek
us we lawful gun owners are facthese higher offices.
ing some of the same familiar attacks by state level and higher Try to find a Democrat candidate
candidates. While on a recent de- in the last decade or two for Govbate with gubernatorial candidate ernor, US Congress, US Senate,
Steve Grossman on the One Gun a MA Attorney General, etc. that
Month (Lawful Citizens Imprison- has not immediately come out for
ment Act) legislation I made the more “gun control”. For example,
comment that we have a bifur- Steve Grossman and I have parcated Democrat party here in the ticipated in two televised debates
Commonwealth. Throughout the over more gun control measures.
state legislature gun owners have During these events he has conmany good friends with a (D) at- tinually trashed gubernatorial
tached to their name. Long time candidate Martha Coakley for not
RKBA heroes like Senator Stephen supporting a few of the measures
Brewer, Senator Richard Moore he supports. Steve actually tried
and Rep. Stephen Kulik have been to portray Martha as the darling
joined over the years by dozens of the NRA. Why do this? Because,
more that have our best interests he wants to solidify himself as the
at heart. Even the new mayor of gun control Democrat candidate.
Boston, Marty Walsh, held an A ratJust take a look at Ed Markey’s
ing for many years in the House.
race for US Senate. He was of
The problem seems to come when course not new to this game, but
Massachusetts Democrats run for is immediate attacks on NRA polihigher office such as Governor cies and his support for gun conor US Congress. It seems the first trol measures like “smart gun”
page on the playbook for Demo- technologies was front and center
crats running for these higher po- as he worked to stake his claim as
sitions is to immediately attack the gun control candidate.
the NRA and GOAL. Of course there
This all brings us to the big quesare the occasional Republicans
tion. Why do we have so many
that do the same thing such as
good Democrat friends in the State
Richard Tisei and Gabriel Gomez
House, but the party people who
run for higher office through us to
the wind at their first opportunity?
It is likely that pollsters are telling
them that is what the public wants
to hear, it is also likely that the supporters with deep pockets are saying the same thing. Whatever the
answer, it is simply unacceptable.
We lawful gun owners of the Commonwealth are from all walks
of life. We are doctors, lawyers,
union members, construction
workers, brick layers, steel workers, teachers, police officers, firefighters, you name it. We should
not become stepping stones for
politicians seeking higher office. If
nothing else these people should
educate themselves on the abject
failure of control right here in Massachusetts, but that never seems
to matter. In this election year
gun owners should make a concerted effort to reach out to these
candidates and ask them the
tough questions. The real tough
questions should not be focused
on their stance on high capacity mags or one gun a month, but
rather why do they always come
out and attack lawful gun owners when they seek higher office.
Those are the answers we need
to get on record. By the way, we
should not accept any response
that starts with: “I am a supporter
of the Second Amendment, but
…” or the infamous “This proposal
does not infringe on anyone’s Second Amendment rights.” Those
are well rehearsed smoke screens
used to cover their tracks. If they
were supporters of RKBA then why
are they continually bashing the
very organizations that exist to
protect it? During this year’s election cycle let’s get out there and
do what we do best, expose the
lies and deliver the truth.
May 2014
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From the Editor
Is the tide beginning to turn?
Amendment.
Over the last year or so we’ve
seen a major shift change towards
a “more freedom” philosophy
amongst certain segments of Massachusetts voters.
Luckily GOAL caught wind of it,
was able to issue email alerts and
social media alerts and mobilize
the citizens to attend the 3 night
Annual Town Meeting where the
article was soundly defeated. Victory, that’s the Sudbury I know!
This tectonic shift has occurred at
local, town level elections, where,
during the last year, the citizens
of four different towns have overwhelmingly defeated a variety of
anti-freedom proposals.
That’s great news. I’m sure many
of you are thinking “probably
towns out west, beyond the Route
495 corridor”. Well, I’m pleased to
tell you that you would be partially correct in thinking that. Of the
towns involved, only one of them
was west of Route 495, that being
the location of your Gun Owners’
Action League’s state Headquarters, Northborough.
Of the other three, we had one
town on the North Shore (Swampscott) and two in Metro West,
which are, interestingly enough
neighboring towns (Sudbury and
Wayland).
A busy Summer passed and into
the Fall, the town battles began
anew, this time in Swampscott
when a Swampscott selectman,
one Barry Greenfield initiated a
“discussion” about mandatory
home inspections for all residents
who lawfully owned firearms.
GOAL got wind of this early on and
once again got word out through
the usual channels, outrage quickly ensued and almost as quickly
selectman Greenfield started back
pedaling. When Second Amendment supporters flooded his inbox and phone lines with calls he
claimed that he only wanted to
discuss the possibility of implementing something like that. Yah,
sure he did, anyways, once again
we got the word out, citizens took
action and the anti civil rights nonsense was stopped cold.
Attend they did, having to sit
through two long nights before finally getting to the article in question. Once it came up for discussion the overwhelming majority of
residents spoke against the article
and when it came up for a vote it
was resoundingly defeated. Another sweet sweet victory for lady
liberty.
ing a pro liberty message to their
elected officials. I hope that this is
the genesis of a paradigm shift in
Massachusetts, a change in tide,
let liberty wash ashore once again.
“It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless
minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of
men.”
So here we are, 4 victories in 4
Samuel Adams.
Fall turned to winter and on into towns, citizens consistently sendJanuary we went when the anti
liberty flame started burning
once again, this time in Wayland.
(Sometimes working here really
from the Outdoor/Hunting TV Show
feels like playing whack-a mole).
This time we had a somewhat
large group of anti Second Amendment activists filing a petition that
did two things, it banned the discharge of firearms within town
limits and went after Wayland
Rod & Gun Club. Once again GOAL
Sat 10-6 / seminar at 1pm
Anyways, I have some pretty deep
was informed about what was goSun 10-5 / seminar at 1pm
roots in Sudbury, my grandfather
ing on, got word out through our
built his own home there in the
channels and working with the
early 30s, digging the foundation
Sponsored by
leadership of Wayland Rod & Gun,
by hand and building the house,
rallied the good citizens to conwhich still stands today. My mom
tact town officials and urge them
and her siblings grew up there, in
to withdraw the misguided article
what was at the time a sleepy farm
from the town warrant.
town known mostly for being the
former residence of Babe Ruth. They were successful and the arOver the years it has changed, the ticle was withdrawn, the selectLearn what life is like with America’s
farmland where corn once grew man were literally inundated with
most entertaining hunting couple!
next to my mom’s house is now phone calls, emails and letters for
a soccer complex and the town is over 40 days. Once again, liberty
for the most part a sleepy white- won.
collar bedroom community on the
Just after we caught our breath
upside of affluence.
from Wayland, the recent NorthLast May GOAL received word that borough situation dropped in our
sleepy Sudbury was about to wake lap, once again we had anti gun
up. An article (39) had been sub- activists who lost a court battle to
mitted to the town warrant, which shut down a private range, seek a
would, by increasing minimum backdoor method of going about
distance zones basically ban the it. Once again we were fightDuring our
Storewide
discharge of firearms, air rifles and ing against a town article on the
Sale Event...
Presented by
even BB guns within town limits. Annual Meeting warrant. GOAL
The genesis of the article turned got word out early, worked with
out to be a dispute between a per- the landowner under attack and
son who was legally and safely urged the good citizens of Northshooting on his land and a neigh- borough to get to their three-day
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The really interesting thing about
these last three is that they are
notoriously liberal, pro “everything Democrat” towns, which
have been won by the anti Second
Amendment Democrat candidate
in just about every statewide election since JFK was a congressman.
(Side note, does anyone else find
it really interesting that JFK’s politics are way right of most of today’s Republican legislators/candidates?)
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Bettina’s Take
The Massachusetts 27
“There are two potential violators of man’s rights: the criminals
and the government. The great
achievement of the United States
was to draw a distinction between
these two — by forbidding to the
second the legalized version of
the activities of the first.” - Ayn
Rand, “Man’s Rights”
Since the printing of last month’s
GOAL News, former New York
City Mayor Michael Bloomberg
announced that his group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns would be
called Everytown for Gun Safety.
Much like the partnership between Moms Demand Action and
Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Everytown also brings in survivors
of gun violence, individuals who
have lost friends or family to criminal behavior. Everytown clearly
wants to use their anecdotes to
influence legislation. If you went
to any of the hearings last year,
you remember listening to many
of these individuals who all seem
to have rehearsed testimony.
Mr. Bloomberg says, the goal of
this new group is to attack the
NRA. I encourage you to visit the
new website, www.everytown.
org, as it is extremely important
to know how the other side operates.
The most important aspect of the
Everytown website I want you
to look at is the introduction. It
is cleverly presented, clearly Mr.
Bloomberg spent a lot of money
on just this section. You have the
option to scroll through the message or to watch a video.
The beginning is alright. It has
one word that declares their
premise which even we can buy
into. They claim that there is an
epidemic of gun violence. This
may or may not be true, and the
causes of it may need to be further
By: Bettina Romberg
examined, but there is also a fatal
switch in there that is aided by a
gruesome photo meant to play on
readers’ emotions. I will give you
the words, without all the fancy
stuff Mr. Bloomberg paid for here:
“A movement is rising. It takes 1
nation, indivisible, to end gun violence. Moms, teachers, survivors,
gun owners, mayors and leaders
on both sides of the aisle all working to tackle this epidemic. This
is a movement of Americans coming together to stop gun violence
(background picture of gruesome
scars on someone’s abdomen).
Keeping guns out of the wrong
hands and passing common sense
reforms. Together, we’re building
a safer future. Every Mom. Every
child. Every teacher. Every mayor. Every town. Everytown for gun
safety. Join us.”
Did you catch the switch? It is on
the words, “wrong hands,” and
“common sense reforms.” These
are just anti-concepts. I covered
what anti-concepts are in detail
in the GOAL News in April 2014. If
you have read that column, you
can see that they are up to the
same typical tricks.
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Boston - Marty Walsh - (617) 6354500
Braintree - Joseph C. Sullivan (781) 794-8100
Cambridge - David P. Maher - (617)
349-4321
Everett - Carlo DeMaria, Jr. - (617)
389-2100
Fitchburg - Lisa Wong - (978) 8291801
Gloucester - Carolyn Kirk - (978)
281-9700
Holyoke - Alex Morse - (413) 3225510
During my research for last
month’s column, I came across
the list of mayors who are members in this group. In April, there
were 28 members in Massachusetts. Now in May, there are 27,
as Lowell, the city where I live, has
a new mayor who has not (yet)
joined the group.
Malden - Gary Christenson - (781)
397-7000
I thought I’d let you know which
mayors are members of Mayors
Against Illegal Guns, now Everytown For Gun Safety. Some may
surprise you, some won’t.
New Bedford - Jonathan F. Mitchell - (508) 979-1410
Of the 351 cities and towns in
Massachusetts, here are the 27
members, listed with the mayors’
names and contact information:
Newton - Setti Warren - (617) 7961100
Attleboro - Kevin J Dumas - (508)
Peabody - Edward A. Bettencourt,
Jr. - (978) 538-5700
Medford - Michael McGlynn - (781)
393-2408
Melrose - Robert J. Dolan - (781)
979-4500
Methuen - Stephen N. Zanni - (978)
983-8505
Newburyport - Donna D. Holaday
- (978) 465-4413
Northampton - David Narkewicz (413) 587-1249
Pittsfield - Dan Bianchi - (413) 4999321
Quincy - Thomas Koch - (617) 3761990
Revere - Daniel Rizzo - (781) 2868111
Salem - Kimberley Driscoll - (978)
745-9595 ext. 5600
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Somerville - Joseph A. Curtatone
- 311 (For Somerville residents) or
(617) 666-3311
Springfield - Domenic J. Sarno 311 (For Springfield residents) or
(413) 736-3111
Taunton - Tom Hoye - (508) 8211000
Weymouth - Susan M. Kay - (781)
340-5012
Woburn - Scott Galvin - (781) 8975901
Worcester - Joseph Petty - (508)
799-1153
I’ll add Lowell too, as Lowell has
a history with this organization:
Rodney M. Elliott, (978) 674-4040
These mayors have signed the
Statement of Principles that Mayors Against Illegal Guns is based
on:
“Whereas: 30,000 Americans
across the country are killed every
year as a result of gun violence,
destroying families and communities in big cities and small
towns; and Whereas: As mayors,
we are duty-bound to do everything in our power to protect our
residents, especially our children,
from harm and there is no greater
threat to public safety than the
threat of illegal guns; Now, therefore, we resolve to work together
to find innovative new ways to advance the following principles:
Punish to the maximum extent of
the law criminals who possess,
use, and traffic in illegal guns.
Target and hold accountable irresponsible gun dealers who break
the law by knowingly selling guns
to straw purchasers.
Oppose all federal efforts to restrict cities’ rights to access, use,
and share trace data that is so essential to effective enforcement,
or to interfere with the ability of
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
and Firearms to combat illegal
gun trafficking.
Work to develop and use technologies that aid in the detection and
tracing of illegal guns.
Support all local state and federal
legislation that targets illegal guns
and keeps guns out of the hands
of dangerous people coordinate
legislative, enforcement, and litigation strategies; and share information and best practices.
Invite other cities to join us in this
new national effort.”
Continued page 15
May 2014
Patriot Games
May 20th Remembered.
As a writer, I have come to a realization that we hold back from
commentary in critical issue as we
have become almost conditioned
to be Politically Correct. This is
no accident. Our political leaders
have become dependent on our
lack of willingness to challenge
certain social issues, and the main
stream media in this country is
too focused on the latest celebrity
scandal, rather than the news, to
report on the true challenges we
face as a nation.
One of these challenges is that the
First Amendment – the very thing
that affords me the freedom to
write this piece – is under attack in
a slow and insidious manner. The
attack is coming from inside the
country and from element outside
who would have us, as a nation,
silenced and afraid to speak out,
and we are all falling for the politically correct hypnosis routine.
The event that spurred me to write
this piece was the fate of the Seattle based satirical journalist Molly
Norris. Never heard of Ms. Norris?
I’m not really surprised, but bear
with me as we get to her story.
The main threat to our freedoms in
my opinion, and our right to speak
out against the threat, comes from
groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood, the Council on American
Islamic Relations (CAIR) and their
influence over American politicians and the mainstream liberal
media that back their supposed
mission of peace and coexistence.
The Brotherhood, for one, is a
front for the expansion of Islam to
be the dominate doctrine in the
world. Part of that dominance is
their principle of “Civilization Jihad” - a slow and careful imposition of Islam and the controlling
Shariah law that dominates the
religion. Now, it would appear the
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By: Steve Moysey
Brotherhood and their ilk has so
hoodwinked our media and politicians into the notion that anyone
speaking out against their aims
and goals is “Islamaphobic” – just
irrationally afraid of Islam and a
term they first coined. They have
also conveniently fooled enough
people into thinking that speaking out (AKA speaking the truth) is
blasphemous against Islam.
Let’s pause for a second to take a
look at what blasphemy against
Islam looks like. There is no reference to blasphemy in the Quran,
but rather it is an interpretation by
the clerics and Shariah law enforcing Imam’s who can, basically, determine what blasphemy is in any
given situation. Don’t like what I
just said? Blasphemy! Don’t like
the way a female family member
is dressed? Blasphemy!
Want
to stop people committing blasphemy? Stop them talking about
Islam.
We have become so Politically
Correct in a post 9/11 America that
the government has pressured the
media to censor itself. On Oct. 6,
2001 at its National Convention
in Seattle, the Society of Professional Journalists passed a resolution urging members and fellow
journalists to take steps against
racial profiling in their coverage of
the war on terrorism when dealing
with the issues of Islam in the media. For example, when discussing
terrorists, journalists should strive
for a balance of “moral equivalency” and include white supremacist, radical anti-abortionists and
other groups with a history of such
activity. They should not imply
that kneeling on the floor praying,
listening to Arabic music or reciting from the Quran are peculiar activities. Journalists should avoid
using word combinations such as
“Islamic terrorist” or “Muslim extremist” that are “misleading” be-
cause they link whole religions to
criminal activity.
Be specific, they are told: Alternate choices, depending on context, include “Al Qaeda terrorists”
or, to describe the broad range of
groups involved in Islamic politics,
“political Islamists.” They should
also avoid using terms such as “Jihad” or “Taqiyya” unless they are
certain of their precise meaning
and include the context when they
are used in quotations. The basic meaning of “jihad”, in the politically correct world of self-censored post 9/11 journalism, is to
exert oneself for the good of Islam
and to better oneself, and not the
mass slaughter of non-believers
working in the Twin Towers in New
York. We certainly don’t want the
masses knowing that the practice
of “Taqiyya”, enshrined in Shariah,
encourages Islamists to be deceitful about their true intentions
when dealing with non-believers.
Okay, so what has the issue of blasphemy and Shariah law got to do
with Molly Norris? Well, as a satirical journalist, Molly was trying to
bring a touch of humor to a string
of events that has seen the creators of the cartoon show “South
Park” receive death threats from
aggrieved Muslims at the notion of
the prophet Mohamed being depicted in any way in an episode of
their cartoon show. This story has
a background, so let’s take a look
at the buildup to what would be a
disaster for Molly Norris.
Cast your minds back to the 1980’s
and the book by author Salman
Rushdie “The Satanic Verses”,
which happened to be his fourth
novel (note: novel, not documentary). The book looked at elements
of Mohammed’s life and the nature of his writings. The book was
highly acclaimed in the UK, winning the 1989 Whitbread Award for
fiction and was just edged out for
the Booker prize that same year.
Unfortunately, some elements of
the Muslim world, notable Iran’s
Ayatollah Khomeini, didn’t appreciate the portrayal of Mohammed
in a fictional world and decided
that Rushdie should be put to
death after Khomeini declared a
Fatwa against the author in 1989.
Rushdie was forced to go into hiding after riots, demonstrations
and book burnings in the UK and
beyond supported the call for the
Fatwa against the author. Shabbir
Akhtar, a Cambridge philosophy
graduate called for “a negotiated
compromise” which “would protect Muslim sensibilities against
gratuitous provocation”. The British journalist and author Andy McSmith wrote at the time a rather
though provoking and foreshadowing comment, “We are witnessing, I fear, the birth of a new
and dangerously illiberal “liberal”
orthodoxy designed to accommodate Dr. Akhtar and his fundamentalist friends.”
While Rushdie remains in hiding
and unhurt – the Fatwa was lifted
in 1998, but later put in place again
in 2005 –some of his colleagues
did not fare as well. His Japanese
translator was stabbed to death in
Tokyo in 1991 and, the same year,
Continued on page 9
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Northborough
Victory
NRA Annual Meeting
and Exhibits 2014
Continued from page 1
The article was tricky in that it was
written to exclude the language in
MA c269 s12e (c. d. and e.), which
grants an exemption for shooting
ranges.
Approximately one month before
town meeting David and his lawyer
Karen MacNutt contacted GOAL
asking us to broadcast information to our membership about the
pending article and town meeting.
and Carmel were very thorough “Article 58 is proposed to circumin building an exceptionally safe vent the court ruling and state law
range.
“We have made improvements to
our range to make sure it was safe.
We even had it inspected by two
range experts who found that it
was safe. “
The town would have none of it
though.
sat through the first two of three
nights, waiting for their time to debate and vote on Article 58.
Finally Article 58 came up for
discussion. Chief Leahy made a
lengthy presentation about the
range and why he felt is should
be shut down. Following the presentation many residents stood
to speak against the article. The
overwhelming opinion, reflected
by the vote was that the new landowners were wrong to try to force
Mr. Brown to cease using the range
“Despite promises from the town of Northborough, the land was developed and David found himself no longer able to use his
shooting range on his private property.”
by creating a by-law that would
“The town claimed state law re- allow any neighbor (even a new
quired us to have the permission one) within 500 feet of our firing
of all the neighbors within 500 feet line to prevent us from using our
of our firing line before we could own property for a use that has
use our range. We said that indoor been found to be both lawful and
and outdoor firing ranges were ex- safe.
empt from that requirement.”
Article 58 is not about safety. It is
The town of Northborough would unfair and based on prejudice. It
not lift the cease and desist order sets a very bad precedent. If you
so David and Carmel took the town are a Northborough voter, call the
of Northborough to court and won town to see when Article 58 is likely to come to a vote. Please attend
at Superior Court.
the meeting and vote No on Article
After the loss in Superior Court the 58.
town of Northborough, not wanting to go to the expense of appeal- GOAL immediately began coming at the State Supreme Court municating with David and Karen,
sought a back door means of shut- broadcasting the information to
ting the range down, via an article our membership, urging Northat town meeting banning the dis- borough’s registered voters to atcharge of firearms within the town tend town meeting.
of Northborough and within 500 As previously mentioned, Northfeet of any dwelling.
borough voters showed up and
on his property.
“The owners of the abutting properties knew that there was an active target range on Mr. Brown’s
property, now they have a right to
say that he needs to shut it down,
after nearly 20 years? How is that
fair? Why have we not discussed
the option of them building a
berm on their property to protect
their house?”
Our democracy was setup to work
exactly as it did on Wednesday
night, to protect the rights of an
individual from overreaching efforts to restrict freedom by government.
GOAL is very proud of the residents
of Northborough who saw this for
what it was, thank you again to all
involved.
“[I]t is refreshing to be outside
an oppressed state to see that
freedom still exists in this country.”
companies selling everything from
magazines to grips and everything
in between. Of course those of us
from the oppressed states had to
walk by many products that we
are not allowed to possess. At NRA
President’s reception on Sunday
Magpul sponsored the gathering.
They gave everyone attending
two brand new 30 round AR mags
and tearfully I had to give ours to a
friend from Arizona.
There were all kinds of special
seminars and presentations to
attend. Things like a firearm law
seminar, concealed carry, guns
of the Battle of the Bulge, Men of
D-Day, Survival Preparation, Dog
Training and even Advanced Sausage Making. The Clubs and Associations seminar gave a lot of
information about new NRA programs like 3 gun challenges. If that
was not enough for you there is
always the Annual Meeting of the
Members where all of the officers
of the NRA would give their annual reports and speeches. At the
Lucas Oil Stadium there was NRA
Country Jam with guest speakers Sarah Palin and Lt. Col. Oliver
North along with bands Alabama
and Sara Evans.
Of course for me there were the
countless meetings, lunch and
dinner get togethers with our fellow state association leaders and
other advocates from across the
country. As always, the conversation focused on what we are facing
in our prospective local areas and
what we are doing to protect the
RKBA on the home fronts.
I would urge any gun owners to attend the event at least once. Tens
of thousands of gun owners flock
to it every year and it is refreshing
to be outside an oppressed state
to see that freedom still exists in
this country.
May 2014
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Patriot Games - May 20th Remembered
was, Molly sought to bring a little
humor to the situation by declaring May 20th 2010, in the Seattle
Daily, to be “Everybody Draw Mohammed” day. Her cheerful cartoon had a box of pasta, a cotton
reel, a cherry, a cup of tea and a
songbird – all perfectly innocent
images – each declaring they were
the true image of Mohammed . Her
sentiment was to have too many
All in the name of blasphemy.
folks be a target for the blaspheThen we have Danish cartoonist my police of Shariah and, well, to
Kurt Westergaard who created a stand up for the First Amendment.
controversial strip showing the Unfortunately for Molly, American
prophet Mohammed with a bomb born radical Muslim cleric Anwar
tucked in his turban. Was this a al-Awlaki didn’t see the funny side
culturally insensitive act? Prob- of her little movement and issued
ably, but then again Demark is a a Fatwa against her in a most usual
free country with a right of free manner. He chose to use a Muslim
speech. Should Westergaard have youth magazine, printed in Engrealized that his cartoon would lish, to declare that Molly Norris
ignite a firestorm of Islamic pro- should be murdered and also said
tests that would result in a Fatwa, she was a “prime target” and that
multiple attempts on his life and a her “proper abode was Hellfire.”
future that would see him under
Faced with this threat, Molly
constant police protection? Probturned to the FBI who, in a shameably. Should this have stopped
lessly spineless move, told her she
him? No, I would argue that fear
should go “ghost” – vanish, disapof being persecuted for practicpear, erase her life and start a new
ing your right to free speech is
one. Basically, a witness protecbetter than not speaking out for
tion program she would have to
fear of recrimination. I truly feel
fund herself. So, she vanished and
that an open and honest discusis still in hiding. I am sure, howevsion about the goals of Islam, the
er, that she had an opinion on the
Muslim Brotherhood and Shariah,
irony regarding the Predator drone
with respect to the western world ,
strike against Anwar al-Awlaki that
is something the Islamists fear the
vaporized him from the face of the
most.
earth in 2011. The weapons that
South Park, the animated sitcom dispatched al-Awlaki off this morcreated by Trey Parker and Matt tal coil and into the bosom of Allah
Stone for the Comedy Central were Hellfire missiles.
television network, has become
We make excuses for the practices
notorious for its crude language
of Islamists and their drive to see
and dark, surreal humor that
Shariah law imposed on the U.S.
lampoons a wide range of topjudicial system. The misguided
ics. Nothing, in the eyes of Parker
New York Times stated that, “Givand Stone, is off limits. It was sad,
en time, American Muslims, like
therefore, that Islamist and Musall other religious minorities belim convert Zachary Adam Chessfore them, will adjust their legal
er – who now goes by the name of
and theological traditions, if necAbu Talhah al Amrikee – saw fit to
essary, to accord with American
threaten the creators of the show
values.” Big red flashing warning
with the same fate as Theo Van
signs should be going off in Times
Gouge for their representation of
Square if that really is what the
the prophet Mohammed on two
politically correct liberal left truly
episodes of the 2005 season. It’s
believe. The Muslim Brotherhood
worth bearing in mind that Theo
has clearly laid out its plans for
Van Gouge was brutally murdered
“Civilization Jihad” and those in
on the streets of Amsterdam in
political office that would have us
2004 by Dutch Moroccan Islamic
buy their claptrap notions on the
terrorist Mohammed Bouylri. His
benign nature of the Islamists are
crime, in the eyes of Islam, was
asleep at the switch at best. The
the creation of a film called “Subonly adjustments the Brothermission” which depicted and crihood is seeking are to our system
tiqued – heaven and Mohammed
of laws, not theirs.
forbid – the abuse and subordination of women under Shariah law. Wherever you are Molly, I hope you
read this and remember that May
So this brings us back to Molly
20th is still “Everybody Draw MoNorris. In the wake of the South
hammad” day.
Park death threats and other subsequent Islamist blasphemy Fat- Continued on page 13
his Italian translator was beaten
and stabbed in Milan. In 1993,
Rushdie’s Norwegian publisher
was shot and seriously injured
outside his Oslo home. Later that
year a crowd, angrily demonstrating at the presence of his Turkish
translator, Aziz Mezin , torched a
hotel in the Turkish town of Suas,
killing 37 innocent guests.
GOAL Debates Grossman Continued from page 1
Coakley of Standing with the NRA been fighting against in the Combecause she did not support Gov- monwealth for 40 years!
ernor Patrick’s one gun a month
Anti-civil rights Gubernatorial canlegislation.
didate, Steve Grossman, also isThe article was shared on GOAL sued a challenge to GOAL, for us
social media with this caption: to debate him on the State House
“Grossman accuses Coakley of steps - so GOAL is accepting his
not being an aggressive enough challenge.
gun grabber. Only in MA is a GovTomorrow GOAL’s Executive Direcernors race like this possible.”
tor, Jim Wallace, will stand on the
Grossman saw this and challenged steps of the State House and deGOAL to the debate, also including fend our 2nd Amendment Rights
A.G. Coakley, because in his mind, against this liberal, anti-civil rights
candidate who believes we need
she was “standing with the NRA”.
even more “gun safety reform” in
Shortly before the debate, GOAL
Massachusetts.
released this statement, inviting
Do you have time to come and
members to attend and watch:
support Jim tomorrow at the deSecond Amendment Showdown bate? GOAL is asking supporters
Tomorrow at the State House!
to come stand with him in defense
GOAL Executive Director Jim Wal- of their 2nd Amendment Rights:
lace will stand for the Second
Thursday, April 17th at 1:00pm Amendment and MA Gun Owners
State House Steps
tomorrow when he debates State
Treasurer and candidate for Gov- Limiting gun purchases to one per
ernor Steve Grossman and pos- month, registering private sales at
sibly A.G. Martha Coakley (if she gun shops, and using supposed
“smart technology” on firearms
shows).
would do nothing to stop gun vioDear GOAL Members,
lence in the Commonwealth. What
Late last week, one of the candi- we need is common sense stratedates running to be our next Gov- gies for stopping criminals from
ernor attacked GOAL for not sup- perpetrating crime.
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GOAL Hosts MA Legislators For Our Annual Firearms Safety & Education Day
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GOAL Hosts MA Legislators For Our Annual Firearms Safety & Education Day
GOAL Member and great all around guy, Chris Errington was on hand assisting
with instructing on the trap range.
The day would not be possible without a fantastic crew of volunteer instructors, seen in action here keeping the steel targets primed.
Rep. Ann Gobi stopped by and enjoyed the Kahr Arms 1911.
Smith & Wesson’s Tom Yost was on hand and demonstrated how to shoot the
Steel Challenge. Thanks for everything Tom!
We timed this shot of Rep. Carolyn Dykema shooting the Steel Challenge
perfectly.
Rep. Matt Beaton took 3rd overall in the Steel Challenge
Rep. George Peterson took 2nd overall in the Steel Challenge and won the trap
contest! Good shooting George!
Rep. Chris Walsh was top gun at the steel challenge! Great shooting Chris!
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May 2014
GOAL Training
2014 GOAL Training Schedule
Below is the schedule for courses held at GOAL Headquarters in Northboro, Massachusetts (unless otherwise noted).
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Time
The Art of Concealed Carry in
Massachusetts
June 12, September 17, November 19
Members $75.00
Non-Members $125.00
5:30 - 10:00 PM
Basic Metallic Cartridge Reloading
Sunday July 20, Saturday
November 15
Members $110.00
Non-Members $140.00
5:30 - 10:00 PM
Basic Pistol Course (NRA LTC002)
July 8, July 22, September 9, October 7, October 21, November
18, December 9
Members $95.00
Non-Members $145.00
9:30 AM - 6:30 PM
BFS Primer Course for State
Certified Instructors
September 10, November 26
Members $35.00
Non-Members $65.00
6:00 -10:00 PM (Weeknights)
Close Quarters Combatives
with Mike Anthony
June 5, September 4, November
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Members $60.00
Non-Members $100.00
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Everyday Carry (EDC) Skills &
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June 10, July 15
Members $125.00
Non-Members $155.00
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
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Intro to IDPA
May 24, August 2, September 16
Members $65.00
Non-Members $95.00
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Intro to the Modern Sporting
Rifle - AR15
June 17, July 29,
September 30
Members $75.00
Non-Members $105.00
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
MA Gun Law for Citizens
May 22, July 9, October 15
Members $20.00
Non-Members $75.00
Noon - 3:00 PM
Practical Self Defense for
Women with Michael Anthony
June 19, September 18, November 20
Members $25.00
Non-Members $25.00
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Precision Rifle Reloading with
Jim Finnerty
Sunday September 14
Members $100.00
Non-Members $130.00
10:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Principles of Concealed Carry
*NEW CLASS*
May 27, June 28, July 19, October 18
Members $125.00
Non-Members $175.00
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tactical Carbine with Wes Dos
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August 28 & 29 - Location TBA
Members $350
Non-Members $400
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Utah Non-Resident CCW
May 27, July 26, October 8
Members $80.00
Non-Members $150.00
12:00 - 5:00 (Weekend Class)
5:30 PM - 10:00 PM (Weeknights)
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Patriot Games - Continued from page 9
We, as a nation, need to wake up from
the trance we have been induced into
by the left leaning media and politician, resist Shariah wherever and
whenever we can, and not be afraid
to speak out against groups that
would subvert our country, our freedom of speech and our way of life.
This will be a new feature in GOAL
News – Print Edition. Each month
we will spotlight one of many
criminal Mayors who stand with
Mike Bloomberg and his band of
misguided gun grabbers. Many of
the featured mayors are still in office and still work with Bloomberg
towards disarming law abiding
Amercans.
We are supposed to enjoy freedom of
speech, under the First Amendment,
but Political Correctness is strangling
this nation by giving out labels to
shut us up:
If I openly disagree with the president
I am a racist and a bigot
stream media tells me, I am a Tea
Party extremist
Because I want to protect the constitution from the creeping imposition
of Sharia law, I’m Islamaphobic
While I disagree with what people
may call me, I will defend their right
to do so. That is because of the label I
give myself:
Because I believe that Israel has a
right to protect itself, I am anti-Arab
Because I question what the main-
Mayors Against Illegal Guns Criminal Mayor of the Month.
American.
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This month we are featuring the
former mayor of Hartford, CT.
We’ll let the Hartford Courant tell
the story: “Eddie Perez. The mayor, who promised an era of reform
and accountability when he was
elected nearly a decade ago, was
sentenced to three years in prison
in 2010 for accepting deeply discounted home repairs and trying
to extort a payoff on behalf of a
political ally.
after a jury found him guilty of corruption-related charges that included bribery and extortion. Before his rise to the city’s top office,
Perez was widely praised for his
Perez resigned June 25, one week work as a community organizer.”
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Bettina’s Take - Continued from page 6
Considering recent news about
mayors and other high profile
individuals around the country
leaving this organization because
of the realization that Everytown
is not really about illegal guns,
but about confiscating firearms
from lawful gun owners, one must
question why these Massachusetts mayors continue to be members. Are they interested in reducing crime or violating the rights of
residents in these towns? Protecting your rights and putting criminals, individuals with the “wrong
hands” behind bars, is the reason
we pay taxes, so with all the bad
press that this group has received
-- why are they still members?
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“wrong hands” and want to support “common sense reforms,”
remind them that they are in office to fight crime, not to make it
easier for criminals to break laws.
Remind them that there is no such
thing as an illegal gun. There are
only illegal actions, actions committed by criminals. That is common sense, not what Everytown
wants to make you believe.
It is important that they recognize
that membership in this group is
If you live in one of these cities or a black mark against them, as the
towns, you may wish to contact United States is founded on laws
your mayor’s office and ask them that uphold and protect the rights
just that. Suggest that they re- of the people.
move themselves from this group
Please let me know what feedback
as it is now well-known that Everyyou receive from your effort. Feel
town is working toward violating
free to e-mail me at the address
the rights of law-abiding citizens,
below. If we have some results, I
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is not why we have installed him
or her as mayor. If they are con- Bettina Romberg can be reached
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saxonville
armory
Elm St. Leominster MA 01453 We’re doing a Rapid Fire Rifle & Pistol Plate
Fun Match to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of D-Day. Cost $10.
First relay starts at 9 am. You’ll need your rifle & 40 rounds in clips/mags
& your sidearm with at least 50 rounds (10 rounds in mags/speedloaders). Though it’s a fun shoot, we’d like to Remember the Brave Men who
carried these firearms while Fighting for Freedom. Instead of prizes, we
would like to donate the proceeds to the Johnny Ro Veterans Memorial
on Mechanic St. Details: www.lsa-ma.org
•Fitchburg Sportsmen’s Club - Trap shoots on Wednesdays at 6:00 PM.
These are held at the Club located at 289 Rindge State Road, (Route 119),
Ashburnham, MA. For more info please contact Keith Maynard via email
[email protected]. We usually have some hamburgers and hot
dogs available along with soda for purchase at a very reasonable price. stop by and break some clays!
•Massachusetts Gallery Pistol League Championship - Sunday June 1,
2014 - Sharon Fish & Game Club - $75.00 - for more information contact
Donald Holmes - [email protected]
•Lowell Sportsmen’s Club - Trap & Skeet: every Sunday at 1pm and
Wednesday at 10am, $3/round
•Marlboro Fish & Game Club - 3D archery - breakfast & sign up starting at 7 AM in the hall. If you are new to archery this is a fun way to learn
to shoot actual 3 dimensional targets in a hunting scenario. Check our
website for more details.
•The Old Colony Sportsman’s Assoc. is holding as-Issued MIlitary Matches
(CMP) on June 15, July 13, Aug. 17, Sept. 14 and Oct. 5 , 2014. The location of
the range is: Old Colony Sportman’s Assn. in Pembroke, MA. Firing Begins:
8:30am. For more info contact the match director: Franco Scarpino at
[email protected].
•Swift River Sportsman’s Club - Join us on Saturday, June 14 for the
2nd Amendment Flag Day Rally at 12:00. Raffles, music and guest speakers to include Jim Wallace, Rich Dupre, Tara Kozub, Hal Shurtleff, Christopher Pinto and MANY MORE! Sponsored by the Ware Republican Town
Committee. This is going to be HUGE! For more information, contact
Chuck Dowd at 413-668-4145 or Ray Mainville at 413-237-7152 or visit
http://www.swiftriversportsmans.org/.
•Wrentham Sportsmen’s Association - June 8 - Pistol, Center Fire with 3
inch barrel or shorter. All are $20.00 entry fee. 1:00 pm start.
•Petersham Gun Club - Sporting Clays course open every Wednesday at
12 noon. Sundays open 10am till 1pm. Hot lunch served every Sunday.
Contact [email protected].
•If your club has an open to the public event you would like to
promote, please email the info to [email protected]
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Club News: Worcester
Worcester Pistol and Rifle Club
May 1, 2014
President Al Bonofiglio opened the
meeting at 7:00 pm
Reports:
Secretary – Ann Kerouac
Ann read the E-Board minutes into
the record.
Treasurer’s Report – Mike Swett
Mike presented an accounting of the
Club’s current funds.
IDPA Practice on 06/01/14 @ 1700
IDPA Match: 06/14/14 @ 0800
General Meeting: Thursday, 06/05/14,
MR @ 1900
No bills appear to be moving on Beacon Hill.
GOAL EDC Skills & Knowledge: Tuesday, 06/10/14, 1000 – 1700, AR
Goal would like to thank the Worcester pistol rifle club for hosting our
progressive carbine course with Scott
Germaine. The class was excellent
and the weather was terrible. We left
the facility better than we found it
and all barrels including indoor and
outdoor barrels were emptied and we
did a hell of a job policing the brass.
It appears that the state police, towns
and firearm record bureau are catching up with licenses as we are hearing
that delays continue to be declining.
Next meeting will be held at Eight
Point Sportsman’s Club on May 16,
2014.
In closing, we hope that WP&R Club
members found the Gun Law presentation to be worth their time. I’m honored to share what I know.
Competitive Shooting
GOAL Intro to AR-15, Tuesday,
06/17/14, 1100 – 1700, OP and RR
GOAL NRA Basic Pistol: Tuesday
06/24/14, OP or IR, 1300 – 1600
Membership – Brian Frappier
After deleting 74 people for failure to
renew on time, the current Membership stands at 720 members which
breaks down to breaks down to 59
Life, 644 Regular, 1 Junior and 2 Honorary.
Pin Shoots: Sunday 06/22/14, OP,
1200 Set-Up, 1230 Registration,
1245 Safety Brief
Also included in the 720 are 13 Life
Members who have not renewed yet
and 1 member who has taken a Leave
of Absence.
Reminder: All training events have to
be scheduled. Members wishing to
conduct a training event must coordinate with the XO. Any non-standard
training must have E-Board approval.
We invited a total of 105 Applicants
knowing that some of them would
not show up. We had 66 Applicants
show up.
Out of the 66 who showed up we have
61 here tonight to be voted on for
membership into the Club. There are
also some who can’t make it tonight
and will attend next month.
Harout Aprahamian, Joseph Lavallee, Robert Arakelian, Warren Lavallee, Michael Archambeault, Tin Le,
Erik Baldwin, Michael Marrone, Jonthan Barnard, Khoury McCoy, Wayne
Berard, James McCoy, Gerald Berlyn,
Michael Michaeles, James Bernardino, Thomas Blasko, Lauren Misale,
Justin Bullock, James Mooney, Richard Cehon Jr., David Motameni, Yang
Chhoeuk, Jimmy Ngo, George Cooke,
Daniel Nolan, Jonathan Daige, Steven Nordstrom, Zachary Daniels,
David Olen, John Demac, Leonard
Pacek, Debra DiLeo, Jonathan Pehl,
Andreas Dillenkoffer, Timothy Pearce,
Courtney Edson, Gary Ring, Sharon
Griffin Edson, Victoria Roman, John
Esposito, Francis Foley Jr., Daniel
Fontaine, Ryan Sens, Jordan Gabriel,
Marjeta Skenderi, Jeffrey Gaucher,
Salvatore Smarra, Stephen Goulet,
Daniel Smith, Timothy Gray, Vincent
Squiciari, Brandon Greenwood, Scott
Stankus, Michael Healy, Wayne Tomasetta, Aimo “Kal” Hyyrynen, Edward
Tonelli Jr., Byron Knowles, Marco Tropeano, Phi Lam and Lawrence Wiles
HFS: Sunday, 06/22/14, 1300, (Meeting Room)
Please remember to contact Bill
Hardell for any additions or deletions
to the calendar. You can use the link
from the club website under the “Club
Officers” tab. Any additions / corrections need to be made two weeks out
so we can get them posted on-line.
Indoor / Outdoor Ranges:
Mike Henry: The next Work Party is
scheduled for 05/18/14. The June
Work Party is on 06/08/14. Remember, Work Party credits are tied to the
new renewal schedule.
Please remember to use the dud
bucket. Try to remember to put duds
only in the dud bucket. Expended
brass goes in the brass buckets.
Website:
Website maintenance continues on
an almost daily basis. Craig Hibbert
has made numerous changes to the
calendar, updated the format to support a new tab with meeting minutes and maintained the home page.
Please contact Bill for any questions
regarding the website.
2013 WORK PARTY RESULTS:
For 2013 we had 53 Club Members
participate in the work Party program. Fourteen members went over
the eight hour minimum requirement.
An additional thirteen members met
the eight hour requirement. Besides
Mike Henry, who had over 50 hours,
we also had Doug Kort, Paul Noreika
and Mike Gordon with 20 plus hours.
Each year we hold a drawing for all of
the members who participated in the
Work Party program.
All applicants were voted into Membership.
The winners of the XO’s Work Party
Drawing are:
Executive Officer Report – Bill Hardell - Calendar Events
Mike Henry: Back-Up Gun
Current 2014 calendars are posted at
the club through August. The full year
on-line version is posted. Please remember to check the on-line version
for updates. We will be adding additional training events through the
year. Please review the calendar and
contact Bill Hardell with any changes
and or corrections. If you have a request to schedule event please see
Bill.
May Schedule
GOAL Intro to IDPA:
05/24/14, 1100 – 1700, AP
Saturday,
GOAL Principles of Concealed Carry:
Tuesday, 05/27/14, AP 0900 – 1700
Holiday Range Rules are in effect for
Monday, 05/26/14
June Schedule
Pistol & Rifle
transfers. Goal has just announced
our latest raffle which will have the
winner taking a 4000 round grand
prize to include .223, 45ACP, 9 mm
and 12 gauge ammunition.
Steel Challenge: Sunday 06/01/14 OP
/ AP / RR, 1200 – 1600
Work Party Sunday 06/08/14 @ 0800
It was decided to hold a Orientation
Meeting on Thursday, April 24. Membership was instructed to invite everyone who had sent in a completed
and signed Application for Membership up to that date.
May 2014
Paul Noreika: $100.00 Gift Certificate
/ Cash
Dave Prouty: $50.00 Gift Certificate /
Cash
Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the club in 2013!
GOAL – Bill Hardell for Jon Green
First off, Northborough’s question
58 went down in flames and that’s a
big win for gun ranges and property
owners’ rights in the Commonwealth.
Many thanks to our club members
who are also Northborough residents
and who attended the meetings over
the past several nights. I especially
would like to thank Mike Sweeney for
providing information on this very
important Northborough article.
Congratulations to our latest five raffle winners and to both Pullman Arms
and the Gun Parlor for handling the
FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING
GOAL, GO TO THE WEBSITE AT WWW.
GOAL.ORG
Worcester County League – Dave
Morin
The last meeting was held at the Nimrod League of Holden on April 18,
2014. President Ron Amidon requested all maintain a good relationship
with their elected officials as well as
an open line of communication. Unity of the diverse interests gathered
under the umbrella of sportsmen is
important to our future.
Twenty-two of approximately 60
member clubs were present – Auburn
Sportsmen’s Club, Bay Path Archers,
Brookfield Rod & Gun, Central mass
Trout Unlimited, Century Sportsman’s Club, Gardner Rifle & Pistol
Club, Hamilton Rod & Gun Club, Hubbardston Rod & Gun Club, Leicester
Rod % Gun Club, Maspenock Rod &
Gun Club, New England Fly Tyers,
Nimrod League of Holden, Norco
Sportsmen’s Club, North Brookfield
Sportsmen’s Club, North Grafton Fish,
Game & Bird Club, North Worcester
Fox & Coon Club, Otter River Sportsmen’s Club, Singletary Rod & Gun
Club, Spencer Fish & Game Club,
South Barre Rod & Gun Club, Millers
River Trout Unlimited and Worcester
Pistol and Rifle Club.
Mike, the Raffle Guy – Mike Burchman
Mike explained the Monthly and the
Big Spring Raffles
The Gun Parlor donated a variety of
ammunition for Al will be contacting
Carr Arms for the donation of a gun
for next years big raffle.
Worcester Pistol Team – Tim Wells
We just held our last match until the
Fall. Tim explained how the Team
works and invited new members to
check it out when competition begins again in the Fall. Contact Tim for
more information.
The Team’s Win/Loss record is not
available as yet due to the delay in
reporting on the part of some other
clubs.
Pin Shoot – Ann for John Cunningham - Last Sunday we had the first
pin shoot of the season. Despite the
rain we had a record crowd twenty-six
shooters the second largest in recent
years. All competitors competed in
the same division, rim-fire and center-fire, semi-auto and revolver. The
match winners are: Erik Olson, Alex
Tellert and Alec Lopez. The next pin
shoot is Sunday May 18th one week
early due to the Memorial Day weekend. Registration starts at Noon first
shots at 12:30 all are invited!
Special thanks to Bob Flumere who
built the tables and all those that
helped with setup and running the
match.
IDPA - Al informed members that IDPA
information is available online.
Steel Plate Challenge – Mike French
Mike informed members about how
the Steel Match Challenge works.
Guest Speaker was Bill Davis, District
Supervisor of the Central Wildlife District, Division of Fisheries & Wildlife.
Bill spoke on various subjects and activities that are ongoing in the Central
District.
There is a flyer downstairs as well as a
website for more information and to
register. First match will be held June
1, 2014
Trout stocking trucks have been making double runs to make up for the
late start to the Spring season. River
and stream stocking began about two
weeks ago when the waters dropped
to acceptable levels. The stocking
list will be updated every Friday. Info
may be obtained at www.masswildlife.org website or by calling the District office at 508-835-3607 ext 13
NEW BUSINESS - none
A youth deer Hunt is being considered
by Mass wildlife and would take place
on the 4th Saturday after Labor Day.
New hunting opportunities for our
kids to enjoy – stay tuned!
On April 9, 2014 the League attended
and testified on House Bill 3963. This
is an Act authorizing the use of bow
and arrows for Sunday hunting. This
would be archery only of Sundays
during deer season. No one attended
to speak for the opposition.
With the exploding beaver population
in Massachusetts, it is the League’s
firm position that the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife should be managing the beaver and all other wildlife in
the Commonwealth.
Please support House Bill 750 and
write or call you legislators to do the
same.
OLD BUSINESS – none
Good and Welfare of the Club – Mike
the Raffle Guy
Keep your gun pointed in a safe direction at all times
Safety Officer – John Hinson
Remember to SIGN IN – whether you
are on indoor or outdoor range, you
sign in when you arrive and sign out
when you leave. Any guests must also
sign in and out. At the bottom of the
page is a waiver and your signature
states that you agree to the
Donation of American Flag –
Ken Bourgeois donated the flag given
to the family at his father’s death last
year. His father was a veteran of the
Navy. Ken will get us more details of
his father’s birth and death dates, as
well as his years of service.
Next E-Board meeting May 20, 2014 at
6:45
Next General meeting June 5, 2014 at
7:00 – last meeting before Summer
break. Next meeting after that will be
the first Thursday in September
Motion to adjourn at 7:38 pm
May 2014
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