March 2014 - Gun Owners Action League

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The Official Monthly Publication of Gun Owners’ Action League - Protecting Your Freedom Since 1975
March 2014 Dedicated to Education, Safety, Training, and Support of Massachusetts Firearms Owners
Still Waiting
Public Safety Committee Yet to Release New Legislation
Legislative wait continues.
March 12, 2014
tive gun laws in the country and
that since those laws were passed
our in-state gun related homicides
have increased by 67%. Ask that
they look at the nation as a whole,
remind them how the majority of
states have passed laws which lessen
restrictions and do away with prohibitions and that during this entire
time violent crime and gun related
murder has dropped considerably
nationwide.
By Mike Sweeney
The Joint Committee on Public
Safety and Homeland Security is
yet to release any new legislation regarding Second Amendment issues.
Over the past month Representative Harold Naughton, the committee chair has been on the road
again meeting with citizens on his
self named “gun violence” listening
tour.
Recently his tour made a stop at
South Barre Sportsman’s Club
where he was joined by local Rep. Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security Chairman Hank Naughton continues touring the
Anne Gobi and a roomful of club
state and discussing the issues with concerned parties. Photo by Mike Sweeney
members, Second Amendment
(2A) advocates and sportsmen and showing up to speak out against any continue a dialogue with your state
women (see write up by GOAL BoD and all new restrictions and for re- representative and state senator,
storing and protecting our 2A.
urge them to pass legislation that
President Jay Beard in this issue)
punishes criminals instead of law
The tour has continued making While we wait for the legislation to
abiding citizens. Remind them that
stops throughout the state and come out of committee, we would
we have some of the most restricGOAL members have continued like to urge our membership to
Special Report: Deception - How the Mom’s and Mayors
deceive America into believing guns should be banned
Thank you everyone for your continued advocacy and support of our
Second Amendment freedom. As
always we will update as soon as information becomes available.
Thank you from GOAL President of the Board
of Directors, Jay Beard.
of their corporate being, and I do 2/26/14
mean “corporate”, especially with
From
Merriam
–
Webster:
Last night, Tuesday February 25th
the mom’s.
de•cep•tion
was a very cold night in So Barre,
In the days following the horrible but there was a very hot topic being
noun \di-ˈsep-shən\ : the act of makmurders in Newtown CT, anti free- discussed inside of the South Barre
ing someone believe something
dom legislation and groups came Sportsman’s Club with standing
that is not true : the act of deceivout of the woodwork. The groups room only for the Second Amending someone : an act or statement
suddenly advocating for the disar- ment supporters and many GOAL
intended to make people believe
mament of law abiding Americans members. The meeting, one of over
something that is not true
masqueraded as a group of con- thirty attended by State Rep. Hank
The old saying about “you can fool cerned mothers, but were they?
Naughton, Chairman of Public
some of the people some of the
Who is this concerned mothers Safety and Homeland Security. As
time, but not all of the people all of
group anyways? Let’s take a look at stated by Rep Naughton; “By and
the time” certainly holds true when
a few facts posted by blogger Miguel large these meetings have been dewe’re looking at the operations and
liberate ...and respectful on both
G on his blog “Gun Free Zone”.
methods of the many groups worksides of the argument”. There were
“Moms Demand Action for Gun many questions and direct answers
ing to erode our basic freedoms.
Sense in America is the new astroturf along with some confusion about
The mom’s, mayors and “anti gun
“grassroots” gun control movement the Joint Committee on Public Safeviolence” groups all run on an enout there. Yes, one tends to be a tad ty and Homeland Security’s mission
gine fueled by deceit, it’s at the core
Continued on page 10
and the committee appointed by
House Speaker Robert DeLeo which
released a “gun violence” report on
February 6th. Without question, if
the public didn’t get detailed coverage provided by GOAL News the
sound bite media would have left
many confused and in the dark.
Deception.
GOAL will continue to work with
our legislature towards real solutions which address these issues.
(see our report response in last
month’s issue of GOAL News Print
Edition)
Pictured: Rep. Gobi, Senator Brewer and GOAL
Exec. Director Jim Wallace
that kind of support for gun owners
and sportsmen and women here in
central Mass and on Beacon Hill.
GOAL Executive Director Jim Wallace was quick to point out that
GOAL has not been sitting back and
waiting for a landslide of bills to hit
the floor but leading the charge to
push back the misinformation and
be critical of any and all proposed
legislation that would seek to limit
or restrict your 2A Civil Rights. At
the same time it was good to hear
that this committee was strongly in
favor of GOAL’s bill which includes
creating a State Police registry of violent criminals They were also supportive of beginning an overhaul
The best news as pointed out By of the LTC process for new licenses
Senator Steve Brewer, Rep. Anne and renewals.
Gobi and Rep. Hank Naughton was
that the three legislators represent- All together a good night to get
ed 59 years of service. They all have the GOAL message out, just as the
a GOAL A+ rating, a record that the GOAL Board of Directors did this
Senator and GOAL are both very past weekend at the Big-E sportsproud of. We are grateful to have Continued on page 8
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March 2014
From the Executive Director
News and Notes by Jim Wallace
Update on legislation.
At the time of this writing, GOAL
has not been made aware of any
gun legislation coming out of the
Public Safety Committee. While at
a few of the recent gun shows, a few
people were confused about the release of the report from the House
Speaker’s non-legislative committee
that released “Strategies for Reducing Gun Violence in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts”. Information on this report can be found
at: http://www.goal.org/newspages/
report-response-2-6-14.html. Some
people we talked to thought this was
already passed into law, when in actuality it had not even been introduced as a bill yet. This was merely a
report and a bad one at that. So bad,
in fact, that we have not heard the
Speaker defend it once.
allowing his child or ward, who has
not attained age fifteen, the supervised use of a rifle or shotgun or ammunition therefor, according to the
provisions of section one hundred and
twenty-nine C, nor from furnishing
such child or ward, who has attained
age fifteen, with a rifle or shotgun
that is not a large capacity weapon or
ammunition; provided, however, that
said child or ward, being fifteen years
of age or older, has been issued a valid
firearm identification card or alien
permit to possess a rifle or shotgun
which is in his possession. Nothing
in this section shall be construed to
prohibit an instructor from furnishing rifles or shotguns or ammunition
therefor to pupils; provided, however,
that said instructor has the consent of
a parent or guardian of a pupil under
the age of eighteen years.
The section intertwines law regardAny potential bills should come out ing aliens and youth making it a
of the Joint Committee on Public very difficult read. It also utilizes the
Safety. The Committee held five term “furnish” which is not a familformal regional hearings last year iar legal term to most gun owners.
and many more informal forums GOAL’s suggested solution was filed
throughout the state. What may or at the beginning of this legislative
may not come out as legislation is session. H.3273 An Act Relative to
still anyone’s guess. As soon as we Youth Firearm Training and Comknow something we will alert our petition was filed on our behalf by
members.
Representative George Peterson.
Youth Firearm Training
GOAL continually receives questions regarding youth training and
competition. Most of these come
from clubs that are not sure what is
legal. The problem stems from very
confusing language currently in
Chapter 140, Section 130:
Section 130. Whoever sells or furnishes a rifle, shotgun or ammunition to any alien eighteen years of age
or older who does not hold a permit
card issued to him under section one
hundred and thirty-one H or, except
as provided in this section or section
one hundred and thirty-one E, whoever sells or furnishes any alien or
any person under eighteen years of
age a rifle, shotgun, machine gun or
ammunition, or whoever sells or furnishes to any person under 21 years
of age a firearm or large capacity rifle
or shotgun or ammunition therefor
shall have his license to sell firearms,
rifles, shotguns, machine guns and or
ammunition revoked and shall not be
entitled to apply for such license for
ten years from the date of such revocation and shall be punished by a
fine of not less than $1,000 nor more
than $10,000, or by imprisonment in
a state prison for not more than ten
years or by imprisonment in a house
of correction for not more than two
and one-half years, or by both such
fine and imprisonment. Nothing in
this section or section one hundred
and thirty-one E shall be construed
to prohibit a parent or guardian from
The bill simply takes the two different subject matters and splits them
into two different sections of law.
We believe our proposed language
change will provide some much
needed clarity when it comes to the
firearm safety training provided
to our junior shooters within the
Commonwealth.
H.3273 An Act relative to youth
firearm training and competition.
SECTION 1. Section 130 of Chapter 140 of the Massachusetts General
Laws shall be amended by deleting
the section in its entirety and putting
in its place the following:Section 130. Whoever sells or
furnishes a rifle, shotgun or ammunition to any alien eighteen years of age
or older who does not hold a permit
card issued to him under section one
hundred and thirty-one H or, except
as provided in this section or section
one hundred and thirty-one E, whoever sells or furnishes any alien a rifle,
shotgun, machine gun or ammunition, shall have his license to sell firearms, rifles, shotguns, machine guns
and or ammunition revoked and
shall not be entitled to apply for such
license for ten years from the date of
such revocation and shall be punished by a fine of not less than $1,000
nor more than $10,000, or by imprisonment in a state prison for not more
than ten years or by imprisonment
in a house of correction for not more
than two and one-half years, or by
both such fine and imprisonment.
SECTION 2. Chapter 140 of the
Massachusetts General Laws shall be
amended by inserting Section 130 the
following new Section:Section 130A Youth Firearm
Training, Competition, Activities
Notwithstanding any general
or special law to the contrary, it shall
be lawful to furnish a weapon, as defined in Section 121 of Chapter 140 of
the General Laws, to a minor for purposes of hunting, recreation, instruction, participation in shooting sports
and any other lawful uses while under the supervision of a holder of a
valid Firearm Identification Card or
License to Carry appropriate for the
weapon in use, providing the parent
or guardian of said minor has granted consent for such activities.
Any person violating (a)
or (b) above shall be punished by
fine of not less than $1,000 nor more
than $10,000, or by imprisonment in
a state prison for not more than ten
years or by imprisonment in a house
of correction for not more than two
and one-half years, or by both such
fine and imprisonment.
Changes in Hunting Laws
As this column is being written we
are approaching the deadline for
legislative committees to report
out legislation. They basically have
three choices when making their
reports. They can release bills with
a “favorable”, “ought not to pass”
or place the bills in what’s called a
“study order”. Traditionally study
orders are the death of any given bill
sent there, but sometimes there is a
legitimate need for more work to be
done on a particular bill before it is
brought to the floor.
of age. Many youth hunters miss
out on all or a portion of their first
hunting season because they turn 15
just prior or during. Massachusetts
law requires that once you turn 15
you must have an FID card to hunt
with a firearm. Because of a delay in
applying and then receiving a card,
time is often last.
H.809 An Act Relative to the
Hunting of Bear filed by Rep. Todd
Smola would repeal the prohibition
on the use of bait and hounds for
hunting bear. This law was the result of the infamous 1996 referendum “Question 1”. As bear populations continue to increase and begin
to spread beyond the traditional urban settings it is essential that the
Division of Fisheries and Wildlife
(DFW) be allowed to manage them.
The most effective population management tool is hunting, and baiting bear is the most effective means
in fairly urban areas. Baiting allows
the hunter to harvest the bear in a
safe and controlled manner.
H.728 An Act Relative to the Use
of Crossbows in Hunting filed by
Senator Don Humason and H.713
of the same name are identical pieces of legislation that would simply
do away with the statutory prohibitions on the use of crossbows for
hunting. As it stands now they can
only be used for hunting if one has
a medical reason. The passage of
Our members are well aware of the these bills would allow the DFW to
potential gun bills that might come regulate their use as they do with
our way, but we are also waiting to other hunting means.
see what might happen with some H.711 An Act Relative to the Use
of the hunting legislation. Some of of Shotguns filed by Representative
those we are watching are listed be- Anne Gobi would end the statutory
low:
prohibition on the use of shotgun
H.2183 An Act Relative to Youth slugs for bear hunting. With the
Hunting Programs filed by Rep. modern design and effectiveness
George Peterson would lower the of shotgun slugs there is no reason
application age for a Firearms Iden- why this type of ammunition cantification Card (FID) to 14 years not be utilized for harvesting black
bear in Massachusetts.
March 2014
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From The Editor
License inequity
March 2014
Here in the Commonwealth there
sure has been a lot of license news
lately.
A couple of months ago, GOAL ran
a front page article describing “citizen abuse” by the Commonwealth.
This abuse stems from the state’s
refusal to issue firearms licenses in
a timely fashion as prescribed by
law. To make things worse, many
citizens who attempt to apply are
being abused by their local licensing
authority.
Many are discouraged from even
beginning the process of applying. This discouragement comes in
two forms; first, the applicant being
rudely treated and often disrespected by their local licensing authority. Second, applicants who live in
certain cities and towns are told that
they have to make an appointment
and wait up to 6 months, just to begin the process of applying! Then,
if the applicant is lucky, the police
department will issue the license
at some point during the next 6-12
months.
How deep does the DCF incompetence go? Let’s break it down; the
state has over 2400 social workers
to keep tabs on things, one-third
of which aren’t licensed. The issue comes to light when one child
goes missing and gets worse when
it turns out that hundreds are missing. So what does Governor Patrick
do to fix the problem? He immediately allocates another 32.6 million
tax dollars for the DCF so they can
hire more social workers. This all
happened in the span of a week or
two, kid disappears, kids report issues, investigation begins, problems
surface and boom 32 million is allocated towards fixing the problem.
I’ll bet you that the 32 million won’t
even make a dent in the many issues
plaguing the DCF.
time for “progressive” Massachusetts to rethink that.
During the past twenty plus years
the majority of the country, 42 states
have moved to “shall issue” firearms
licenses for a license to carry concealed, in other words, if you’re not
a federally prohibited person the
state will issue you a license without
restriction. During this same time
period violent crime and gun related homicides have dropped. Here
in MA our stubborn legislature
continues to punish the law abiding, refusing to change the law. Our
violent crime stats have also bucked
the national trend, climbing steadily
since the laws were changed in 1998.
nals and doesn’t prevent crime, it
only makes the law abiding more
vulnerable.
For this reason I would urge the
legislature to work with the same
urgency to reform our laws, make
them more respectful of the law
abiding and restore freedom to the
good people of the Commonwealth.
I know they can do it, they’ve shown
that they can, it’s just a matter of
having the courage to do the right
thing.
As the old saying goes, “Houston we
have a problem” yet the MA legislature refuses to acknowledge it and
More recently we just had the big
continues to keep legislation more
“upskirt” scandal in which a man
respectful of our Second Amendwas arrested for using his cell phone
ment Civil Rights stuck in the comto take photographs up the skirts of
Just do it.
mittee quagmire.
unsuspecting female subway passengers in Boston.
Keeping good people from being
able to protect themselves by a manLong story short the case made it all
ner of their choice and by the most
the way to our State Supreme Judieffective means possible is never
cial Court. The justices released an
good policy. It doesn’t stop crimiRecently I read with interest a cou- opinion that the man was not in viple of stories which nicely frame olation of the law as it was written.
our argument that the Common- Much furor and outrage ensued (is
G
wealth does not want citizens law- anyone else getting sick of “outrage”
fully in possession of firearms and on and in the news?) and once again,
has little if any interest in fixing the long story short, the MA legislature
many broken aspects of our current quickly jumped in. Within 32 hours
they changed the law to make the
system.
actions of the MBTA voyeur illegal.
For example:
Isn’t it interesting that the goverThe first was a story that broke last
nor was able to throw 32 million at
month in regard to the Massachua problem in about a week, claim it
setts Department of Children and
as fixed and jet off to Costa Rica?
Families (DCF) employing almost
I can’t decide which is more abra800 unlicensed social workers. This
sive to me, that or the fact that the
accounts for more than one-third
legislature and governor were able
of all social workers on the state
to change the voyeurism law in less
payroll. To make things even more
than 32 hours.
interesting the state has no requirement for their employees to be li- Clearly our government can act
censed, if however a social worker quickly when it suits them, or when
is not employed by the state, they they look like a large collection of
Directions: Rte. 84E to Rte. 90 E (M ass
horses asses on the national news.
must be licensed.
Pike), to Exit 10, 290N to 495S to exit
On both issues they moved with
The usual do as I say, not as I do
24B (Route 20), go 1 mile to show
unprecedented speed and made
from the state of Massachusetts.
change where they saw fit, or, so
This is especially troubling as even
they didn’t look like incompetent
more recent reports have shown
idiots - you decide.
that as many as 130 children in DCF
custody are now missing. To make I found it very telling that they were
things worse, our legislature spent more concerned with stopping voymost of the last year expending a eurs on the Green Line than they
tremendous amount of energy on are with stopping rapists all over the
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Bettina’s Take: The Shocking Origins of Gun Control
The Shocking Origins of Gun Control: The Racist History of an Idea
I just finished this terrific little book
called, The Truth About Gun Control, by David B. Kopel.
It’s a quick read and gives great information about the origins of the
abridgment of our rights. I learned
a lot from reading this little book,
and I thought I’d share some of it
with you.
It starts with the history of the Second Amendment and how it is an
extension of our right to our own
lives.
were defeated, arms would be taken
away and militias and the manufacture of firearms in the colonies
would be outlawed. He evidently
saw the connection between liberty
and firearms!
The most shocking part of this
book for me was the origin of gun
control after we became a country. Did you know that gun control
started after the Civil War, because
many Southern states did not want
former slaves to own firearms? Mississippi, for example, kept freedmen
enslaved by enacting codes that said
no former slaves were allowed to
“keep or carry firearms of any kind
or carry ammunition” without police permission. In areas where the
Ku Klux Klan was in control, this
was the first thing that was done.
The KKK was the first gun control
group!
Firearms have been part of our nation since the early days of settlement. Many colonies required gun
ownership in order to reside in the
New World. In many cases, colonists were required to carry while
traveling – even if they were going
Congress did respond with the
to church.
Freedmen’s Bureau Act and the 14th
Cesar Beccaria (1738-1794), an ItalAmendment, which upheld the
ian scholar known as the father of
right to bear arms for all Americans.
criminology after he published his
Many Congressmen at the time speinternational bestseller, On Crimes
cifically said that the 14th Amendand Punishments, and admired by
ment was to guarantee freedmen the
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams
ability to protect themselves against
is quoted:
Klansmen. This forced Southern
“The laws which forbid men to bear states to repeal laws that disarmed
arms…only disarm those who are ex-slaves and instead try chipping
neither inclined nor determined to away at their rights by other methcommit crimes. Can it be supposed ods, such as requiring permits and
that those who have the courage to banning the sale of certain types of
violate the most sacred laws of hu- guns.
manity and the most important in
Sound familiar?
the civil code will respect the lesser
and more arbitrary laws? These These infringements were expanded
laws make the victims of attack when many Europeans were immiworse off and improve the position grating to the United States in the
of the assailant. They do not reduce 19th Century, and continued well
the murder rate but increase it, be- into the 1960’s during the Civil
cause an unarmed man can be at- Rights Era.
tacked with more confidence than
Kopel outlines in the book that the
an armed man.”
first act of totalitarian governments
During the Revolutionary War, the is to confiscate firearms. As he says,
British Under Secretary of State “Consider the steps: 1) registration;
William Knox wrote an essay, What 2) confiscation; 3) extermination.
Is Fit to be Done with America? In Steps 1 and 2 do not always result in
it, he says that once the colonists step 3. But step 3 is almost always
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advocated for handgun prohibition
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March 2014
Patriot Games
7
By: Steve Moysey
A Deadly Convergence
“An appeaser is one who feeds a croc- make that parallel, as it just doesn’t
fit the narrative of the Obama adodile, hoping it will eat him last.”
ministration .
- Sir Winston Churchill
Easing of economic sanctions and
This great nation of ours, despite
freeing up of billions of dollars in
what some of our political leaders
assets are among the things that
may say – is still a great nation, at
Iran is readily accepting in a tempoa very perilous crossroads. Through
rary deal to halt a weapons program
vain and feckless leadership, poor
they claim doesn’t exist, while sicabinet appointments and a total
multaneously stating they have the
lack of believable, or even apparent,
right to continue uranium enrichstrategy, this country stands at the
ment.
brink of one of the most dangerous
times since the Cuban missile crisis. Kerry sought to placate an understandably irate Israel over the Iran
Five years into this administration’s
nuclear deal, insisting it would make
term, where are we in relation to our
America’s key ally in the Middle
national security and foreign poliEast safer over the next six months.
cy? The Middle East has been a diWith Benjamin Netanyahu, the Issaster. Obama’s incompetence and
failed diplomacy led to the debacle
in Syria which, combined with his
misguided support of the Muslim
Brotherhood in Egypt, paved the
path for Russia to resume its role as
a central player in the Middle East.
Obama’s courting and appeasement of extremist adversaries like
Iran and his alienation of friends,
and hollow threats, have convinced
traditional allies such as Israel that
the United States has become a paper tiger and can no longer be relied
upon.
As far as Israel is concerned, Obama
has shown his true colors only just
recently. After all, not facing another
election means he no longer has to
play nice with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. With Secretary
of State John Kerry shuttling back
and forth pushing his Palestinian
agenda down the Israelis throats,
and ignoring the Palestinian intransigence and total unwillingness to
compromise, Obama made veiled
threats to our friend. A veiled threat
that, unless Israel made further concessions, the US would be limited
in its ability to protect Israel from
“international fallout” at the United Nations and other international
bodies. With friends like that…
raeli prime minister, denouncing
the agreement as an “historic mistake,” Kerry issued an assurance that
the US was “not being led down the
primrose path” by Iran. Netanyahu
said the world had “become a much
more dangerous place,” but Kerry
Then of course we have the laugh- claimed there was “no daylight” beable pantomime with Iran, with tween the US and Israel over Iran’s
Kerry and Obama brokering a deal, nuclear program.
ostensibly to curtail the develop- Now, Iran claims it does not want
ment of an Iranian nuclear weap- nuclear weapons. But the Ayatolons program, and telling us the lahs have a history of lying, going
world is a safer place because of the all the way back to 1978-79 when
agreement. With the aid of a doting the Ayatollah Khomeini claimed
mainstream media, we are all told that he had no interest in governing
this is a good thing and we should Iran after the Islamic revolution. He
be grateful for the expert statesman- made this statement repeatedly to
ship - and the secret backchannel the international media. He was, of
negotiation out of Senate oversight course, lying – just as the Iranians
scrutiny - that has brought us to the are lying today about their nuclear
point of appeasing Iran and their ambitions. Khomeini ruled Iran as
relentless grab at nuclear weapons. a totalitarian dictator for an entire
Parallels of Neville Chamberlin, decade until his death. Paying attenHitler and the peace in our time tion to the pattern here?
agreement are all too chilling right
now, but the media is never going to It is once again worth noting that
we have seen this scenario before.
Back in 1994, in a deal referred to as
the “Agreed Framework,” Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter combined to
forge a deal with North Korea that
was supposed to prevent that country from building nuclear weapons.
It failed. In fact, Jimmy Carter can
rightly be referred to as the Father
of the North Korean Atomic Bomb.
North Korea took the largesse that
that deal provided and kept up its
work on building bombs. Clinton
and Carter to this day continue to
lie about what the Agreed Framework accomplished. What it actually accomplished was to provide the
cover necessary for a rogue nation
to become a nuclear power. It is sig-
or worse, looking the other way.
Let’s not forget that Obama was
caught on microphone telling Dmitry Medvedev that he would have
more flexibility after his reelection
to deal with contentious issues such
as missile defense. The exchange
between the US and Russian presidents was picked up by microphone
without either leader apparently
knowing.
Obama: “On all these issues, but
particularly missile defense, this,
this can be solved but it’s important
for him to give me space.”
Medvedev replies: “Yeah, I understand. I understand your message
about space. Space for you …”
Obama retorts: “This is my last election. After my election I have more
flexibility.”
Medvedev finishes: “I understand.
I will transmit this information to
Vladimir [Putin].”
What kind of flexibility did he
mean?
nificant that the Agreed Framework
was fashioned in such a way as to
avoid the necessity for Senate ratification. The Obama-Kerry-Ayatollah agreement does the exact same
thing. It bypassed the Senate’s constitutional authority and responsibility to ratify foreign treaties. And
the inevitable result will be Iran as a
nuclear power.
And then there is Russia.
Mitt Romney – to his credit - correctly identified the Russian bear as
the top geopolitical foe of the US,
only to be ridiculed by the Democrat’s as living in a 1980’s cold war
time warp. He also correctly characterized Iran as “the greatest national security threat we face.” All
of this before Putin rolled up the
Crimean region of the Ukraine as
we stand by and do precious little,
aside from threating sanctions, to
stop him from potentially moving
into the eastern part of the country to protect “Russian interests.”
Obama again said there was a line
and if crossed, there would be consequences. Consequences, crossing
a line? Sounds like Syria again and I
very much doubt that Vlad the Impaler is shaking in his Cossack boots
at the thought of Barry’s “consequence” The only consequences I
see are a few more rounds of golf
for POTUS while the Ukraine spirals into civil war.
Vladimir Putin, we all acknowledge,
is a former KGB thug who treats
Obama with palpable disdain and
obvious dislike. Vlad the Impaler
, who is a Judo master, horseback
riding, hunting shooting and fishing outdoors man, must find our
Choom-Gang-pot-head of a president a bit wanting in the manliness
quotient . And the way that Obama
folds in the face of any Russian aggression or regional assertiveness
makes me wonder if Vlad is being Now factor in proposed cuts that
offered some sort of free hand in would have the US Army back to
exchange for the US doing nothing Continued on page 19
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March 2014
Maspenock Junior Rifle League News
Maspenock Junior Rifle League
March 2014 Match results and final indoor results.
The final matches of Maspenock
junior Rifle League were held Saturday March 8’th at Harvard and
Southborough. - Harvard hosted
Maspenock and Marlborough and
Southborough hosted Holliston,
Riverside and Maynard. Remaining in the season for these competitors is an outdoor match at Harvard
March 29th and the awards banquet
at Maynard April 12th.
The final team rankings are:
First Place: Marlborough
3780.
Second Place: Southborough 3574.
Third Place: Harvard 3512.
Followed by Maspenock,
Maynard, Holliston and Riverside.
The first place team of Marlborough
is coached by head coach Mark Tessier, with the help of coaches Vinnie
Amatucci, Bobbi Cintolo, Rick Currier & James Lee. It’s only Marlborough’s third season as part of the
league, so congratulations on the
quick rise for Mark, his team and
his coaches. Mark employed a strategy of getting as many competitors
to every match as possible. The top
four scores at each match count for
the team. The more competitors at
a match the better chances for high
scores. The heavy hitters for Marlborough were A.J. Carmody with
a season total of 1016, Colton Valchuis 931, Gianna Ferrecchia 907
and Bradley Smith 882. Paul Ferrecchia with a total of 870 edged
out Bradley Smith in two of the
matches having his score count for
the team.
The second place Southborough
team is coached by Mark Monique.
His lead scorers are Abby Monique
1072, John Renzoni 862, Beau
Mumford 830 and Brett LeBow 778.
Joel Gardner 768, was in the best 4
for three of the matches contributing 24 points to the team total.
The third place Harvard team is
coached by Don Miller with 4 assistant coaches. Colleen O’Shea Leads
the team with 974 followed by Nick
Pelrine 868, Mary Anne Anderson
850 and Haley Dickenson 772. Griffin Millette and Wyatt Moberg each
had scores contributing to their
team total.
It’s important for each team to have
many competitors at each match
since one of the team leaders may
have an off day, miss a competition
due to a scheduling conflict or an
up and coming team member may
have a great day and take one of the
top for scores for their team for the
day.
Along with the three position scores
fired by the intermediate and advanced shooters on each team, there
are beginning competitors who fire
only in the prone position. Some
have fired prone all season, some
have advanced from prone during
the season to three-position and
some have just fired their first ever
prone match on the final match.
Competitors who advanced from
prone only to three positions during the season were Ethan Starbard
of Southborough, John Sharkey of
Holliston, Luke Philips of Harvard,
Christian Szretter, Devan Szretter,
Ben Plucinski and Nina Eisenhofer
of Riverside.
The competitors firing their first
ever match in the league in March
Ben Whitcomb of Maynard fires offhand during a recent competition at Southborough
Rod & Gun Club. Photo courtesy the author.
were: Matt Young of Maspenock,
Bradley Bigelow and Kai Nowers
of Harvard and Chris Cousineau of
Maynard.
(Hudson, MA) and Southborough
Rod and Gun Club making for a
great end to the indoor competition
season.
In total, there were 55 competitors at this match, with a total of
68 throughout the season from the
7 teams from Harvard Sportsman
Association, Holliston Sportsmen’s
Association, Marlborough Fish
and Game, Maspenock Rod and
Gun Club (Milford, MA), Maynard
Rod and Gun, Riverside Gun Club
For individual scores, the top performers in three-position were
Abby Monique of Southborough
(282), Chris Milliken of Maspenock
(263), A.J. Carmody of Marlborough (251) and Colleen O’Shea of
Harvard (245). As these competiContinued on page 11
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Just Thinking - By: Hank Walker
I am getting older. Yet the thermos of coffee still smells and tastes
the same, maybe because it is still
“Maxwell House” made in my electric percolator. Also…… that deep
red purple sunrise over Joppa Flats
silhouettes, the handmade wooden decoys we set in the darkness,
the sound of “making ice”, excited
Labradors, waves and ice banging
against the boat, and a far away
goose are still the same as I remember, when years ago my father Hank
I still shoot my Winchester Model
Walker, would put the cover on the
12 pump heavy duck gun made in
Thermos, load his pump gun, and the marsh becomes more vulnerable
1941. It seems that is one of the few
whisper “Time to Hunt………son” to invasive plants like Phragmities
things that have remained the same
and Pepperweed. These destructive
So it would seem “all and all”
over the years. The motor on my
plants from Europe totally out combig boat carries names like Hon- despite the changes, the outlook
pete native marsh vegetation deda, and even on my wooden Joppa for mallards and mud in my fustroying valuable high marsh which
Sneak Floats they say Evinrude, but ture seems good……yet here is the
affects wildlife and fin fish. To make
under the cover I know it is a To- rub………while my equipment has
things worse the warmer winters
matsu. Lead shot has been replaced been changing, so has my Great
and discharge from the bilges of the
by environmentally safe steel or any Marsh, estuary, and associated wasame boats that brought over my
number of nontoxic mixtures. I had tershed. Global warming, sea level
hunting clothes have introduced a
to send my Winchester away to have rise and more frequent 100 year
myriad of marine invasive’s to furspecial choke tubes installed to just storms are here. I might question
ther stress the estuaries that conshoot the stuff. Cabelas, Bass Pro the rates that are predicted, but let
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The worst is the European Green
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I think about it, there probably are ments to tidal flow are having huge
aggressive crab starts with mussels,
not many duck hunters where most impacts. Our salt marsh needs not
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of my clothes and equipment are only salinity to remain healthy, but
and finally moves on to soft shelled
also the sediment carried by an unmade.
clams. So between the mechanical
restricted tidal regime, mixed with
Those “Diamond Blue Cold”
effects of climate change, manmade
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impediments to flow, and finally inlate, so sea level rise does not drown
because of my Under Armour unvasives, the Great Marsh and its esit. As the negative process continues
derwear, but perhaps that is because
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gun after every day afield, and the
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March 2014
Special Report: Deception - How the Mom’s and Mayors deceive America into believing guns should be banned
cynical about these things because of
what we have seen in the past.
So where does MDAGSA (MDA for
short) comes from. According to their
own website, their initial name was
“One Million Moms for Gun Control” and “formed within 24 hours
of the Connecticut elementary school
shooting” by Shannon Watts. So who
is this person? According to the Huffington Post:
Shannon Watts is a 42-year-old
mother of five children (two stepdaughters, 23 and 19; two daughters,
17 and 16; and a 12-year-old son).
For the past five years, Ms. Watts has
been a stay-at-home mom in Zionsville, a suburb of Indianapolis, Indiana. Prior to that, she had a 15-year
career as a communications executive
for both public relations agencies and
Fortune 500 corporations.”
But that’s not exactly the truth either, if one were to look at her linked
in profile we would see a much different story:
President
VoxPop Public Relations
December 2008 – June 2012 - VoxPop Public Relations is a strategic
public relations agency that helps
individuals, companies and organizations accelerate their growth,
profitability, reputation and market presence through media relations, product launches, new media,
events and promotions, messaging and media training, and issues
management.
To make things more interesting,
she changed her name from Shannon Troughton to Shannon Watts.
Troughton’s Linkedin information
adds a few more pieces to the deception puzzle:
Vice President, Corporate Communications
WellPoint December 2005 – December 2008 (3 years 1 month)
Led communications team for the
country’s largest health benefits
company and provided communications support for the country’s
highest ranking female chief executive officer. Responsible for enterprise-wide media relations, including investor relations.
Isn’t it interesting that Shannon,
who markets herself as just a “stay
at home” mom, is in reality a public
relations professional? It’s almost
like she was handpicked to run this
organization and waiting in the
wings for the right moment.
Miguel continues on his blog:
“Another fast Google-Fu search
gives us an article of sudden insur-
ish aren’t they?
Does anyone question this in the
media? Has anyone ever seen an
expose by one of the “news team
investigates” shows in which they
look for the truth about things?
Of course not and there’s your answer…
The truth about the lie is simple,
they count suicides committed with
firearms as “gun violence”. They also
count justifiable homicides as “gun
violence”. In case you don’t know, a
justifiable homicide is simply an act
of self defense, in which an armed
person used their firearm to protect
their life, or the life of another from
a violent criminal. The bulk of
these justifiable homicides involve
law enforcement officers protecting
The Mom’s are well organized, at the September hearing at the State House they dominated the lower
seating. Here they stand and applaud Mayor Menino. Photo by Mike Sweeney
Americans from violent criminals.
The mayors have even gone so far as
ance claim denied by BlueCross to sage.”
to count Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of
a 13-year-old boy with heavy brain
The deception runs deep. In ad- the Boston Marathon bombers as a
damage. The spoke-person for the
dition to these facts we have their victim of gun violence, reading his
parent company of BlueCross (Wellmethods and communications name aloud at one of their events.
point) is Shannon Troughton. There
which are for the most part a gross
are over 6,000 Google results for the
distortion of the truth. They are The mom’s and mayors continually
words Shannon Troughton WellPoint.
master manipulators, using cherry broadcast the 30K Americans killed
Shannon Troughton/ Shannon Watts picked statistics and comparisons by guns lie, they break it down to
was also the Director, Global Com- which they spoon feed to an un- per day, per hour, etc… with the
intention of shocking people into
questioning media machine.
munications
believing there is an epidemic of
GE Healthcare from 2004 – 2006. GE Another old adage and favorite trick “gun violence” (there it is again).
Healthcare is the $14 billion health- of practitioners of deceit is a simple A real look at the numbers paints a
care (medical diagnostics and devic- one, so simple that people don’t rec- completely different story. The aces) business within General Electric, ognize it for what it is. The trick is tual number of murders by firearm
again not your local bake sale to raise telling the same lie, over and over in the United States is just over 7K,
and over until people accept it as less than ¼ of the number used over
funds for the school band.
the truth. Their favorite, “gun vio- and over by the mom’s and mayors.
This one is gonna give the hives to
lence” “gun violence” “gun violence” Keep in mind, we are a country of
many a Hippie out there. For three
“gun violence” “gun violence” has 300 million, the causation of the
years Shannon Troughton/ Shanbecome so accepted that even pro bulk of these murders is informanon Watts was the Director of Global
Second Amendment groups have tion best left for another story, for
Public and Corporate Affairs for none
fallen into the trap of using it. Our now let’s just say that the bulk of it
other than Monsanto. She did her
legislature uses it all the time, Pub- is fueled by illegal drugs and a combit defending genetically engineered
lic Safety Committee Chairman plete breakdown of “community”
crops, fought labeling of genetically
Hank Naughton has been touring within densely populated areas.
engineered products and defended
the state for over a year on his “gun
the company’s lawsuits against farmviolence” listening tour, has anyone The Mayors are the puppet masters
ers.
of the demand a plan groups, pullquestioned the name of that?
ing the strings of deceit time and
OpenSecrets.org shows that ShanThe term is used in nearly every me- again. Even their name is a lie, “illenon Watts donated to the Democratic
dia story regarding firearms, violent gal gun”, a firearm can’t be illegal on
Congressional Committee, Barack
crime, murder and the combination its own any more than a coffee cup
Obama (7 times) and Rob Zerban
of the three. The term is accepted could, yet they parade on without
who went against Paul Ryan in the
and the picture is painted, guns are being questioned.
2012 the 1st Congressional District
violent, guns are bad, guns kill peoof Wisconsin. Yes, had to look the guy
One of their favorite methods is the
ple. The deception is complete.
up.
use of inflammatory terms to ilAnother favorite of the lie and de- licit a fear response. Among them
So, the initial and very amateurceit crowd is the distortion of statis- are “assault weapon”, “high capacish research tells us that Shannon
tics to tell their “truth”. By far their ity magazine”, and probably the
Troughton/ Shannon Watts is far
favorite is how they count Ameri- most ridiculous, “street sweeper”
from the image of a traditional mom
cans who have died because of “gun firearms. The carefully crafted terwho was baking cookies the day of the
violence” (there’s that term again) minology is once again swallowed
Sandy Hook Elementary Massacre
a fantastic example of this is right whole and regurgitated by a coopand she was so horrified by the achere in Massachusetts, the infa- erative media and the craft of fear
tions of Adam Lanza that she ripped
mous billboard along the Mass Pike mongering continues for if you oboff her apron and launched herself
very near to Fenway Park. The bill- jectify an object as being evil, and
on to the streets demanding tougher
board, owned by John Rosenthal, repeat the mantra again and again,
gun control laws. If anything we have
head of “Stop Handgun Violence” people start believing it.
here a very experienced Public Rela(there it is again) not only counts
tions operative with 20 years worth of
dead Americans, it/they also like to
experience in manipulating the mescount dead children. Pretty ghoul- Continued on page 15
March 2014
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MA Supreme Judicial Court Upholds DFW’s
Endangered Species Reg’s
Maspenock League News:
Indoor Season Wraps Up.
Continued from page 8
The SJC decision will benefit all MA wildlife including this Bald Eagle
March 6, 2014
By Joe Larson, Ph.D.
Member, Massachusetts Fisheries
and Wildlife Board
DFW’s Endangered Species Regulations
A seven year process was completed
on February 18, 2014 when the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
issued a decision that upholds the
Division of Fisheries and Wildlife’s
Natural Heritage Program regulations that the Fisheries and Wildlife
Board had adopted for administration of the Massachusetts Endangered Species Act (MESA).
In 2007 William and Marlene Pepin, of Hampden, had been given
permission to build a home on their
land, provided that a deed restriction and conservation easement on
a small part of their property was
recorded in the Registry of Deeds.
These provisions were designed to
protect priority habitat for the eastern box turtle.
Judge entered a summary judgment
in favor of the Division because
the Division’s regulations “are consistent with MESA’s prohibition of
the ‘take’ of any listed species and
MESA’ broad purpose of protecting
and conserving wildlife and wildlife
habitat.”
Undaunted by their losses in Superior Court, in the Pepins took their
case to the Appeals Court. But soon
thereafter the Supreme Judicial
Court transferred the case to itself.
Maynard’s Brendan Crowe fires from the kneeling position during a recent competition.
tors work through the marksmanship program, they must score a 230,
240, and 250 or better in matches to
achieve their expert qualification.
These top competitors have either
The Supreme Court unanimously achieved or are close to achieving
ruled that the priority habitat regu- their expert ranking.
lations are valid and consistent with
the intent and scope of the Massa- The top individual scores in the
chusetts Endangered Species Act. prone only competition were ChrisThey found that the priority habitat topher Thomas of Maynard (251),
scheme “is ultimately a flexible one Katie Aiken (246), Alex Clark (244)
that give guidance to landowners on and Matt Young (230) all of Masstructuring their projects to avoid penock. Next season these shooters
committing takes (killing a state- will likely advance to three-position.
listed species or damaging it habi- The awards banquet will be held
tat), and, in so doing, ensures them April 12’th at Maynard, contact any
a safe harbor from liability under of the teams to attend and learn
the statute.” Had the Pepins won more about the league and see the
this case, the only way that would many awards which were won by
have been left under the existing law the hard working competitors in the
would be for the Division to sue a league.
landowner after a species was dead
Each of the teams is funded in part
or the habitat destroyed.
by the local program fees, generAs for the Pepins’ complaint that ous sponsorship from their local
the Division staff had not prop- club, and grants from the Friends
erly followed mapping procedures of the NRA and NRA foundation.
to determine priority habitat, the Please consider supporting your loCourt stated “The petitioner’s written testimony amounted to a set
of conclusory allegations, and no
more. They proffered no evidence
of any instance where the division
improperly applied its regulatory
criteria.”
Rather than accept the Division’s
conditions and build their house,
in 2008 the Pepins entered an administrative appeal that challenged
the Division’s method of mapping
priority habitat and also challenged
the validity of the Division’s priority habitat regulations. The administrative judge dismissed the challenge to the regulations because the
validity of state regulations cannot
be challenged before an administrative judge. With respect to the challenge to the method of mapping,
the judge granted the Division’s
motion to dismiss that challenge
because the Pepins had “presented The Supreme Judicial Court’s deno credible evidence to support cision has a beneficial spin-off for
more than only endangered species.
their claim.”
When the habitat for one species is
The Pepins then took their comprotected it also helps other animal
plaints to the Hampden Superior
and plant species. This includes speCourt. One judge in that Court decies enjoyed by all who hunt, trap,
nied the Pepins request to overturn
fish, watch birds and butterflies, and
the administrative judge’s previous
study wild plant communities.
ruling. A second Superior Court
cal club or supporting the friends
of the NRA by participating in one
of their dinners or raffles. Without
your support, this league would not
be possible.
If you would like to learn more
about the teams and the league consider attending the March 29 outdoor match at Harvard or the Banquet on April 12th or contact any of
the teams in the league. If your club
has a junior rifle program and you
would like to join the league or you
are trying to start a team, contact
any of the teams in the league and
we will help.
Many thanks go out to the head
coaches of the teams, the assistant
coaches and particularly the parent
volunteers who kept the coaches,
competitors and spectators fed at
the clubs.
About the Author: James Lee is a
volunteer assistant coach in the
league and is the publicist for the
league.
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March 2014
New GOAL Training Class a “Big Hit”
Combatives Class with Mike Anthony a big hit with students.
By Jon Green
My Grandfather Mickey Green was
a well know boxer back in the 20’s.
He always told me a that a great
defense is a better offense. 7th degree black belt and GOAL Board
Member Michael Anthony used the
phrase, “Hit back first”. In a counter ambush situation, isn’t this one’s
only real option? I’m 46, my days of
high school wrestling and the college Tae Kwon Do club are distant
memories. Sure, I have my pepper
spray and pistol whenever possible
but these tools are worthless if you
can’t get to them. Hell, I’d go as far
as saying they are a liability if you
can’t retain possession of them. So
what’s a dad and husband to do
when the hairs on the back of your
neck are standing straight up? You
know this violent criminal standing in front of you is giving you all
the pre-attack cues and is about to
pull a shiv or attempt to land a haymaker. May you have Mickey Green
on one shoulder and Michael Anthony on the other, telling you to
hit back first! A palm strike to the
chin or perhaps a heel to the instep
may just provide the time and distance to escape and evade. Perhaps
you have created enough distance to
access your pistol. Context is everything. All is fair when the criminal
element wants to keep you from all
you hold dear.
Michael Anthony’s Close Quarters
Combatives class provided students
with simple strikes. These strikes
were amazingly efficient, effective
and simple. Students were able to
use these strikes at full speed as Michael was wearing the latest in Kevlar protection. At 6’5, he’s not your
GOAL Director of Education Jon Green took the opportunity to participate in Mike’s class, here they go through a striking drill meant to quickly stun an aggressor.
cluded finding vulnerabilities on
people as they go about their routine business. Watching the countless videos of violent criminals
committing evils upon their fellow
The movement of the strikes are
man. Practicing our strikes on a
similar to what humans do daily.
heavy bag and watching our strikes
Examples include putting on a seatin a mirror.
belt, open a jar, pushing your fingers
into a container of pickled eggs and Joe Hattabaugh, President of Adapkicking a ball. OK, so pickled eggs tive Firearms Training Systems had
are not your thing. You can skip that this to say;
one and we’ll move on to the mental
“Mr. Anthony facilitated an excelaspect of the course.
lent class night. I have attended
Michael provided guidance for our many classes on self defense, comhomework. The assignments in- batives, traditional boxing etc.
typical knock around guy. I was very
impressed as student after student
became successful at creating space
via injury to their attacker.
While all of these courses were informative, I found them to be complex, technique heavy, presented
with too much “bravado” and difficult to retain the information
presented. Most of these skills will
need to employed at “full speed” to
be effective. Last night Mr. Anthony
facilitated this class in a way where
every student walked away with
tangible techniques built on gross
motor skills. These were skills and
techniques that could be instantly
employed at full speed (with some
“homework”). I walked away from
class inspired to learn (and train)
more as well as the confidence needed to employ these tactics if needed.
As a firearms instructor I encourage
my students that physical health,
nutrition, strength training and
flexibility are just as important as
your marksmanship skills. Not every confrontation will be a lethal
encounter. Mr. Anthony’s class gave
me more depth and tools for my
tool box. I am excited to see more
from him in this series. I would like
to thank you Jon for having the foresight to offer a diverse set of trainings that will appeal to all GOAL
members. I am a firm believer that
a firearm is just a tool... YOU are the
weapon.”
Michael Anthony will be offering
this course on June 5th, Sept 4 and
November 6. The tuition is $60 for
GOAL members. You simply won’t
find a better value for your time, effort and money.
March 2014
GOAL Cup Trap at Southborough, Join Us for a Great Day!
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March 2014
In Memory:
Edward A. George
Elizabeth (Neverdauski) George
and they raised their family in Watertown and Bethlehem, Connecticut. Edward was a successful building contractor and an enthusiastic
boater, fisherman and woodworker.
GEORGE, Edward A.
Of Charlestown, RI, March 2, 2014.
Edward served as a Staff Sergeant
during World War II with the
3508th Army Air Force Base Unit
in the Rhineland and Central Europe campaigns. He was born in
Waterbury, Connecticut, enlisted
in April of 1942, he participated in
25 missions in a B-17 flying out of
England, was awarded an Air Medal
with two Oak Leaf Clusters and was
honorably discharged in 1945. Edward was married to the late Mary
He is survived by his son Ed George,
Jr. and daughter-in-law Dr. Janet
George, daughter Lynn Fletcher,
daughter Suzanne Murray and sonin law Paul Murray, daughter Elizabeth George, grandchildren Abraham George, Naomi George, Jacob
George, Katharyn Fletcher, and Saben Murray. Relatives and friends
will gather in honor and remembrance of Edward’s life on Saturday,
April 5 at 11:00 a.m. in the Chapel
at the Rhode Island Veterans Cemetery, 301 South Country Trail, Exeter, RI.
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Deceit - How the Mom’s and Mayors deceive America into believing guns should be banned Contd. from page 10
In addition to those, the mayors also
like to combine data manipulation
with inflammatory terminology,
from that they have gleaned some
gems which include:
“The gunshow loophole”, this is one
of the mayor’s personal favorites
and something that he has obsessed
over for years, to the point that he
had NYC Police Department Detectives go to Virginia to purchase
firearms (illegally) at a gun show.
For the record, no charges were ever
pursued against the mayor or any of
the detectives who broke numerous
federal laws. The term is a complete fabrication in which they fear
monger and try to paint a picture
of hordes of violent drug dealing
criminals and terrorists lining up to
purchase the latest in high tech firearms at these shows.
This of course couldn’t be further
from the truth, there is no loophole,
state and federal laws are followed
and most gun shows are attended by
the ATF, but that doesn’t stop them
from using the term over and over.
Tamerlan “Speed Bump” Trarnaev was one of many “gun violence” victims who’s name was
read aloud at a MAIG event last summer in New Hampshire
Another recent favorite was the
40% myth; this one got repeated
often enough that it made it all
the way to the White House, even
President Obama got in on the action. The fabrication entailed a statistic stating that 40% of firearms
purchased are purchased without a
background check. The National
Review covered this lie, this is what
they found:
Mayor Michael Bloomberg is willing to spend millions of dollars of his own money
to push his anti Second Amendment Agenda.
“the true number of guns “sold” without check is closer to 10 percent. More
important, the number comes from a
251-person survey on gun sales two
decades ago, early in the Clinton administration. More than three-quarters of the survey covered sales before
the Brady Act instituted mandatory
federal background checks on February 28, 1994. In addition, guns are
not sold in the same way today that
they were sold two decades ago.”
And [snip]
“the high (40%) figure comes primarily from including such transactions as inheritances or gifts from
family members. Putting aside these
various biases, if you look at guns
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March 2014
GOAL Training
2014 GOAL Training Schedule
Below is the schedule for courses held at GOAL Headquarters in Northboro, Massachusetts (unless otherwise noted).
All NRA Basic Pistol courses offered through GOAL exceed standards established in accordance with Massachusetts General Law Chapter . 140, § 131P and 515 CMR
3.00 Please note: All courses run 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm unless otherwise noted.
All courses require pre-regisration paid in full. This can be done in person at The GOAL office, via phone 508-393-5333 x20, or via email by contacting Angela Fisher.
**Please Note** Registration for the three Rob Pincus classes will not open until Tuesday January 7, 2014
Course
Date
Tuition
Time
The Art of Concealed Carry in
Massachusetts
May 8, June 12, September 17,
November 19
Members $75.00 / Non-Members
$125.00
5:30 - 10:00 PM
Basic Metallic Cartridge Reloading
March 18-19, 2014
Members $110.00 / Non-Members $140.00
5:30 - 10:00 PM
Basic Pistol Course (NRA LTC002)
March 11, April 15
$145.00
9:30 AM - 6:30 PM
BFS Primer Course for State
Certified Instructors
May 7, September 10, November
26
$65.00
6:00 -10:00 PM (Weeknights)
Close Quarters Combatives with
Mike Anthony
March 4, June 5, September 4,
November 6
$100.00
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Combat Focus Shooting - Advanced Pistol Handling with Rob
Pincus
**September 22-23, 2014
Members Only $350.00
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Everyday Carry (EDC) Skills &
Knowledge - New Class!
June 10, July 15
Members $125.00 Non-Members
$155.00
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
MA Gun Law for Citizens
New Dates Soon!
$75.00
Noon - 3:00 PM
Practical Self Defense for Women with Michael Anthony
March 20, June 19, September 18,
November 20
$25.00
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Principles of Concealed Carry
*NEW CLASS*
April 22, May 3, May 27, June 28,
July 19, October 18
$175.00
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Utah Non-Resident CCW
May 28, July 26, October 8
Members $80.00/ Non-Members
$150.00
12:00 - 5:00 (Weekend Class)
5:30 PM - 10:00 PM (Weeknights)
Mossberg 590 Tactical 12ga Shotgun Big Bang Raffle
Enter into our Big Bang Raffle and you might win this shotgun!
See page 8 for details including the full list of prizes.
(Shotgun pictured is a stock photo and not the actual shotgun to be raffled)
March 2014
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Win a Trip to the NRA Annual Meeting!
GOAL is giving away a trip to the
2014 NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits!
and silent and live auctions. Join
other Second Amendment enthusiasts for a night of fundraising and
Drawing is April 4th 2014 - See fun, and support the next generaorder form on page 17 to enter or tion by leaving a legacy for the fu- for defending our freedom and deture of America’s shooting tradivisit www.goal.org
tions. All proceeds benefit The NRA feating Barack Obama’s gun control
agenda. Seating is limited.
The prize package will include three Foundation.
nights hotel stay - April 24, 25, 26 in
NRA Country
an NRA hotel adjacent to the meet- Sponsored by Cabela’s and UniverFriday, April 25, 2014 7:00 PM
ings (1 double occupancy room), sal Coin & Bullion.
$500.00 to cover airfare and 2 tick- Leadership Forum
The Crane Bay - 551 W. Merrill
ets to the following events:
Friday, April 25, 2014 1:00 PM - Lu- Street, Indianapolis
NRA Foundation Banquet
cas Oil Stadium
Mark your calendars now for the
Thursday, April 24, 2014 7:00 PM - Join Wayne LaPierre and NRA- NRA Country Jam on Friday, April
Lucas Oil Stadium
ILA Executive Director Chris Cox, 25! Past performers include Craig
Morgan, Trace Adkins, The Eli
Bid on exclusive firearms, outdoor along with our nation’s top Second Young Band and many more. We
gear and unique merchandise and Amendment leaders in government, hope you join us for a upbeat, afhunts, this year’s event will feature the media, and the entertainment fordable, family night of great muan exciting evening of food, games industry, as we build our battle plan sic and fun!
JW Marriott Indianapolis - White
River Ballroom
Join over 1,000 NRA members and
guests for the NRA Annual Meeting
Prayer Breakfast. We welcome Dr.
Franklin Graham as our Keynote
Speaker. Dr. Graham is an worldrenowned evangelist and missionary. He is the president and CEO of
both the Billy Graham Evangelistic
Association (BGEA) and the international Christian relief organization Samaritan’s Purse.
Sponsored by Trijicon and Universal Coin & Bullion.
Sponsored by Bushnell and benefitting Folds of Honor.
Celebrations of American Values
Saturday, April 26, 2014 7:00 PM Lucas Oil Stadium
After a 10-year touring hiatus, legendary country super group ALABAMA will take the stage for a
must-see special performance for
NRA members. Female Vocalist of
the Year award winner Sara Evans
will open.
Pre-Show sponsored by Remington.
Prayer Breakfast
The NRA Exhibits - everything you could ever want to see in the gun world, all under one roof!
Sunday, April 27, 2014 7:00 AM
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 and self-protection.
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 Gun Owners’ Action League are
supported by competitors, sportsmen, recreational shooters and law
enforcement throughout the state.
We were formed in 1974 to protect
the right to keep and bear arms for
lawful purposes in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. We are
recognized as the state’s premier
gun rights association.
Why You Should Join GOAL
Every intrusion on our gun rights is
an intrusion on all rights. The Constitutional rights and freedoms that
you enjoy - and may take for grant- Join GOAL and become part of the
ed - are becoming more fragile each solution today.
day. Secure your rights for yourself,
your family and future generations.
Trace Adkins was the featured performer at
the 2013 NRA Country show. Look for a great
headline act at this year’s event as well!
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March 2014
Dan Allie for State Representative
Electing One of Our Own
We are facing a major battle at the
State House. Speaker Robert DeLeo
has released a report on gun laws
with 44 so-called recommendations
to tighten up gun laws. While Massachusetts already has some of the
toughest law in the nation on illegal
gun usage, the Speaker is now going to pursue a dangerous agenda
to limit our Second Amendment
rights.
We need many dependable voices at
the State House standing up for gun
owners and sportsmen. Dan Allie
is that voice. Dan is running for the
State Representative seat vacated
by the election of Don Humason
to the State Senate. Don Humason
is one of the strongest pro-Second
Amendment legislators in Boston.
You may not be able to vote for Dan,
but he sure can vote you for you. issues surrounding lawful gun ownership, but he also knows, as a vetThis veteran, family man and hard eran and Westfield city Councilor,
working taxpayer is an unwavering that hindering the right of lawful
supporter of the Second Amend- citizens will not reduce crime.
ment and Sportsmen’s rights. Dan
Dan Allie will work to pass legislaco-authored the Citizens Petition
tion that holds the criminals acon the Right to Keep and Bear
countable rather than law-abiding
Arms, designed and printed 55,000
citizens. He wants real criminals to
brochures detailing the deceptive
be prosecuted to the full extent of
language used by the media and
the law.
politicians in their attempts at gun
control since the Sandy Hook trag- Dan’s other priorities include:
edy. Dan spoke at rallies in North
ü
Lower Our Tax Burden—
Brookfield, Marlboro, Boston, and
He’s the only candidate who has
helped sponsor and organize the
signed the No New Taxes pledge.
“Protect Our Children and the
Our state doesn’t have a revenue
Second Amendment Rally in West
problem. We have a spending probSpringfield with the Oath Keepers
lem. He will use his business expein western Mass.
rience to implement common sense
As our next State Representative, he policies that restore fiscal responsihas pledged to vote against all at- bilities and lower our tax burden.
tempts to limit our rights.
ü
Strengthening our EconoDan Allie understands that gun con- my--Three out of every four new
trol is nothing more than a political jobs are created by the small busismokescreen for politicians who are ness community. We need to create
weak on crime. When was the last a more small business friendly entime you heard of drug dealer wor- vironment, so they can create more
rying about getting a gun permit?
jobs in the Commonwealth. Dan
Allie is the only candidate supportDan not only fully understands the
ing the Small Business Bill of Rights.
This is our most critical year in the
Massachusetts House. On Tuesday,
April 1st Westfield voters need to
elect Dan Allie State Representative
to protect our Second Amendment
rights. Please vote for Dan Allie for
State Representative.
For more information, please visit
www.danallie.com
NEShooters Summit 2014
Pelham Fish & Game Club, Pelham, NH
NEShooters, LLC
is pleased to present our
7th Annual Summit Meeting
April 11-13, 2014
[Note: Date Change]
The focus this year will be on
enhancing your defensive skills.
The summit will last for two and
a half days and will allow the
participants to meet with and
learn from the training industry’s
leading experts.
This is the best value for
training this year. Don’t miss it!
Scheduled Instructors
Our Sponsors - Thank You!
Bill Lewitt - Tactical Medicine
Cecil Burch - Ground Fighting
Wes Doss - Two Man Team Tactics
Chris Fry - Shotgun Techniques
Dave Harrington - Defensive Pistol
Kelly Venden - AR Platform
Mike Centola - Computer Security
Mike Janich - Intro to Knife Techniques
William Aprill - Disarms and Take-aways
Mike Seeklander - CCW Handgun Skills
Pelham Fish & Game Club
Gun Owners of New Hampshire, Inc.
Gun Owners Action League
Shivworks (SouthNarc)
NYFirearms
We will be working with the instructors to
ensure that this summit will have the best
mix of subject matter ever. You can be
assured that there will be shooting sessions,
hands-on sessions and classroom sessions.
Lunch hour lecture. Tune up your skills!
Additionally, there will be an industry sponsor
grab-bag, a Man-on-Man Shoot Off with
prize money added and a raffle.
The cost to attend the summit is only $350.
Members of Pelham F&G, GOAL, GO-NH,
NYFirearms or for two (or more) people
signing up at the same time the cost is only
$300 each.
Advance sign up is required for all.
NEShooters, LLC.
P.O. Box 243
Hollis, NH 03049-0243
978-815-1764
[email protected]
www.neshooters.com
Note: Instructors and class content
subject to change without notice.
Best effort made for equal value.
March 2014
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Patriot Games
Upcoming Competition and Events
pre WWII numbers and the Navy at
pre WWI levels, and we have a real
convergence of dangerous forces. If
we are perceived to be a weak nation, with a weakened military and
a weak leadership, what deterrent
do we have against Iranian aggression against Israel or ourselves, or to
stop more land grabbing by Putin?
What other state actors are looking
on as we continue to decline in the
eyes of our enemies, and our friends
tremble at the thought of becoming
the next Israel, to be rebuffed and
belittled on the world stage?
The decline of our nation’s stature
overseas – a removal of the notion
of American exceptionalism as a
deliberate policy of this administration – should be of major concern
to all patriotic Americans. But then
we need to remember that after Putin saved face for Obama over his
unwillingness to act after his “red
line” in Syria was crossed, he lectured the president in a New York
Times op-ed about the dangers
of American exceptionalism. No
small coincidence – maybe there is
that flexibility at work again? Putin
believes Obama does not have the
intestinal fortitude to stand up to
him in Ukraine. He thinks Obama
will talk tough and then look for
a way out — just like he did with
Assad. He also knows that without
American leadership to stiffen their
spines, our European allies (who
depend on Russian natural-gas
imports) will not impose any real
or lasting consequences on Russia
either. Putin calculates that he can
do what he wants in Ukraine, and
the whole unpleasantness will blow
over in a few months.
Since coming into office Barack
Obama has almost single-mindedly
attempted to pull America back to
reduce its influence throughout the
world. In doing so he has created a
•Marlboro Fish & Game Club - 3D archery season began Sunday
March 9. Full 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. We will also be having a Saint Patrick’s Day Dinner - Saturday
March 15. This dinner is open to everyone so bring your friends &
family for an inexpensive meal & some fun.
vacuum that will be filled, whether it
is the Russians, the Chinese, the EU
or the radical Islamic states in the
Middle East. The groundwork allowing Putin to put Russian troops
into the Crimea was laid long before
the first one took a single step. It
was American weakness and withdrawal, the hallmarks of Obama’s
foreign policy that made it possible.
Now all we can do is sit and wait.
I for one don’t like the way that
makes me feel.
God Bless America
“Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without
strategy is the noise before defeat.”
Sun Tzu - The Art of War
scottmalkasian
owner
•The CMP is giving CMP affiliated clubs the opportunity to notify surrounding area clubs about there upcoming CMP Sanctioned Match.
The Old Colony Sportsman’s Assoc. is holding As-Issued MIlitary
Matches on April 14, May 18, 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 information you may contact the match director: Franco Scarpino at [email protected].
•Swift River Sportsman’s Club Winter Indoor Archery begins on January 3, 2014. Spot League is held on Mondays, Hunter League is held
on Tuesdays, Family Fun League is held on Fridays and Youth League
is held on Saturdays. Open to the public. For more information
please call the club at 413-323-9387 or Dana at 413-583-2304.
•Quaboag Sportsmen’s Club will sponsor one child to attend the 2014
Massachusetts Junior Conservation Camp. This camp is open to boys
and girls ages 13-17 and will run from August 3rd to August 15th
in Chesterfield Massachusetts. Each interested camper must submit
a written essay tobe considered and will attend the September QSC
meeting to report on their experience. Click here for details.
•The Tewksbury Rod & Gun Club’s SCTP trap shooting program
This competitive shotgun program is for youth shooters, no experience necessary, in grades 5 thru 12. Please contact Steve Stella, Tewksbury SCTP Head Coach at [email protected]
or call 978-328-2120 for more info. The team is waiting to meet you!
•Wrentham Sportsmen’s Association - April 6 Turkey/Shotgun (no
slugs) #4,5, or 6 shot - April 27 Pistol/Rimfire - May 18 Military Rifle
and Pistol (slings allowed). 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].
Firearms, ammunition sales, transFers
and lots oF other Fun products
•If your club has an open to the public event you would like to promote, please email the info to [email protected]
33 pullman street
worcester, ma 01606
www.pullmanarms.com
( t ) 508.926.8730
( f ) 508.853.0843
[email protected]
Have you been
denied an LTC?
Edward George &
Associates
We concentrate in civil litigation representing closely held businesses
including negotiation and court appearances in matters involving real
estate, business, contracts and environmental disputes.
Has an old conviction,
minor Þrearms conviction
or a minor drug offense
caused you to lose your
LTC/FID?
We also concentrate in representing individuals and families in trust
and probate (estate) litigation and administration and personal injury
claims.
We advise small businesses, clubs and associations regarding
compliance with regulations, risk management, employment and
related issues.
We may be able to help, email [email protected],
include the reason the PD supplied for denial.
We serve as general counsel to a number of corporations, LLC’s and
partnerships.
Comm2A has multiple pending cases in federal court in an effort to
ensure state Þrearms law treats all lawful residents equally and fairly.
Comm2A is a non-proÞt public charity organized
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Club News: Worcester
WORCESTER
CLUB, INC.
PISTOL
&
RIFLE
General Meeting
March 6, 2014
President Al Bonofiglio opened the meeting at 7:00 pm
Guests: One guest was in attendance.
Fallen Members: No fallen Members reported
Reports:
Secretary – Ann Kerouac: Ann read the
February 19th E-Board minutes
Treasurer’s Report – Mike Swett: Mike
presented an accounting of the Club’s current funds.
Executive Officer Report
Calendar Events: Current 2014 calendars
are posted at the club through June. 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.
March Schedule
Pistol Team: Every Monday, IR 1800 – 2200
GOAL NRA Basic Pistol: Tuesday 03/25/14,
IR 1300 – 1600
HFS: Sunday, 03/23/14, 1300, (Meeting
Room)
April Schedule
IDPA Practice on 04/02//14 @ 1700I D PA
Match: 04/12/14 @ 0800
Pistol Team: Every Monday, IR 1800 – 2200
General Meeting: Thursday, 04/03/14, MR
@ 1900
GOAL NRA Instructor Course: Sunday
04/02/14, 0700 – 1200, OP or IR
GOAL NRA Basic Pistol: Tuesday 04/15/14,
OP or IR, 1300 – 1600
GOAL Gun Law Seminar: Thursday,
04/17/14, 1800 – 2100, MR
GOAL Principles of Concealed Carry:
04/22/14, AP 0900 – 1700
New Member Orientation (as needed):
04/24/14, 1800, Location TBA
GOAL Defensive Carbine:
Tuesday
04/29/14, OP and Wednesday 04/30/14, RR
1100 - 1700
Work Party Sunday 04/13/14 @ 0800
Pin Shoots: Sunday 04/27/14, OP, 1200 SetUp, 1230 Registration, 1245 Safety Brief
HFS: Sunday, 04/27/14, 1300, (Meeting
Room)
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.
Please remember to contact Bill Hardell for
any additions or deletions to the calendar.
You can use the link from the club web-site
under the “Club Officers” tab. Any additions / corrections need to be made two
weeks out so we can get them posted online.
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.
Membership – Brian Frappier: The current Membership stands at 779 members.
This breaks down to 56 Life, 719 Regular, 2
Junior and 2 Honorary.
2014 Renewals are due today March 6,
2014 with no penalty fees. Anyone renewing March 7 thru April 3 will have to pay a
$25.00 late charge.
Anyone not renewed by the April 3 date will
be dropped from Membership and there
will be no way to renew the Membership
after that. If that former Member wants to
have Membership in the Club again they
will have to reapply for Membership all
over again, including sending in another
Application for Membership and being put
on the waiting list to attend a Orientation.
They will also be put on the bottom of the
waiting list. On April 4th the fobs for nonrenewing members will be deactivated.
The only exception to this will be LIFE
MEMBERS.
We still have 70 Members who have not
picked up their fobs
Fobs paid for but not picked up:12 Fobs
not paid for yet: 58
Fobs will be mailed upon receipt of a $8.00
check, made out to WPRC, and mailed to
this address Brian Frappier, Membership, 8
Pineview Trail
Auburn, MA. 01501-2120
Anyone wanting Membership in the Club
must send in a completely filled out and
signed Application for Membership. When
this is received their name will be put on a
waiting list by the date we receive it.
We have 70 Applications so far on the waiting list and 15 E-mails we have received and
are waiting for an Application for Membership.
It looks like we will conduct an Orientation
class in April to backfill members who do
not renew.
Al – gate lock will be changed tonight, so
members should use their new keys tomorrow. Cost of keys in increasing, so if you
lose your key, you will be charged $10.00
for a replacement. This will be the last
round of gate keys purchased.
Q – When will we install the new gate system? Al – probably next year. Two members in the room have fence companies and
were asked to talk to the E-Board after the
meeting.
Bill asked Brian if the people who have not
renewed are the same people who haven’t
picked up their fobs. They are not.
Brian and Donna are drafting a letter to
those members who have not yet renewed.
They are being warned that being dropped
from membership will mean that they
won’t be able to come back this year.
GOAL – Jon Green: Pepper Spray Bill –
Rep Kim Ferguson’s Bill is getting a lot of
attention and support over the past couple
weeks. However, it may be lumped in with
a larger domestic violence bill. Still, there’s
optimism that it will go through.
Reps Naughton and Gobi spoke at the
Barre Sportsmens club – very positive in
support of gun owners.
Indoor / Outdoor Ranges: Mike Henry: The next Work Party is scheduled for
03/09/14. The March Work Party is on
04/13/14. Remember, Work Party credits
are tied to the new renewal schedule. Starting with the March Work Party, credits will
count towards the March 2015 renewal.
Howie Carr will hold an event, “A Night
of Crime” at the Marlboro Holiday Inn on
March 22nd. Tickets are $45.00
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.
NRA Annual Meeting Raffle on April 4th
– winner gets all expense paid trip to Indianapolis for NRA meeting.
Website: Website maintenance continues
on an almost daily basis. Craig Hibbert
NRA Instructor Course April 3-5
Big Bang Raffle will be conducted next
month
Gun Law for Citizens will be held here in
our Club on from 6-9 pm on April 17th.
GOAL will also hold another Handgun
March 2014
Pistol & Rifle
Fundamentals review class. Both these
classes are free for WPRC Members.
FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING GOAL, GO TO THE WEBSITE AT
WWW.GOAL.ORG
Worcester County League – Dave Morin:
Last meeting was held at the Maspenock
Rod and Gun Club on Febuary 21st. Twenty-one clubs were represented. The Guest
Speaker was Timothy Deschamps, Executive Director of the Central Mass Mosquito
Control Project. Mr. Deschamps spoke on
the life cycle of the mosquito and the best
ways to control and avoid them. Fifty-one
species of mosquitoes exist in Maine.
Junior Conservation camp will be held
this August. The League is sponsoring the
tuition for two campers again this year.
Deadline for applications is March 20th.
The League Banquet will be held at Wachusett Country Club on March 29th. There
will also be a raffle at the Banquet – tickets
are $5.00 for one ticket or $20.00 for five
tickets.
WPRC is allowed four delegates to the
League. Andrew Iaccarino volunteered after last months WPRC meeting, so we currently have three. The Club would like one
more member to volunteer. Volunteers will
please see Dave after the meeting or contact
him at 508-450-4416
The next meeting will be at the Otter River
Sportsmen’s Club on March 21, 2014. The
guest speaker will be Marianne Piché who
is a Habitat Management Biologist with
Mass Wildlife.
Mike, the Raffle Guy – Mike Burchman:
Mike explained the Monthly and the Big
Spring Raffles
Worcester Team – Tim Wells: So far the
team has three wins and eight losses. Turnout hasn’t been as great lately. Some other
clubs have had snow days and are holding
up scoring, so Tim will have a complete update at our next meeting.
OLD BUSINESS – none
NEW BUSINESS - Range Rules - Tom
LaRoche made the motion to modify the
Range rules as follows: Item #6 of Indoor
range rules – add “these activities must
cease when someone enters the building
and have been made aware and agree with
continuing these activities” – relates to the
rule regarding quick draw and combat
shooting.
Item #8 of Indoor range rules – shorten the
“exemptions to say ‘see item 10’” because
the exemptions statement is redundant.
No functional change there.
An addition of Item #10 to the Outdoor
Range Rules – “No vehicles are allowed
on any range unless authorized by the Executive Board or their designee” – this is to
prevent the ranges from becoming full of
ruts, which then require repair.
The headers of the two changed pages
will reflect the new ‘revised’ date, which is
the date of the E-Board meeting and if all
changes are approved tonight, the ‘effective’
date will be 12:01 am tomorrow morning.
Also changed is the front page with the updated revision dates, as well as the change,
which adds Jonathan Caparso as our new
Vice President.
Motion to approve the revisions was seconded and approved unanimously.
Steel Plate Challenge: Tom LaRoche entered the motion that the Membership
convey to the Executive Board the authority to spend up to $5000.00 to purchase steel
plates for the Steel Plate Challenge. The
money raised through the matches will be
used to pay back the purchase price. Mike
French, who ran the IDPA program for the
Club previously, has volunteered to run the
Steel Match Challenge Program.
Motion was seconded.
Al described how the Steele Plate Challenge
is run. It is less athletic than the IDPA and
very family friendly.
Lengthy discussion regarding the amount
of expense; the amount of time the range
would be closed to non-participating members; how much money will be charged;
should we survey the full membership, etc.
We’ve gone from 7 lanes to 5 in the indoor
range. We’re running IDPA, Worcester
Team and Pin Shoots and haven’t received
any complaints. These matches are very
popular and Connecticut has just stopped
running them, which means those competitors will be looking for someplace to
compete. It’s anticipated that the Club’s
investment would be returned within two
years. If we pass this tonight, we can begin
matches in April.
Per Mike Swett, not everything we do has
to ‘make money’ - this program will be selfregulating just like all our other programs.
If we find that it’s too much, we can always
pull back.
Move to vote on Tom’s Motion, seconded,
passed.
Vote on original Motion to convey to the
E-Board the authority to spend up to
$5000.00 to purchase equipment for the
Steel Plate Challenge was unanimously in
favor.
Schedule to be determined – Mike French
is looking at match info from around the
area. He thinks the first Saturday of each
month may make the most sense.
Lee Whitney would like the Club to donate to the History Group from Auburn
High School. They recently won the local
“We the People” competition and are now
raising money to attend the competition
in Washington, DC. One of the students
is a former WPRC youth shooter and is
speaking about the 2nd Amendment in
Washington. Each student must raise
over $1500.00 and they are not receiving
support from their town. Lee would like
$1000.00 donated. Tom seconded motion
and discussion followed.
Mike Swett moved to amend the motion
from $1000.00 to $1500.00. Seconded and
approved.
Membership voted and approved unanimously the motion to donate to the History Group.
Tom recommended that Ann write a letter
from WPRC to go with the check. Lee will
get Ann the contact information.
First Aid: A member suggested that perhaps it would be good to have an automated external defibrillator in the Clubhouse.
There may be a grant program that could
partially subsidize the purchase.
The E-Board will look into a First Aid Kit,
as well.
Good and Welfare of the Club
We need more instructors for the Firearms
classes. There is one space available at no
cost for the Instructor Training through
GOAL.
Safety Officer: Everyone should also check
the First Aid kits in their homes.
Next E-Board meeting March 12, 2014 at
6:45
Next General meeting April 3, 2014 at 7:00
Motion to adjourn at 8:16 pm
March 2014
21
Thank You from
Jay Beard
Deceit - How the Mom’s and Mayors Deceive the American Public
In order to push their anti Second Amendment Agenda Continued from page 15
that were bought, traded, borrowed,
rented, issued as a requirement of the
job, or won through raffles, 85 percent went through FFLs; just 15 percent were transferred without a background check.
If you include these transfers either
through FFLs or from family members, the remaining transfers fall to
11.5 percent.”
men’s show in West Springfield at
our annual meeting and on the
sportsmen’s show floor for four
days. I would like to personally say
thank you toall of our members,
volunteers and board members for
their time and dedicationto our
mission.
our GOAL Staff and Board of Directors are happy to join you at your
club or group just drop us an email
or call.
Regards,
Jay Beard
President, GOAL Board of Directors
Without doubt the 40% myth was
quite a lie, another favorite is the
“gun trace data” lie in which they
insinuate that firearms used in
crime are illegally purchased and
carried across state lines to be used
in crimes (and then recovered and
traced back).
Fighting back. This past summer thousands of GOAL Members attended public hearings throughout the state, speaking out against the many deceitful statements of the mom’s and mayors.
though. They call guns that have
been traced “crime guns” (objectification again) and look for guns that
crossed state lines, then claim that
those were illegally carried across
Once again, they take numbers
state lines to be used in crime. They
and fabricate a tale to fear monger.
have no proof that the guns were
The number being the amount of
illegally brought from one state to
firearms “traced” by the ATF, the
another and don’t care, they take
“trace” doesn’t mean anything other
the lie and run with it, repeat it, and
than that, the ATF wanted to know
repeat it.
the origin of the firearm, the bulk
of which weren’t actually used in a One of many freedoms that we the
crime. That doesn’t stop the mayors people have is freedom of speech;
this enables us to speak out against
propaganda artists like the mom’s,
mayors and those that perpetuate
their lies. Should our freedom of
speech ever be restricted we would
truly be in trouble, for we are reliant
upon the truth to shed light upon
the many mistruths told by those
who lie and distort as part of an effort to erode our freedom.
Sunlight is indeed the best disinfectant.
22
Reloading Bench
March 2014
By: Jim Finnerty
Bacon - Thanks to My AR15
A Medium Game Hunting Load for the
AR-15
Hi Folks, I’ve had a busy month, so it’s
going to be a short article.
One of my pet peeves is when I hear a
politician, anti-gun activist, or even another hunter say something like, “The
AR-15 is NOT a hunting rifle.” Since
this is a family newspaper, I’ll provide a
longer explanation than my usual oneword answer to this statement.
The AR-15 is accurate, reliable, and
light weight – three of the most important attributes for a good hunting
rifle. One semi-valid argument about
the typical AR-15 is that the .223/5.56
round for which most rifles are chambered is underpowered for medium
game.
Fortunately for hunters (and unfortunately for medium game) , the AR-15 is
available in chamberings more suitable
to deer and hog-sized game. I chose
the 6.8 SPC. The 6.8 mm Remington Special Purpose Cartridge (aka 6.8
SPC) is a rifle cartridge that was developed by Remington Arms in collaboration with the United States Special Operations Command. It was intended to
be used in the AR-15 platform, and to
address the deficiencies of the terminal
performance of the 5.56x45mm NATO
cartridge. The 6.8 SPC uses a .277” diameter bullet – the same diameter as
the .270 Winchester. How’s that for a
hunting pedigree?
For hog hunting, I chose the Barnes
solid copper 95 grain TTSX bullet,
loaded over 27.4 grains of Hodgdon
4198, to a cartridge overall length of
2.240”. The chrono data for a 10-shot
string is shown below:
Max Velocity
Min Velocity
Avg Velocity
Spread
Std Deviation
2748
2715
2732
33
9.8
Jim Finnerty is an NRA-Certified Metallic Cartridge Reloading instructor.
Jim teaches several different reloading
classes at GOAL, as well as at gun shops
and clubs around the area. For more information, please visit Jim’s website at
www.MassReloading.com
During my testing, group size averaged
about .75 inches at 75 yards (shooting
off a rest with a 4x scope).
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