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Leader of Brady Group GloatsAbout Coming Gun Ban‘Proposals’JUN 10, 2011 06:35P.M.

Leader of Brady Group Gloats About Coming Gun Ban

“Proposals”

Gunlaws.com

PHOENIX, AZ --(Ammoland.com)- Paul Helmke, ringleader of the

aggressive Brady Anti-Gun gang, released this statement about the

“bipartisan” gun-control meeting the White House scheduled.

(Note: The “White House” is a building and can’t do anything; the

person responsible in that building remains unidentified but appears to

be Steve Croley) The meeting only included people who want to ban

guns, an indicator of the plans, according to unidentifiable experts.

“On Tuesday, I attended a meeting at the U.S. Department of

Justice with representatives from the White House, the Vice-

President’s office, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms

and Explosives (ATF), the FBI, and others from the Obama

Administration, along with leaders from the gun violence

prevention movement, to discuss how to reach the goals

outlined in the President’s statement. Officials from the

Administration indicated that this was the first of what they

hoped would be a series of discussions. They said they had

not settled on, or excluded, any relevant proposals.

“I began the discussion by listing basic measures that the

Brady Campaign, and others, felt could make a difference.

The list included: a strong background check system, with

good and complete records of dangerous and irresponsible

people, applicable to all commercial gun sales; more tools for

law enforcement to stop trafficking in illegal guns; increasing

the number and type of military-style weapons, including

“assault clips,” that should not be readily available to

civilians, like machine-guns and fully automatic weapons.

Administration officials then asked questions. My colleagues

and I gave examples and arguments for legislative,

administrative, and voluntary policies that could help reduce

the bloodshed.

“The meeting lasted more than 90 minutes. Having this many

Administration representatives spend this much time on this

initial meeting signaled to me that the president is serious.

He wants to do something meaningful about gun violence.

After meeting with others, including law enforcement and

“gun rights” groups [note: no such meetings are known to

have been held], Obama’s representatives will be presenting

specific proposals. We hope those will include all the “sound

and effective steps” that the president called for in his

statement.”

No word has leaked on what or how the anti-rights leaders will attempt

to implement their programs. Rumors are swirling that every effort will

be made to avoid going through Congress, since it is well recognized that

the peoples’ representatives there will not tolerate rights denial

programs. Avoiding Congress would be a travesty bordering on treason,

but since it is just one of many such moves, objections might be slight,

and arrests of the perpetrators seem unlikely.

One leading gun-rights advocate, who was not invited to the “open”

discussions, opined, “A seat at the table would be good, but only if used

to present reasonable ideas — gun curricula, self-defense protections,

justice for civil-rights violators (just injecting civil rights into the

lexicon would be good), gun-free zones vs. make-believe gun-free zones,

the debilitating effects of hoplophobia and failure to recognize or treat

the sufferers, and have the antis dismiss such common-sense measures;

also a chance to stand against the anti-rights movement and cast them

as such. I’m not sure which gun-rights leader is best suited to that. I’d

love to have a crack at it, but I wasn’t invited.” An opportunity to do any

of that was considered unlikely.

There are serious issues American gun owners want discussed, such as

restoration of rights, national concealed-carry reciprocity, cracking down

on states like New Jersey, New York and California that routinely violate

gun owners rights, lifting the administration’s ban on importation of

historic WWII-era rifles, reining in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,

Firearms and Explosives, especially the Phoenix office and its Fast and

Furious and GunWalker operations, and the nomination of anti-gun

rights Andrew Traver to head BATFE.

Plans to strip Americans of their guns, either in whole cloth

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or with a thousand cuts, are deep secrets at both the center

of the U.S. government, and at the United Nations, which

are known to be working in concert to attain those goals.

We’ll be watching.

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Tags: Alan Korwin, Brady Campaign, Gun Banners, Gun Bans,

GunLaws.com, Paul Helmke

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Legal Action Wins Court OrderForcing LAPD to Make CCWPolicies AvailableJUN 10, 2011 05:24P.M.

NRA / CRPAF Legal Action Wins Court Order Forcing LAPD to

Make CCW Policies Available at Stations and on LAPD Website

CalGunLaws.com

San Diego, CA --(Ammoland.com)- On Thursday, June 9, 2011, Los

Angeles Superior Court Judge Terry Green granted a motion in the NRA

and CRPA Foundation financed case against the City of Los Angeles

regarding the LAPD’s concealed weapons permit (CCW) processing and

issuance policies.

The motion was brought to force LAPD to comply with a 16-year-old

Consent Judgment from the 1995 Assenza v. City of Los Angeles case.

For years, LAPD has repeatedly sought to avoid its obligations under the

judgment and to keep people in the dark about what it takes to get a

CCW in the City of L.A.

The City unsuccessfully opposed the motion.

Under Penal Code § 12050, the LAPD has an obligation to process

applications for CCWs, and to issue CCWs if the applicant has “good

cause.” For many years, the City and the LAPD had a policy of not

making CCW applications available, never finding good cause to exist,

and effectively prohibiting the issuance of any CCWs. The City’s unlawful

refusal to properly process CCW applications and issue CCWs was

challenged in two lawsuits in 1992 and 1994. To settle the suits the LAPD

agreed to be bound by a Judgment requiring that all citizens who request

a CCW permit application could get one at any LAPD station house, that

the application would be accompanied by a written copy of the LAPD’s

procedure for handling the application, including the factors used to

determine whether an applicant has ”good cause” for the CCW, and that

applicants would be informed of the procedures for appealing the denial

of a CCW application. The settlementalso established a Citizens Advisory

Review Panel, made up of appointed citizens who would review CCW

applications denied by the LAPD and make recommendations regarding

whether the LAPD should reverse its denial of the CCW application.

The LAPD has repeatedly failed to honor its legal obligations under the

Judgment. The LAPD stopped making CCW applications and a written

copy of the CCW policy and appeal process available at all station houses.

And the LAPD is ignoring the recommendations of the Citizens Advisory

Review Panel and has instead enacted a de facto policy of again issuing

no CCWs, despite whatever showing of good cause the applicants might

make.

The motion heard on Thursday sought, among other things, to force the

LAPD to make CCW applications and copies of its written policy

available at each station house as the judgment requires. To support the

motion, NRA grassroots activists were recruited to investigate the

LAPD’s CCW practices. They were frustrated by uncooperative officers at

individual LAPD station houses. The officers had no understanding of

the LAPD’s application process and, in almost all instances, could not

provide a CCW application to the requesting citizen, much less a copy of

the LAPD’s written court ordered policy. LAPD officers bluntly told

citizens that unless they were celebrities, they shouldn’t even bother

filling out the CCW application because they would be denied a CCW as a

matter of LAPD policy. These NRA activist witnesses signed declarations

about their frustrated attempts to get CCW applications, which were

submitted with the motion to force LAPD to comply with the 16-year-old

Judgment.

In granting the motion and ruling against the city, the Court ordered the

City to provide contact information for CCW applicants to the plaintiffs’

lawyers, to get sworn declarations signed under penalty of perjury from

every Commanding Officer at each of the LAPD’s 21 station houses and

precincts confirming their compliance with the terms of the Assenza

judgment and indicating what affirmative steps were taken to ensure

compliance, and to prominently post a CCW link on the LAPD website so

the public can easily access both the CCW application and the LAPD

CCW policy. LAPD must comply with this Order by Wednesday,

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September 7, 2011.

A memorandum discussing the suits and their history is posted here.

So in a city with almost 4 million citizens, with some 300 CCW

applications being made per year, LAPD has only granted 24 active

CCWs. Citizens who have had credible and ongoing threats made against

them and their families, and those who carry large sums of cash as part

of job and are high-profile robbery targets, have been repeatedly denied

CCWs despite meeting the “good cause” criteria for receiving CCWs that

the LAPD was forced to agree to years ago.

To rectify this situation, two new legal actions are being pursued. The

first is the motion to enforce Judgment in the Assenza v. City of Los

Angeles case discussed above.

The second action is a new lawsuit, Davis v. City of Los Angeles. The nine

plaintiffs in this new action, some of whom have had CCW applications

pending and unresolved with the LAPD for years, have submitted sworn

declarations attesting to a litany of missteps and abuses by LAPD in its

handling of their CCW applications. These abuses include not only the

failures to provide applications and copies of the written policies at

stationhouses, but refusals to timely consider their applications, failures

to respond to inquiries regarding the status of applications, failures to

acknowledge the availability of the Citizens Advisory Review Panel as a

method of appealing denial, and the failure to give any weight to

recommendations by the Citizens Advisory Review Panel.

Second Amendment challenges may be incorporated into these lawsuits

as the case law develops in the Ninth Circuit, where another

NRA/CRPAF LAP case, Peruta v. San Diego, is currently being heard.

Seventeen years ago the NRA and CRPA joined forces to fight local gun

bans being written and pushed in California by the gun ban lobby. Their

coordinated efforts became the NRA/CRPA “Local Ordinance Project”

(LOP) – a statewide campaign to fight ill conceived local efforts at gun

control and educate politicians about available programs that are

effective in reducing accidents and violence without infringing on the

rights of law-abiding gun owners. The NRA/CRPA LOP has had

tremendous success in beating back most of these anti-self-defense

proposals.

In addition to fighting local gun bans, for decades the NRA has been

litigating dozens of cases in California courts to promote the right to self-

defense and the Second Amendment. In the post Heller and McDonald

legal environment, NRA and CRPA Foundation have formed the

NRA/CRPA Foundation Legal Action Project (LAP), a joint venture to

pro-actively strike down ill-conceived gun control laws and ordinances

and advance the rights of firearms owners, specifically in California.

Sometimes, success is more likely when LAP’s litigation efforts are kept

low profile, so the details of every lawsuit are not always released. To see

a partial list of the LAP’s recent accomplishments, or to contribute to the

NRA or to the NRA / CRPAF LAP and support this and similar Second

Amendment cases, visit www.nraila.com and www.crpafoundation.org.

About:

CalGunLaws.com is an online research resource designed primarily for

use by attorneys and interested firearm owners. CalGunLaws.com strives

to provide easy access to and facilitate understanding of the multitude of

complex federal, state, and local firearm laws and ordinances,

administrative and executive regulations, case law, and past and current

litigation that defines the California firearms regulatory scheme in

theory and practice. CalGunLaws.com is designed and organized to make

it easy to research the law and to locate source materials and related

information. All of the articles are cross referenced. Note the two

sections on the right: Related Items and Related Law. Related Items will

take you to any article related to the one you are currently viewing.

Related law takes you to the related law and statutes for the item you are

looking at.

Tags: CalGuns.net, California, CCW, Concealed Carry Laws, Lawsuits,

NRA

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Official Corruption in theObama Administration’s GunRunner ScandalJUN 10, 2011 04:58P.M.

Official Corruption in the Obama Administration’s Gun

Runner Scandal

About to Take Center Stage – It’s now time to defund Project

Gunrunner!

Gun Owners of America

Washington, DC --(Ammoland.com)- A story that Gun Owners of

America has been following over the past several months is ready to

explode next week in the news.

If you have been reading our articles on AmmoLand or reading our

newsletter, The Gun Owners, or watching our videos on the GOA

website, you know what Project Gunrunner is all about. It refers to an

operation where the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearm and Explosives

(ATF) was working with gun shops, approving firearms purchases to

buyers who were suspected smugglers.

While this scandalous activity remained hidden for some time, it really

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went viral in the news media after one of the guns sold to a smuggler was

later used to murder Border Patrol agent Brian Terry in December.

Since then, GOA has been lobbying the Congress to hold Congressional

hearings to investigate the corruption in the Obama administration,

specifically in relation to Project Gunrunner. GOA has corresponded

with President Obama on this issue and has asked it members several

times to urge their legislators to call for hearings themselves.

Well, there is good news to report. Beginning next week, the House of

Representatives is set to commence hearings into Project Gunrunner —

which also goes by the names of Project Gunwalker or Fast and Furious.

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) is the point man leading the investigation on

the House side. His hearings are sure to reveal much new information,

but even so, he has already discovered quite a bit.

Project Gunrunner “was authorized at the highest level,” Issa told a radio

audience this past Tuesday. “This decision was made at least by people in

the Office of Attorney General Holder.”

This underscores the tremendous hypocrisy and antagonism against gun

owners on part of the Obama Administration. After all, officials (like the

President) were blaming American gun stores for letting firearms slip

into gun smugglers’ hands and, thus, fueling much of Mexico’s violence.

But all the while, the administration was quietly approving the sales of

those firearms to those very same gun smugglers.

“[The ATF] apparently did this,” said GOA Executive Director

Larry Pratt in his letter to the President, “in part, so it could

push gun control in Congress by demonstrating that guns

used in Mexican violence came from the United States.”

ACTION: Please urge your Representative to closely follow the

upcoming hearings into Project Gunrunner. Tell them that it is

unconscionable for Congress to be funding a program that allows the

Obama Administration:

1. To put guns into the hands of suspected gun smugglers; and then,

2. To turn around and blame law-abiding gun owners for the

problem!

Project Gunrunner needs to be defunded IMMEDIATELY!

Click here to send your Representative a prewritten message.

Gun Owners of America

8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102

Springfield, VA 22151

Phone: 703-321-8585

FAX: 703-321-8408

www.gunowners.org

About:

Gun Owners of America (GOA) is a non-profit lobbying organization

formed in 1975 to preserve and defend the Second Amendment rights of

gun owners. GOA sees firearms ownership as a freedom issue. `The only

no comprise gun lobby in Washington’ – Ron Paul

Tags: Arms Trafficking, ATF, BATFE, Fast & Furious, Gun Trafficking,

Project Gunrunner, Straw Purchases, Washington DC

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Tony Holmes Joins TeamBenelli’s 3-Gun RosterJUN 10, 2011 04:41P.M.

Tony Holmes Joins Team Benelli’s 3-Gun Roster

Benelli Three Gun

ACCOKEEK, MD --(Ammoland.com)- Benelli USA is pleased to

announce the addition of Tony Holmes to its roster of 3-gun top shots.

Holmes specializes in the Open Class of 3-gun matches. He especially

enjoys shooting his Benelli M2 with an XRAIL magazine extension

system attached, which permits him to employ 21 rounds in a rotating

magazine configuration.

Competing in the shooting sports since 1974, Holmes has proven himself

to be a top competitor in a variety of shooting disciplines, including

pistol, rifle and shotgun. Coached as a youngster by his police officer

father who was a serious competitor in Practical Pistol Competitions

(PPC), Homes began competing in NRA High-power, Small-bore Rifle

matches and later in PPC.

His first national match was a Second Chance Bowling Pin Shoot in

1983, and he’s never looked back.

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In the late 1980s Holmes began shooting in 3-gun matches, which he

liked for the inclusion of three different types of guns. Although Homes

shoots in a variety of competitive disciplines, including ISPCA, Masters,

Bullseye, PPC, Action Pistol and Long-Range Silhouette Rifle, 3-gun

remains his favorite.

Among his distinctions, Holmes is the 2003 World 3-Gun Champion and

2-time US National Combat Shotgun Champion just to name a few from

a long list of competitive achievements.

“I attend many matches all around the country, and I live,

breathe, eat & sleep thinking about my next match.” Holmes

said. “And as such, I rely heavily on the flawless performance

of my Benelli M2, which has become my primary “go-to”

shotgun.”

For the latest news and product information visit www.benelliusa.com

Tags: BenelliUSA, Competition Shooters, Competitive Shooting News,

ISPCA, Shooting Teams

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Guns in the Media – This Weekon Gun Talk RadioJUN 10, 2011 01:23P.M.

Guns in the Media – This Week on Gun Talk Radio

Gun Talk Radio

MANDEVILLE, LA --(Ammoland.com)- Fact-checked, unbiased,

honest news is sometimes hard to find in today’s world. Tom speaks with

two writers about media bias against firearms, this Sunday on Tom

Gresham’s Gun Talk (R) Radio, the nationally-syndicated radio talk

show about guns and the shooting sports.

Kevin D. Williamson writes for the National Review – “America’s most

widely read and influential magazine and website for

Republican/conservative news, commentary and opinion”.

Williamson recently wrote an article discussing the misconception of

how easy it is to obtain a “fully automatic assault rifle”. He’s visits Gun

Talk to talk about how wrong some in the media get it, and possible

motives behind such reporting. More info can be found at

www.nationalreview.com.

Also on Gun Talk this week, Chad Baus, Vice Chairman of Ohio’s

Buckeye Firearms Association. In his most recent online article on

www.buckeyefirearms.org, Baus examines a three-part series of articles

titled “Overrun by Guns”, published last week in The Columbus

Dispatch. The problem Baus and many others have with these articles

written by a Dispatch journalist is that they were paid for – and paid for

by The Joyce Foundation, a notorious anti-gun rights organization.

About:

Tom Gresham’s Gun Talk Radio is in its 16th year of national

syndication, Gun Talk Radio airs live on Sundays from 2PM-5PM

Eastern, and runs on 101 stations, plus SIRIUS XM Satellite Radio. All

Gun Talk shows can be downloaded as podcasts through Apple iTunes,

the Gun Talk iPhone App, the Blackberry Podcast App, or at

www.guntalk.libsyn.com. More information is available at

www.guntalk.com.

Tags: Anti-Gun Media, Biased Media, Buckeye Firearms Association,

Gun Talk Radio, Pro Gun Radio, Shooting Media News, Tom Gresham

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Team GLOCK Ladies MaintainTop Spots in USPSA Double Tap& World Class Speed on SteelJUN 10, 2011 01:06P.M.

Team GLOCK Ladies Maintain Top Spots in USPSA Double Tap

and World Class Speed on Steel

Randi Rogers Named Ladies Limited Champion at Double Tap and Tori

Nonaka Places Tenth Overall for Iron Sight at Speed on Steel.

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Glock Pistols

SMYRNA, Ga. --(Ammoland.com)- Team GLOCK continued their top

finishing season at they competed in the USPSA Double Tap

Championships, held June 3-5, in Wichita Falls, TX and the World Class

Speed on Steel 2011, held June 3-4, in Old Bridge, NJ.

Randi Rogers, who represented the team at the USPSA Double Tap,

finished as Ladies Limited Division champion and 25th overall.

Tori Nonaka, who competed in the Speed on Steel, placed tenth in the

Iron Sight Centerfire division and 14th in the Open Centerfire.

Rogers performance at the Double Tap Championships put her against a

deep field of world champions, where she was faced with stages such as

the “Sea Serpent.” This particular stage required the competitors to hit

14 paper targets for a possible 140 points. Rogers shot the stage in 20.15

seconds and scored 131 out of the 140 points.

A challenging stage, the competitor must begin at the front of a

rectangular shooting area and maneuver backward to engage targets

while keeping the muzzle pointed down range. In addition while moving

backward the competitor must also duck below an arch built to resemble

a giant sea serpent.

“For my first Double Tap competition, I was very pleased

with my overall placement,” stated Rogers. “Transitioning

between the very accuracy intensive Bianchi Cup to the speed

focused Double Tap was a challenge, but I was very happy

with the outcome of the match.” Rogers competed with a

GLOCK 35, .40, built by S&J Custom.

Tori Nonaka, who competed for Team GLOCK at the World Class Steel

Speed on Steel, shot in both the Iron Sight Centerfire, placing tenth

overall and the Open Centerfire Divisions placing 14th overall.

“I looked forward to this match all year, and was very pleased

with my performance,” stated Nonaka. “This exciting

variation of the Steel Challenge will definitely help me to

prepare for the world championship in August.” Nonaka

competed with both a GLOCK 34, 9×19, built by S&J Custom

and a GLOCK 17 Open Steel Gun built by Hatfield’s

Gunsmithing.

Dave Sevigny will next compete in The Steel Challenge West Coast

Regional in Piru, CA, June 17-19. The same weekend Randi Rogers and

Tori Nonaka will be at the IDPA Carolina Cup in Oxford, NC.

Tags: Competition Shooters, Competitive Shooting News, Glock, Randi

Rogers, Shooting Teams, Steel Shooting, Tori Nonaka, USPSA, Women

of USPSA

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Southwick Associates Honoredfor Groundbreaking ShootingSports ResearchJUN 10, 2011 01:01P.M.

Southwick Associates Honored for Groundbreaking Shooting

Sports Research

Southwick Associates

FERNANDINA BEACH, Fl --(Ammoland.com)- Research

organization Southwick Associates was honored this week by the

National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) for their groundbreaking

research that has helped government agencies, businesses and

organizations better understand and serve the needs and habits of people

who enjoy the outdoors.

The presentation was made by Jim Curcuruto, NSSF’s Director of

Industry Research, during the organization’s annual Shooting Sports

Summit. This year the event was held in Louisville, Ky., June 8-9.

The NSSF is the trade association for the firearms and ammunition

industry and the Summit was an opportunity for leaders of the industry

and conservation fields to discuss issues that affect the future of hunting

and recreational shooting. This year a key topic of discussion revolved

around the findings of a new joint research project by Southwick

Associates and Responsive Management. The project focused on the

activities that compete with hunting and target shooting.

“The awards are well deserved. NSSF research would not be

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where it is today without them,” said Curcuruto, in

presenting the two businesses with hand-carved walnut

wildlife statues.

Accepting the award on behalf of Southwick Associates was company

founder and owner, Rob Southwick. Southwick founded the company in

1990 and for the past 21 years has been the leader in evaluating the

economics, statistics and market evaluations for the hunting, angling and

shooting sports industries. Southwick Associates has a long and

distinguished history of conducting groundbreaking research on behalf

of most of the state wildlife agencies and industry associations to help

them understand outdoor enthusiasts and create programs that better

serve the public. Their work has directly led to agencies improving their

license structures and pricing. The firm has also worked extensively with

private businesses involved in the outdoor industry to help them better

understand their markets and help improve products and services for

their consumers.

“Helping develop the NSSF’s trade statistics program has

been professionally rewarding and fun,” said Southwick in

receiving the honor. “The NSSF has provided us the support

needed to develop new research tools that help companies

boost profits and increase hunting and shooting sports

participation. We are sincerely grateful to the NSSF for its

recognition and for the opportunity to serve the industry.”

Key projects that Southwick Associates has conducted in conjunction

with NSSF have included developing the first index of hunting license

sales, tracking shooting range activities and trends, generating the first

estimates of lifetime expenditures expected from new hunters and target

shooters and conducting the first ever annual survey of firearms retailers

to identify trends. Last year, the company conducted a groundbreaking

study that identified hunter churn rates and described their lifestyles.

NSSF expects the findings to help guide recruitment and

retention efforts for many years to come.

About Southwick Associates:

Southwick Associates was founded in 1989 to serve state fish and wildlife

agencies, as well as the sportfishing and hunting industries. We

specialize in economic and business statistics related to fish and wildlife.

Our expertise includes measuring retail expenditures by anglers,

hunters, wildlife viewers and other outdoor recreationists; quantifying

the jobs, tax revenues and other economic impacts of outdoor recreation;

tracking trends within outdoor industries as well as identifying major

distribution channels and the overall structure of specific outdoor-

related industries; and analyzing the value of fish and wildlife resources

and their uses including land transactions, new business ventures, fish

kills and more.

Tags: Awards, National Shooting Sports Foundation, NSSF, Responsive

Management, Shooting Industry News, Southwick Associates,

Sportsmen Surveys

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2011 Gun Rights PolicyConference InvitationJUN 10, 2011 12:48P.M.

2011 Gun Rights Policy Conference Invitation

2011 Gun Rights Policy Conference Invitation

Second Amendment Foundation

BELLEVUE, WA --(Ammoland.com)- Dear Fellow Gun Rights Activist,

I would like to personally invite you to our 26th annual Gun Rights

Policy Conference (GRPC), which will be taking place September 23, 24,

and 25, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois at the Hyatt Regency Chicago O’Hare

Airport hotel.

With the new battles over individual rights in the age of terrorism,

attacks on our gun rights from the UN as well as a number of Second

Amendment cases in the courts. The theme of It’s About Freedom is

most important as we set the pro-gun rights agenda for the year to come.

This year GRPC will be action-packed. With over 50 speakers hand-

picked from the leadership of the Gun Rights Movement, the topics to be

presented promise to have an impact that will help direct the path of our

cause for years to come.

Invited speakers this year include: myself, Joe Tartaro, Alan Gura, Otis

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McDonald, John Lott, Massad Ayoob, David Kopel, John Snyder, as well

as staff from the Second Amendment Foundation, Citizens Committee

for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, National Rifle Association,

National Shooting Sports Foundation, KeepAndBearArms.com, and Gun

Owners of America.

A number of elected political leaders have been invited as well.

As in the past, the Second Amendment Foundation will not only pick up

the tab for lunch and snacks, but will also provide more than $125 worth

of vital pro-gun rights materials to each attendee.

In addition to the luncheon and free materials, you will have the

opportunity to chat with the speakers at the two evening National

Shooting Sports Foundation and Illinois State Rifle Association planned

receptions.

This event is so important to our cause, that the SAF Board of Trustees

has elected to help underwrite the entire cost of the event. Your cost to

attend this event is absolutely free!

Because of the number of people who travel every year to attend this

event, I have negotiated a special discount room rate for GRPC

attendees. Reservations for the special discounted room rate of $112 per

night can be made by calling 1-800-233-1234, and telling them you are

planning on attending the Gun Rights Policy Conference (GRPC)

sponsored by the Second Amendment Foundation.

If you have any questions, please call the SAF office at (425) 454-7012 to

register. You can also register online at our GRPC Registration &

Information Page, or send an e-mail to grpc2011@saf.org, or fax us at

425-451-3959.

Sincerely yours,Alan M. Gottlieb

Founder

Second Amendment Foundation

2011 Gun Rights Policy Conference Flyer

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Niagara County LegislatureUnanimously OpposesMicrostamping Bill in NYSLegislatureJUN 10, 2011 12:33P.M.

Niagara County Legislature Unanimously Opposes

Microstamping Bill in NYS Legislature

AmmoLand Gun News

Niagara County, NY --(Ammoland.com)- Niagara County lawmakers

unanimously opposed an extreme bill passed by the New York State

Assembly that would require gun-buyers in New York state to purchase

guns the included costly technology that had been repeatedly proven

unreliable at best.

County lawmakers expressed disgust with grandstanding by the State

Assembly’s leadership, which every year passes a raft of anti-Second

Amendment bills, most of which are stopped cold in the Senate. The

Assembly’s passage of a bizarre “micro-stamping” bill- long the darling

of extreme gun-control organizations- caused a pair of lawmakers

representing four of Niagara County’s rural towns to lead an effort to

condemn the Assembly’s actions and call on the Senate to block its

passage.

Micro-stamping would, in theory, imprint a unique identification

number on cartridges ejected by semiautomatic pistols. Unfortunately

for proponents of the concept, it’s been repeatedly found to work poorly

at best- even being proven ineffective during an involved 2006 study at

the University of California-Davis. With even a University of California

school opposing mandating the technology, Niagara County lawmakers

were left scratching their heads about why the Assembly is in such a

hurry to require the unproven and costly technology in New York.

For that reason, Tuesday night county legislators were unanimous in

admonishing the Assembly’s leadership for passing the legislation and

asking the Senate to once again act as a road block against extreme laws,

often authored by downstate Assemblymen.

“Again, it seems the assault has started with the anti-Second

Amendment rights legislation originating in the Assembly,”

Legislator John Syracuse, R-Newfane, told his colleagues.

“What we have here is this micro-stamping- I hesitate to use

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the word ‘technology’- that has repeatedly failed in laboratory

tests. And now the Assembly wants to require it.”

Syracuse noted that chief among the problems with micro-stamping

-aside from the fact that a similar experiment at a Suffolk County, N.Y.,

crime lab had found that virtually all of the stamped characters were

unreadable- and that a criminal with a metal file could render the

technology impotent.

“They’re easily scoured or tampered with,” Syracuse said. “All

this does is erode the rights of law-abiding citizens to

purchase guns. And we won’t tolerate this back-door effort at

gun control.”

Syracuse was joined in sponsoring the measure blasting the Assembly by

Legislator Michael A. Hill, R-Middleport, a parole officer who was

concerned about efforts by criminals to misuse micro-stamped

ammunition casings fired by law-abiding firearms owners- particularly

his fellow law-enforcement officers.

“The problem with the technology is that there may be an

opportunity that, if this actually worked, people could

become victims of false accusations,” Hill said. “As a law-

enforcement officer myself, I go to the range twice a year to

qualify, and we use quite a few cartridges, and they’re all over

the range. We do our best to pick them up. But we don’t get

them all. And these ranges would be a popular place for

criminals to go to pick up casings to scatter around a crime

scene to add to confusion.”

Hill’s specific objection has been repeatedly cited by the National Rifle

Association as well.

Hill, who as a law-enforcement officer is quite knowledgeable about

firearms, noted a second failing of micro-stamping: it only is applicable

to semiautomatic pistols. Micro-stamping would be ineffective on

revolvers, as the expended cartridges remain in the gun.

“Old West-type guns- revolvers -don’t even eject their rounds.

If they used a gun in that category to commit a crime, they’re

going to take the cartridges with them,” Hill said. “That

nullifies the effectiveness of this technology.”

Further complicating things, Hill and Syracuse noted, is that the

Assembly bill requires creation of a statewide database of unique bullet

IDs, but fails to explain how construction, updating, and maintenance of

such a costly database would be paid for.

“I know that databases cost money to create. Databases cost

money to maintain,” Hill said. “The Assembly doesn’t say

where that money is going to come from.”

Hill summed up the County Legislature’s opposition to the Assembly

micro-stamping bill on behalf of his colleagues.

“There are just a lot of holes in it,” Hill said. “The Assembly

leadership is talking about adding an expense to law-

enforcement for a technology that’s not proven, and that can

be scrubbed right out of a handgun. And I just think it’s

another attack on our Second Amendment rights.”

Tags: Anti Gun Bills, Gun Banners, Microstamping, New York, NYSRPA,

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Michigan Natural ResourcesCommission Votes to Lift DeerBaiting BanJUN 10, 2011 12:22P.M.

Michigan Natural Resources Commission Votes to Lift Deer

Baiting Ban

Michigan Natural Resources Commission Votes to Lift Deer Baiting Ban

Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Michigan --(Ammoland.com)- The Michigan Natural Resources

Commission on Thursday voted 4-3 to lift the current deer baiting and

feeding ban in the state’s Lower Peninsula.

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The ban had been in place since 2008, when Chronic Wasting Disease

(CWD) was detected in a deer at a private deer breeding facility in Kent

County.

Baiting will still be prohibited in Deer Management Unit (DMU) 487, the

six-county Bovine Tuberculosis zone in northeastern Lower Michigan.

The counties where baiting will continue to be prohibited are Alcona,

Alpena, Iosco, Montmorency, Oscoda and Presque Isle.

The NRC approved a proposal to allow baiting in limited quantities from

Oct. 1 to Jan. 1. Hunters may place any type of bait, no more than two

gallons at a time, across a 10-foot by 10-foot area per hunting location.

The NRC also reinstated recreational feeding of deer in the Lower

Peninsula, with the exception of DMU 487. Property owners may place

two gallons of bait on their property within 100 yards of their residence

year-around.

The NRC also placed a three-year sunset on the regulations, which

means it will reconsider the baiting issue again in 2014.

In 2008, the Department of Natural Resources announced it had

detected the state’s first case of CWD in a three year-old female deer at a

private deer breeding facility in Kent County. At the time, the

Department followed protocol as outlined in the state’s emergency

response plan for CWD and immediately banned baiting and feeding of

white-tailed deer in the Lower Peninsula. The NRC then passed

regulations making the ban permanent, but said it would reconsider the

ban in three years, giving the DNR adequate time to perform disease

testing and surveillance in the state for CWD.

In the three year period, the DNR tested thousands of white-tailed deer

for CWD, but did not detect another case.

The NRC also directed the Department to work with the Legislature to

strengthen the penalties for baiting violations. A potential bill sponsor

has been identified who supports establishing an escalating scale of

penalties for repeat offenders, which would include mandatory hunting

license revocation.

If hunters do use bait, the DNR requests they not place bait repeatedly at

the same point on the ground, and only place bait out when they are

actively hunting. This may minimize the chance of direct and indirect

exposure of deer to any unknown disease that may be present.

For more information about CWD, go to

www.michigan.gov/emergingdiseases.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is committed to the

conservation, protection, management, use and enjoyment of the state’s

natural and cultural resources for current and future generations. For

more information, go to www.michigan.gov/dnr.

Tags: Deer Bait, Deer Hunters, Deer Hunting, Hunting News, Michigan,

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Archery Trade AssociationMembership Drive Under WayJUN 10, 2011 11:58A.M.

Archery Trade Association Membership Drive Under Way

Archery Trade Association

New Ulm, Minn. --(Ammoland.com)- ATA retail members can renew

their membership now to beat the rush that begins when current 2010-

2011 memberships expire June 30.

As with the 2011 Trade Show in Indianapolis, retailers wishing to attend

the 2012 ATA Trade Show in Columbus, Ohio, must be ATA members.

ATA membership-services staff recently completed their annual review

of memberships, and are mailing out renewal orders for 2011-2012 to

700 “pre-verified” retail members. Members are encouraged to save time

by paying their dues and renewing their memberships online.

They can also pay by mailing back the paperwork with a check, or faxing

it in after completing the “cc” info on the order.

An additional 300 retail members whose commitment ends June 30 will

receive a request for information to become verified and eligible to

renew. These members will not receive a dues order, so they will not be

able to renew online. They must mail or fax the required information for

ATA verification.

Starting this year, all retailers will be part of the “Archery Pro Shop

Retailer” membership category. The ATA Dealers Council decided to

create this one uniform category, and eliminate the former categories:

“Retailer” and “ProShop Retailer.”

For questions about your status or membership, contact Maria Lewis at

(866) 266-2776, ext. 2, or marialewis@archerytrade.org .

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About

The Archery Trade Association is the organization for manufacturers,

retailers, distributors, sales representatives and others working in the

archery and bowhunting industry. Visit: www.archerytrade.org

Tags: Archery News, Archery Trade Association, ATA, Membership

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Michigan DNR Moves AheadWith Deal to Sell 500 Acres toCommerce Township for ParkJUN 10, 2011 11:47A.M.

Michigan DNR Moves Ahead With Deal to Sell 500 Acres to

Commerce Township for Park

Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Michigan --(Ammoland.com)- A land transaction that would sell 500

acres of state-owned land in Oakland County’s Commerce Township to

the township to develop into a public outdoor recreation facility is

nearing completion, as Department of Natural Resources Director

Rodney Stokes authorized the DNR to move ahead with the deal at the

June 9 meeting of the Michigan Natural Resources Commission.

The two-phase deal includes sale of approximately 502 acres in

Commerce Township to the township for a total of $2.805 million. The

first phase includes sale of a 201.4 acre parcel for $1,282,140, with a

closing to occur before Sept. 15. The second phase includes the sale of

301.3 acres for $1,522,860, with a closing to occur before April 15, 2012.

The transaction is the culmination of a multi-year discussion between

the DNR and Commerce Township about the sale of the land for public

recreation and open space uses. Under the sale agreement reached, the

township agreed to keep the property open to the public for open space,

wildlife habitat and public outdoor education purposes.

The property, known as the Proud Lake Recreation Area – East Unit, was

partially used in the 1950s as a Nike missile base by the US Department

of Defense. Due to its occupation by the Department of Defense, the

property was closed to the public, and not actively managed as part of

the Proud Lake Recreation Area. In 2006, the DNR re-evaluated the

property as a part of its statewide Land Consolidation Strategy, and

recommended that the 502 acres be sold or exchanged.

The property is bisected by Wise Road, which divides it into two distinct

parcels. The north portion is approximately 253 acres and undeveloped.

The south portion is approximately 248 acres, including 72 acres that

contained the former Nike missile site. The former missile silos on the

property have been filled in and the area now consists of open fields.

The sale agreement requires the township to keep the land as open

space, in a generally natural condition, for wildlife habitat and public

outdoor education purposes. The 72-acre former missile site that was

formerly developed can once again be developed to host active outdoor

recreation facilities and fields, tennis or basketball courts or ice rinks.

The property can be used for events, classes, instructional activities,

contests, tournaments or similar events that promote the outdoors. The

agreement also allows Commerce Township to charge fees to offset the

cost of ownership, operation and maintenance of the property.

Proceeds from the sale of the property will go into a restricted fund the

DNR uses to purchase land for public recreation purposes. Priority will

be given to lands within DNR boundaries in state game areas, parks and

recreation areas, and other high quality outdoor recreation land in

southern Michigan. A portion of the proceeds will be used to acquire

replacement lands that meet the criteria for lands acquired with funds

from the state’s Game and Fish Protection Fund.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is committed to the

conservation, protection, management, use and enjoyment of the state’s

natural and cultural resources for current and future generations. For

more information, go to www.michigan.gov/dnr.

Tags: Michigan, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Public

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Wisconsin DNR Needs YourHelp With Game Bird BroodObservationsJUN 10, 2011 11:35A.M.

Wisconsin DNR Needs Your Help With Game Bird Brood

Observations

Attention Upland bird hunters and outdoor enthusiasts.

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Wisconsin DNR Needs Your Help With Game Bird Brood Observations

Wisconsin DNR

MADISON, WI --(Ammoland.com)- The Wisconsin DNR is asking for

your help in measuring the brood production of some of the state’s

upland game bird species.

We are looking for observations of broods of pheasant, wild turkey,

ruffed grouse, sharp-tailed grouse, prairie chicken, gray partridge, and

bobwhite quail.

Wisconsinites spend many days outdoors during the summer months,

and see a variety of our state’s abundant wildlife. This makes you a good

source of information on the reproductive status of some of our wildlife

species.

No special effort is required! Just go about your normal summertime

activities, and when you see a brood of young pheasants, turkey, ruffed

grouse, sharp-tailed grouse, prairie chicken, gray partridge, or bobwhite

quail, please report your sightings. Instructions on how to perform the

survey, a link to the survey form, and a tally sheet for your use can be

found here.

Also report any sightings of turkey and pheasant hens that do not have

broods.

During the summer of 2010, Wisconsinites reported 950 observations of

game broods of wild turkey, ring-necked pheasant, ruffed grouse, prairie

chicken, sharp-tailed grouse, gray partridge and bobwhite quail. The

most frequently observed game bird species were wild turkey (765

observations) and ruffed grouse (117 observations).

Results from your observations will be used to monitor the reproductive

status of these birds and to help make fall hunting forecasts. If you have

any questions about the survey, or if you have any issues accessing the

survey website please contact Brian Dhuey.

Thank you for your interest in Wisconsin’s wildlife.

Brian Dhuey

Wildlife Surveys and Database Manager

Wisconsin DNR Tags: Brood Surveys, Conservation Projects, Game

Birds, WDNR, Wisconsin

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RMEF Honors Oregon ElkResearcher with Murie AwardJUN 10, 2011 11:21A.M.

RMEF Honors Oregon Elk Researcher with Murie Award

Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation

MISSOULA, Mont. --(Ammoland.com)- An award honoring the

science-based conservation legacy of Olaus J. Murie, the late biologist

remembered as the father of modern elk management, has been

presented by the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation to Dr. Michael

Wisdom of La Grande, Ore.

The recipient of the 2011 Olaus J. Murie Award is a wildlife researcher at

the Pacific Northwest Research Station, Forestry and Range Sciences

Laboratory, at La Grande.

An expert in North American ungulate ecology and modeling, wildlife

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biology, vertebrate species and wildlife-habitat relationships, Wisdom

also is a noted leader as these topics relate to disturbance regimes and

anthropogenic risk factors.

Wisdom’s contributions to the science of wildlife management are

extensive. He has been an author or co-author of 364 invited papers and

posters and of 44 offered presentations and posters. Wisdom has 17

formal consultations with scientists both nationally and internationally

regarding use of technologies and methods in ungulate research. He also

has 118 publications to his credit in scientific journals.

“Everyone who has followed professional elk management

since 1986 has heard of the ‘Wisdom Model,’ which was one

of the first definitive attempts to predict habitat

effectiveness,” said Tom Toman, director of conservation and

staff biologist for RMEF.

“Newer modeling efforts are a collaboration of many

biologists but Mike remains one of the leaders and the

objective has never changed: Develop a tool to measure

dietary digestible energy, distance to roads, distance to cover

and slope to help direct habitat enhancement and watershed

restoration work. Mike remains on the cutting edge of these

advanced techniques in elk management.”

Along the way, Wisdom’s efforts also benefit other wildlife species that

prosper in early and mid-seral successional habitats.

During his career, Wisdom has been a wildlife assistant at Max McGraw

Wildlife Foundation, bird phase research leader, chemical lab technician

and fisheries teacher assistant. He served as a wildlife and fisheries

biologist and assistant district wildlife biologist for the Bureau of Land

Management in Coos Bay, Ore. He also worked as a technology transfer

scientist, a regional wildlife ecologist and a terrestrial scientist at the

Forest and Range Science Laboratory in La Grande, Ore. Wisdom is now

part of the Starkey Ungulate Ecology Team, Ecological Process and

Function Program of the USDA Forest Service.

Wisdom’s academic achievements include a B.S. in wildlife management

from University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, an M.S. in wildlife science

from New Mexico State and Ph.D. in forestry, range and wildlife from the

University of Idaho.

The 2011 Olaus J. Murie Award was announced in May at the Western

States and Provinces Deer and Elk Workshop in New Mexico. Wisdom

was unable to attend, however, so a formal presentation to him will

follow later this year.

The award is based on five criteria:

1. Relevance of work to the conservation of wild, free-ranging elk

2. Application of work “on the ground” to benefit wild, free-ranging

elk

3. Dedication to his or her profession

4. Commitment to the conservation of wild, free-ranging elk

5. Credibility and respect among peers

Murie was educated at the University of Michigan. He was the first to

conduct elk and habitat research at the National Elk Refuge in Jackson

Hole, Wyo. His detailed work led to the classic book, The Elk of North

America, published in 1951. He promoted sound stewardship and

protection of wildlife habitat, receiving numerous honors and awards.

Murie died in 1963.

The RMEF award honors Murie’s legacy while recognizing those who

have become conservation leaders in their own rite. Past recipients

include Jack Ward Thomas, Jim Peek, L. Jack Lyon, Valerius Geist,

Robert D. Nelson and John Cook.

About the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation:

Snowy peaks, dark timber basins and grassy meadows. RMEF is leading

an elk country initiative that has conserved or enhanced habitat on over

5.7 million acres, a land area equivalent to a swath three miles wide and

stretching along the entire Continental Divide from Canada to Mexico.

RMEF also works to open, secure and improve public access for hunting,

fishing and other recreation. Get involved at www.rmef.org or 800-CALL

ELK.

Tags: Conservation News, Elk Management, RMEF, Rocky Mountain Elk

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Real World Firearms SafetyJUN 10, 2011 11:14A.M.

Real World Firearms Safety

By Larry Vickers & Vickers Tactical

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Finger OFF the Trigger Stupid

Tactical Tips by Larry Vickers

Marietta Ohio --(Ammoland.com)- One thing I like to highlight in my

classes is ‘real’ world firearms safety- not the firearms safety that an

NRA certified instructor reads off a little card he carries in his wallet but

gun safety as it applies to you in the world we live in.

The world that is full of lawyers that would like nothing more than to

take everything you own. With that in mind here goes;

Accuracy Is King

1) In the real world there are no paper targets or 12 foot earth berms

behind the target. On the two way range the targets shoot back and the

best backstop you can hope to have is the upper torso of the bad guy your

dealing with. This is yet another reason why accuracy is king in the real

world and always remember when you pull the trigger you own the bullet

you just launched- good or bad.

Danger Loaded Weapon

2) Treat every weapon as if is loaded at all times; read that last part

again- at all times!! We know this is important but people don’t do it.

Something in our brain says that once the gun is ‘empty’ it is inert and

we can point it anywhere we want to – this is dangerous as all we have to

be is wrong one time and a life changing event could happen.

This is actually the most commonly violated safety rule of

them all.

Muzzle Awareness

3) Muzzle awareness; goes hand in hand with #2 – always ask yourself

‘what if this weapon where to discharge right now?’

You want the answer to be ‘ my ears would be ringing but no one would

be hurt’ . This one can’t be over emphasized because in the real world LE

and Military sweep people with their muzzles all the time as a matter of

doing business- in some cases it can’t be avoided. My theory is you need

to know where the gun is pointing at all times and only sweep someone if

it is absolutely necessary- in the civilian sector it rarely is, if ever.

Finger OFF the Trigger Stupid

4) Finger OFF trigger until ready to fire. This is The golden Rule - the

firearms safety law that allows you to use and handle weapons on a

regular basis without harming yourself or someone else. And the rule

that is mandatory in this day and age; case in point the is Glock

handguns – the most popular in the world and pistols that require you

put this rule into practice each and every time you handle one.

Not only is firearms safety everyone’s responsibility you have to practice

it 24/7 – you have to remain diligent and never let your guard down-

remember it only takes one mistake to change your life or someone else’s

life forever.

Stay safe and stay shooting!

LAV out.

Larry Vickers

About:

Larry Vickers is a retired career special operations soldier with 20-plus

years of service to our country.

A longtime 1st SFOD- Delta operational member, he was a key player in

the small arms marksmanship expertise and weapons selection of that

Unit.

He brings a very unique set of skills to the market, and has a wide and

varied background in the firearms industry.

Visit www.vickerstactical.com

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