Author: Curtis

The last Saratoga Gun Show is this weekend.

http://neaca.com/docs/shows/saratoga-may-2018.pdf

http://neaca.com/gun-shows

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Saratoga-gun-show-takes-its-final-shot-12935786.php

 

The National Liberty Alliance filed a 2nd Amendment Action at Law against the Governor and both houses of New York State in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, Case# 1:18-cv-392.  The preliminary hearing is set for July 2nd at 10 am.

More details are available here:  https://www.nationallibertyalliance.org/new-york-safe-act-lawsuit

The National Liberty Alliance is an organization you should check out.

An Eye Opener

Investor companies that want progressive change, like the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), are buying stocks in publicly traded companies to try to affect social change.  It has worked.   A group of nuns representing ICCR on Wednesday was at a shareholders meeting at Sturm, Ruger & Co. and got a majority of stockholders to vote requiring Sturm, Ruger & Co.  to issue a risk report.  The report is supposed to look into Ruger tracking violence associated with it’s guns, and report on research on smart-gun technology, and more.

That’s not all, they wanted to do more but didn’t get it.  They wanted the company to quit their ties with the NRA,  and block the reelection of a board member that served on the NRA board and was a past NRA president.

This group also invests in Dicks Sporting Goods.

“https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/09/business/sturm-ruger-shareholders-activists.html”

“http://www.journalnow.com/business/ruger-shareholders-approve-proposal-requiring-gun-safety-report/article_5704318a-d2af-5224-b283-11c85b463ce8.html”

“http://www.iccr.org“

Hi all,

There is a bill in the NYS Senate to make permanent the authorization to hunt big game with rifles in the county of Albany. S07873 is on the floor calendar waiting to be brought up for a vote. Unfortunately there is no bill in the Assembly for this.

Please contact your assembly members to have them introduce this senate bill in the Assembly if you support this legislation.

Please click on either link to show S07873:
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/s7873
or
http://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=S07873&term=2017&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Memo=Y&Text=Y

Thanks.

Hello Friends,

A local man who is a friend of mine could use your help.  His name is Fred Phelps and he has been battling a pre SAFE Act second amendment case for several years and is trying to go to the U.S. Supreme Court over it.  He can’t afford the filing fee cost and his attorney put together a go-fund-me page to gather funds to pursue the lawsuit.

https://www.gofundme.com/2ndamendappealtosupremecourt

Fred has been added to the NICs database after a temporary admission to a mental institution, where he was evaluated and released as as not being adjudicated mentally ill.  He has no criminal record.  He wants to retire and enjoy the rest of his life hunting and fishing but is not allowed to purchase a rifle.

I talked to Fred personally and I also talked to his attorney and they are both decent people.  If you can spare some money, please help support Fred and his lawsuit so he can go hunting.

Thank-you for voting for the best second-amendment-rated politicians in the Capital District’s Special elections.

Please keep in mind that Jake Ashby (Assembly Seat 107 – Renselaer/Columbia County) and Chris Tague (Assembly Seat 102 – Albany/Columbia/Greene County) won by only several hundred votes.  I think you made a difference!

Now we have to hold their feet to the fire and make sure they continue to stand up for our constitutional right and not just give it lip service.

Capital District SCOPE wants you to vote in the special elections today.  Here are candidate ratings, based our members review of the candidates support of the second amendment .  Make your own choice.

For Assembly District 107 (Rensselaer and parts of Columbia County):

Jake Ashby:  Rated A     Veteran, opposes the SAFE Act, strongly supports second amendment rights   http://wamc.org/post/meet-ny-107th-assembly-district-republican-candidate-jake-ashby, thinks school districts should make their own decisions on arming teachers

Cindy Doran:  Rated F     Said she supports the SAFE Act and will act to ban weapons, making gun control an important election issue   http://wamc.org/post/meet-ny-107th-assembly-district-democratic-candidate-cindy-doran

 

For Assembly District 102 (Parts of Albany, Columbia and Greene County):

Christopher Tague:  Rated B      Thinks bump stocks should be outlawed,  has not said much else on the second amendment

Aidan O’Connor Jr:    Rated D   Says he is a gun owner, hasn’t pushed gun control in his campaign, does not like how SAFE Act was passed, thinks guns should be registered, believes magazine limit of 10 rounds is good for NY

Wes Laraway, Independent Party:  Rated  D     Says he believes in the second amendment, thinks the SAFE Act needs major reforms, wants 21 year age requirement for all gun purchases, believes in medical detectors at schools, believes armed sheriff deputies should be at our schools, thinks arming teachers is a horrible idea

Thursday, April 19th, the Capital District chapter of SCOPE will have an election meeting at the Nassau Sportsman’s Club at 7:00.  The Nassau Sportsman’s Club is located at: 370 Boyce Rd, Nassau, NY.

Come vote!  We will have an opening for Treasurer if anyone wants to run.

Hello Friends,

A Capital District SCOPE member could use a hand.  His name is Fred Phelps and he has been battling a pre SAFE Act second amendment case for several years and is trying to go to the U.S. Supreme Court over it.  He can’t afford the cost and his attorney put together a go-fund-me page to gather funds to pursue the lawsuit.

https://www.gofundme.com/2ndamendappealtosupremecourt

He has been added to the NICs database after a temporary admission to a mental institution, where he was evaluated and released as as not being adjudicated mentally ill.  He has no criminal record.  He wants to retire and enjoy the rest of his life hunting and fishing but is not allowed to purchase a rifle.

I talked to Fred personally and I also talked to his attorney and they are both decent people.  If you can spare some money, please help support Fred and his lawsuit.

From Dailyfreeman.com

Teacher’s aide arrested, fired for having loaded gun in Rockland County school.  The school, in Rockland County, serves an autistic student body ages 5 to 21.

Police said the 9mm handgun was discovered in the handbag owned by Gillian Jeffords, 24, of Warwick, who has been working for Rockland County BOCES since last September. She was charged with the felony of criminal possession of a weapon on school grounds.

She was fired on Friday, according to News12 Hudson Valley, after initially being suspended……. more here

WANT TO BE AN ACTIVIST?  Email, write or call the district attorney and tell him to bury the charges,  https://rocklandgov.com/departments/district-attorney/contact-district-attoney/  or call the school  https://www.rocklandboces.org/special-education/jesse-j-kaplan-school/