Author: Curtis

Taken and edited from Ammoland:

In a fiery dissent on June 26th, 2017 with regard to the court not taking up the Peruta case,  along with Justice Clarence Thomas, Gorsuch demanded that the Court take this case and other Second Amendment cases in order to protect the rights of citizens living in states that do not respect the Second Amendment.

From the dissent on how the Heller case speaks clearly on the issue of carrying firearms for self-defense:

As we explained in Heller, to “bear arms” means to “‘wear, bear, or carry upon the person or in the clothing or in a pocket, for the purpose of being armed and ready for offen­sive or defensive action in a case of conflict with another person.’” The most natural reading of this definition encom­passes public carry. I find it extremely improbable that the Framers understood the Second Amendment to protect little more than carrying a gun from the bedroom to the kitchen.

All members, the secretary position for the capital district SCOPE chapter is still open and has not been filled.  If anyone is interested, contact me at capnospam”at”nycap.rr.com.

The position includes attending the monthly meetings and taking notes on what was said, then turning the notes in at the next meeting.  Give it a try until the next regular election in March.

Stop by the next meeting July 18th.

Are you one of the four percenters? If you are, chances you don’t want to be, and no one told you that your are one, and you may never find out.   Shush,  IT’S A SECRET……

Since the passing of the (un)Safe Act in 2013,  NY state is abusing its position to report people as “involuntary committed” to databases such as NICS, when no such commitment has taken place.  In addition, the NYS Police maintain a second, secret database on New Yorkers under Mental Hygiene Law §9.46.  It is estimated that more than 200,000 reports have been made into that database, or, a total of more than 700,000 records between the two tracks of reporting. This would mean that 3.7% or 1 out of 27 New Yorkers are housed in the NYS Police database under “mental health” allegations.

Don’t worry, if you were wrongly placed on the list, you can get off it.  First you have to find out you are on the list, then hire an attorney, pay thousands of dollars, wait a long time, hope all your guns won’t be confiscated, and you won’t get reimbursed by the State for their mistake when the court finds in your favor.  This is outrageous and has to stop.  Tell a friend about this.  Maybe the Civil Right Restoration Act can fix this.

 

The (un)SAFE Act:

You can’t buy a hunting or sporting rifle with a pistol grip, a thumb hole stock, a muzzle brake, or even an ammo magazine with an 11 round capacity at the sporting goods store due to the (un)SAFE act, even though more people are killed with hammers and beaten to death each year than killed by rifles of any type, let alone rifles that fall into the sub-category of so called “assault rifles”.

Ask yourself…, does the (un)SAFE act INFRINGE (see definition above) on the right to keep and bear arms in any way, if so, the conclusion is that the infringement is against amendment #2 in the bill of rights of the constitution, which is considered the supreme law of the land.

As the bumpers sticker says…”what part of SHALL NOT be infringed don’t you understand?”

The event a couple days ago in VA surely opened some eyes on Capitol Hill.

TO: ALL SCOPE MEMBERS STATEWIDE: THIS IS AN URGENT NOTIFICATION FROM MAX
TRESMOND, SCOPE GENERAL COUNSEL TO ALL SCOPE MEMBERS:

A recent development happened after last night’s Erie County SCOPE meeting. Rep. Collins has expressed a willingness to move the Second Amendment Guarantee Act (SAGA) proposed by SCOPE forward to enactment.  ACTION NEEDED: Please make calls to his office at 716-634-2324 (Buffalo) and 202-225-5265 (Washington, D.C.) Ask for his support, and tell him that we, in turn, will support him.

SAGA would be a Federal Law that would use the due process clause of the of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to repeal the unconstitutional SAFE Act.

We must take this direction to destroy Cuomo’s SAFE Act. The New York State Legislature is too corrupt to accomplish repeal.
PLEASE MAKE YOUR CALLS NOW!!!

Frank J. Panasuk
S.C.O.P.E. BOD Member at Large

Do you remember a story about the escaped convicts from a Georgia prison June 13th. After being on the run for three days, the police caught up to them.  After a car chase with police and vehicle crash, the escaped convicts ran into the woods and to a nearby house in Tennessee.  Luckily, the homeowner was armed, and after calling the police and his neighbors, they were able to keep the murderers at gunpoint until police arrived and arrested them.

The homeowner capturing and holding the escaped convicts should be big national news.  It wasn’t.

http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/06/16/heres-how-armed-homeowners-helped-capture-two-dangerous-escaped-convicts/

Every 2nd Matters is a group of individuals that meet online once a month to discuss what they have done to promote awareness of the 2nd amendment with the general pubic, usually on a one-to-one basis, by talking with people casually.  There is no leadership, no dues, and anyone with a firearm is already a member.  It is a coalition of like minded individual gun owners who use the 2nd day of the month to promote gun rights awareness in their own way.   Some members open carry (where permitted), some wear an every 2nd matters t-shirt, some just start conversations, and some members open carry an empty holster to elicit conversation.

One thing I don’t like, as yet, is that they want you to sign up and create an account on their web site.   You can find their web site at:  every2ndmatters.com

If you just want to listen to their YouTube hangout podcast while you work, the link is here:  Youtube hangouts podcast: https://youtu.be/VlPFeshmGlo

Yankee Marshall’s explanation of the group:  https://youtu.be/TC8sw-E0nkw

Governor Cuomo declared June as Gun Violence Awareness Month.  With some hard work on the part of gun owners, if Rob Astorino is voted governor we can have a 2nd Amendment Awareness month.  Wouldn’t that be great.

I declare June National Gun Violence Awareness Month in the State of New York. #WearOrange and disrupt the cycle of gun violence. pic.twitter.com/va4WZs9L98

— Archive: Governor Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) June 2, 2017

Jared of the Guns & Gadgets YouTube channel updates the status fairly well. Jared is part of a sister gun rights group (GOAL) in Massachusetts.  Take a Look…

From the June 7th NRAILA web site:

On Wednesday, June 7, the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee was scheduled to hold a hearing on S.1209A by Sen. Robert Ortt. However, the bill was abruptly removed from the agenda. This important Second Amendment legislation would “remove the prohibition on firearm silencers.” Contrary to inaccurate Hollywood portrayals, “silencers,” or suppressors, do not silence firearms. Rather, suppressors simply reduce decibel levels to thresholds which are not as damaging to hearing. S.1209A would also permit suppressors to be used for hunting.

Suppressors provide numerous benefits to the hunters and sportsmen who choose to use them. Most importantly, suppressors can decrease muzzle report to hearing-safe levels and reduce shooters’ risk of hearing damage, which can occur when discharging a firearm without proper hearing protection. Additionally, suppressors help increase accuracy by reducing felt recoil and shot “flinch.” Beginners to shooting sports adhere to a quicker learning curve on average because the muffled sound equates to increased focus and concentration on proper shooting mechanics. Furthermore, suppressors help reduce noise complaints from neighbors, which are frequently used as an excuse to close hunting lands throughout the country. Suppressors are currently legal in 42 states upon completion of a rigorous federal background check.

Please continue to contact members of the State Senate Environmental Conservation Committee and respectfully request that they place S.1029A back on the agenda and pass the bill.

https://www.nysenate.gov/committees/environmental-conservation

https://www.nraila.org/articles/20170609/new-york-senate-committee-removes-hearing-protection-bill-from-agenda