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Official journal of the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, the state’s official NRA affiliate Vol. 58 No. 4 USPS 996-700 August 2019

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2 Bullet magazine Contents August 2019 Vol. 58 No. 4

Your Board of Directors ...... 2

President’s Message...... 4

Collectors Corner...... 6

David Bellavia Receives Citation ...... 8

Long Island Director ...... 9

Why Much More than NYS’s Absurd Gun Laws are in the Balance. . . . 10

Minuteman ...... 14

Congratulations to New York’s Newly Elected Republican Chairman . . . 16

Driven to Compete? ...... 21

Notes from Brenda ...... 22

After a Defensive Shooting: What to Do...... 24

Gun Shows...... 25

Bullet Advertisement Rates...... 26

Meet Our Newest Board Member ...... 27

Member Clubs...... 28

NYSRPA Individual Application...... 30

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The Demise of the NRA has Been Now it’s Wayne LaPierre’s turn in the Greatly Exaggerated barrel. Why? If you destroy Wayne, there is a good chance the NRA will The NRA has had some business issues fail or be greatly diminished. Let’s play out in the public eye. look closer at his career path with No question. But, the issues faced the NRA, which began as a lobbyist by the NRA are the same issues that 35 years ago. Over the years, he some large organizations face over excelled in every position he held and time. The only difference is that the was finally appointed as executive NRA’s issues are playing out in the vice-president. During his tenure as public arena. Why? Because we are the executive vice-president, the NRA NRA. grew from an anemic less-than‑two- The root of the NRA’s problems million member association into Friends, no matter what their is caused by the fear that the the more than five-million member motivations are for this attempt to NRA will ensure the retention of behemoth we have now become. oust Wayne from his leadership the U.S. Senate by conservative While it is difficult to pinpoint an role, the perpetrators are simply on a Republicans, recapturing the House exact number, some people who know fool’s errand that will divide Second of Representatives by the Republican say Wayne has personally raised Amendment supports, lead to a Party, and most importantly, securing hundreds of millions of dollars for weakening of the association, ensure the re-election of Donald Trump as the association. By any method of we lose the U.S Senate, and possibly president of the United States. Friends, evaluation, that’s a matchless record. contribute to the failure to re-elect that’s what this is all about, and if Why? Why have a number of pro- President Trump—which in turn a few good men and a 150-year-old gun associations and leaders joined will lead to the loss of the Second organization are ruined along the way, with Bloomberg, Soros and others Amendment and gun rights as we better yet! to sow dissent and demand Wayne’s know them. If you don’t believe this, Progressives will stop at nothing to resignation? Unfortunately, there are let me point out a few results of what achieve their goals. Look back over the myriad answers and motivations to total control by progressive Democrats past two and half years at the attempt that simple question, but let’s delve leads to: New York, California, New to destroy President Trump: charges into a few generically without naming Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, of collusion, obstruction, sex and names. One of the co-conspirators’ Washington, D.C., Chicago and sexual abuse—the only thing he wasn’t problems with the NRA date back 30 Washington state. Need I go further? charged with was liking rock & roll. years when similar claims were made In closing, let me state that I stand His family was supposed to be falling and an attempted coup was stopped behind the NRA, the NRA board of apart, his kids were crooks, Russian by the board of directors. A couple directors, and Wayne LaPierre—and agents and some people even suggested of the other antagonists failed in an in turn, collectively we stand behind the First Lady was a prostitute. Let’s attempt to be elected to the board the Second Amendment and the gun not forget the attempt to destroy Judge of directors and they have carried a owners of the U.S. Kavanaugh’s life with many similar seething grudge since their losses. A Thank you, Wayne, for all you claims. There are too many others couple of current board members truly continue to do for us and for all that whose lives were ruined through believe they are on the right side; a few you’ve have accomplished. It is because innuendo, false claims and coerced others simply saw this as a shortcut up of your efforts that we have semi- confessions to name, but you know the organizational chart; and others autos today, people can buy affordable who they are because the fake news are competitors with considerably less guns, and transport firearms freely for posted their names all over the U.S. octane.

4 Bullet magazine lawful purposes. You helped save the American firearms industry. You persevered until we have comprehensive right-to-carry laws. You made Castle Doctrine the law in many states. All these laws—preemption statutes; emergency protection laws; and range protection hunter harassment—are thanks to you. Please, know the gun owners of the U.S. support you and are grateful for your efforts on their behalf. Please accept my personal vote of confidence.

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The official journal of the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association 5 Collectors Corner by David Bock

Smith and Wesson had made several issue sidearm. This both secured reciprocating. This enabled it to be attempts at marketing centerfire semi- Smith & Wesson’s first major contract fired as a single shot. automatic handguns over the years. for semi-automatic pistols, and also The Venezuelan government purchased It wasn’t until 1955 that the company generated considerable commercial a small lot of Model 39 pistols in met with success. interest from the public at large. 1975. There were a couple of dozen In the late 1940s, the U.S. military Production of the Model 39 ended production overruns from this contract announced an interest in replacing its with the Model 39-2 in 1982 with sold in the U.S. These can be identified standard issue Colt 1911A1 pistols serial number A747148. by the Venezuelan Crest on the right with a double action 9 mm handgun. Interestingly, the initial production of side of the slide. Needless to say, these This would become the U.S. Army Model 39s made in the mid-1950s had are extremely rare. service pistol trials of 1954. steel frames. Less than 1,000 of this Around 700 pistols were made in At the end of the trial, no pistol was variant were made and they weren’t 1979 as Connecticut State Police selected and the U.S. military would assembled or sold until the mid-1960s. commemoratives. This is the only retain the 1911A1 until 1984 when it There were a number of small-batch known Model 39 commemorative was replaced with the Beretta M9. production variations of the Model produced by Smith & Wesson. Smith & Wesson put significant effort 39. These included some purchased by There also are reports of approximately into its entry (the Model 39) and when the U.S. military during and after the 500 pistols marked 7.65 Parabellum the trial ended it was released on the pistol trial. produced without barrels and shipped civilian market to considerable interest. There was also a special 14-shot to West Germany where .30 Luger The Model 39 is a single stack, eight- suppressed version for use in Southeast barrels were fitted. These pistols were round capacity, double action, 9 mm Asia. Officially called the Mark 22 shipped to Italy for commercial sale. pistol with an aluminum frame, steel Model 0, it’s better known by its From the 1970s through the early slide, wood grips, blued finish and nickname “Hush Puppy” for one of 1980s, Armament Systems and adjustable rear sights. the intended uses, silencing guard Procedures produced a custom In 1967, the Illinois State Police dogs. This model also had a unique “chopped” version of the Model 39 adopted the Model 39 as its standard slide lock that prevented the slide from as one of the first compact full power

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6 Bullet magazine auto loading pistols. They featured a Mk 22 Mod 0 Hush Puppy mentioned pistols began to hit the market. But, shortened barrel and slide, grip panels above and starting production in 1971, that’s a story for another time. with transparent inserts, magazines this pistol married the proven Model The Standard Catalog of Smith & cut with matching viewing ports, a 39 fire control system with a 14-round Wesson, by Jim Supica and Richard special Teflon finish, bobbed hammers capacity, double-stack magazine. This Nahas, is still in print and is and the unique “Guttersnipe” sight for made the Model 59 the first of the so considered the primary resource for close range snap shooting. Estimates called “wonder nines” that eventually Smith & Wesson collectors. are that less than 3,000 were made. dominated the commercial and law As usual, if you have an idea for future enforcement markets. Another unusual version of these articles, send an email to info@nysrpa. handguns was the Model 52 Unfortunately, the feel, fit and finish of org with “Collectors Corner” in the manufactured from 1961 through the Model 59 was considered inferior subject line and include your name for 1993. The Model 52 was chambered to that of the Model 39 and production proper credit. for .38 Special flush seated wadcutters, of the Model 59 also ended in 1982. and fed from a five-round magazine. Smith & Wesson produced a few other These were intended for use in models in what became known as its competition shooting events such as first generation series of semi-automatic Bullseye and were popular. handguns. Starting in the late 1970s, The next major innovation in this the first of the second generation series was the Model 59. Based on the

The official journal of the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association 7 David Bellavia Receives Citation

Staff Sgt. David Bellavia honorably served for four years as a member of NYSRPA’s board, and we are very proud of him and his actions while in uniformed service to our great nation above-and-beyond the call of duty. Bellavia is the first living American to receive the Medal of Honor for actions in the Iraq War. Medal of Honor Citation

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The President of the United States of America, rocket-propelled grenade at his platoon. Recognizing the authorized by Act of Congress, March 3rd, 1863, has grave danger the grenade posed to his fellow soldiers, Staff awarded in the name of Congress the Medal of Honor Sergeant Bellavia assaulted the enemy position, killing one to Staff Sergeant David G. Bellavia, United States insurgent and wounding another who ran to a different Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the part of the house. risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. Staff Sergeant Bellavia, realizing he had an un-cleared, Staff Sergeant David G. Bellavia distinguished himself darkened room to his back, moved to clear it. As he by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond entered, an insurgent came down the stairs firing at the call of duty on November 10, 2004, while serving him. Simultaneously, the previously wounded insurgent as squad leader in support of Operation Phantom Fury reemerged and engaged Staff Sergeant Bellavia. Staff in Fallujah, Iraq. Sergeant Bellavia, entering further into the darkened While clearing a house, a squad from Staff Sergeant room, returned fire and eliminated both insurgents. Staff Bellavia’s platoon became trapped within a room by Sergeant Bellavia then received enemy fire from another intense enemy fire coming from a fortified position insurgent emerging from a closet in the darkened room. under the stairs leading to the second floor. Recognizing Exchanging gunfire, Staff Sergeant Bellavia pursued the immediate severity of the situation, and with the enemy up the stairs and eliminated him. Now on the disregard for his own safety, Staff Sergeant Bellavia second floor, Staff Sergeant Bellavia moved to a door that retrieved an automatic weapon and entered the opened onto the roof. At this point, a fifth insurgent leapt doorway of the house to engage the insurgents. from the third floor roof onto the second floor roof. Staff With enemy rounds impacting around him, Staff Sergeant Bellavia engaged the insurgent through a window, Sergeant Bellavia fired at the enemy position at a cyclic wounding him in the back and legs, and caused him to fall rate, providing covering fire that allowed the squad to off the roof. break contact and exit the house. Acting on instinct to save the members of his platoon from A Bradley Fighting Vehicle was brought forward an imminent threat, Staff Sergeant Bellavia ultimately to suppress the enemy; however, due to high walls cleared an entire enemy-filled house, destroyed four surrounding the house, it could not fire directly at the insurgents, and badly wounded a fifth. Staff Sergeant enemy position. Staff Sergeant Bellavia then re-entered Bellavia’s bravery, complete disregard for his own safety, the house and again came under intense enemy fire. and unselfish and courageous actions are in keeping with He observed an enemy insurgent preparing to launch a the finest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Army.

8 Bullet magazine Long Island Director by Jim Collins

The governor of this state and other left-wing politicians across the nation are keeping our Second Amendment rights under attack, along with insane socialist proposals for our society. Therefore, I think it appropriate to see what folks through the ages had to say regarding certain ideas:

“Resistance to tyrants is obedience “A government, which does not trust “Those who hammer their guns into to God.” Thomas Jefferson its citizens to be armed is not itself to plows, will plow for those who don’t.” be trusted.” Machiavelli Thomas Jefferson “Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.” “Those who cannot remember the past “A system of licensing and registration Edmund Burke are condemned to repeat it.” is the perfect device to deny gun George Santayana ownership to the bourgeoisie.” “Tyranny is always better organized Vladimir Lenin than freedom.” Charles Peguy “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.” “If it’s dangerous to allow individuals “Tyrants have always some slight shade Ronald Reagan to protect themselves, how much more of virtue; they support the laws before dangerous is it to give that power to destroying them.” Voltaire “It is because the people are citizens government.” Ayn Rand that they are with safety armed. “Firearms stand next in importance to The danger (where there is any) “A sword is never a killer, it’s a tool in the Constitution itself. They are the from armed citizens, is only to the the killer’s hand.” Seneca American people’s liberty teeth and government, not to the society.” keystone under independence.” Joel Barlow “This year will go down in history. George Washington For the first time, a civilized nation “Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the has full gun registration! people, and therefore deprive them of “No free man shall ever be debarred Our streets will be safer, our police their arms. Aristotle the use of arms.” Thomas Jefferson more efficient, and the world will follow our lead into the future!’’ “To disarm the people; was the “Little more can reasonably be aimed Adolf Hitler 1935 best and most effectual way to at, with respect to the people at large, enslave them.” George Mason than to have them properly armed.” Alexander Hamilton “Our Constitution was made for a moral and religious people. It is “An armed man need not fight.” wholly inadequate for the government Robert Heinlein of any others.” John Adams

As always, may God watch over and protect the brave men and women serving us, at war, in our Patriot Armed Forces, and may God Bless America! Yours in freedom.

The official journal of the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association 9 Why Much More than NYC’s Absurd Gun Laws Are in the Balance Sometimes, even in this hyperbolic age asking the court to please not answer arms, not just a right to rent or borrow of partisan media madness, the most the constitutional questions. In fact, in them,” says the U.S. government. impactful events are lost on the public its friend-of-the-court brief, the Brady The Bigger Questions and obscured in legal details. Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence The Second Amendment case the U.S. even calls the entire court challenge The NRA, in its friend-of-the- Supreme Court has opted to hear, New moot 10 times, as it argues that court brief, begins with the York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. New York City is tweaking its gun fundamental question of how our New York, is such a situation. restrictions to avoid this constitutional Second Amendment rights should challenge in the first place. be weighed when judging if a law is In the past few weeks, the list of unconstitutional, as NYC’s clearly are. friend-of-the-court briefs (what That this request for review from lawyers call “amici curiae”) attached to the New York State Pistol and Rifle “In District of Columbia v. Heller, this the case has grown substantially. Even Association and a group of gun owners Court made clear that infringements the U.S. government has chosen to who live in New York City will be on the individual right to keep and give its legal opinion to the justices. heard by the high court was actually bear arms for self-defense are to be a surprise. analyzed by comparing them against Officially, the court will decide: the Second Amendment’s text and “Whether New York City’s ban It shouldn’t have been. The plaintiffs history—not under an ‘interest- on transporting a licensed, locked in this case are challenging New balancing inquiry’ like one of the and unloaded handgun to a home York City’s ban on transporting even so-called ‘tiers of scrutiny,’” says or shooting range outside city licensed, unloaded and locked-up guns the NRA. “After all, the Second limits is consistent with the Second anywhere outside the city limits—to Amendment ‘is the very product of Amendment, the commerce clause and say a weekend home or a gun range, an interest balancing by the people,’ the constitutional right to travel.” and even to another residence in NYC—for those who have a “premises and the government—‘even the Third This case likely will be heard this fall license.” People with premises Branch of Government’—has no and decided next spring. The ruling licenses can only move a handgun if warrant to recalibrate the balance may focus on a relatively narrow they somehow obtain prior, written the People struck because judges issue about whether the city’s law is permission from the NYC police conclude that a sufficiently ‘important’ constitutional, but it also could decide commissioner. or ‘compelling’ governmental interest on the broader issue of whether, and shows that the right is not ‘really The U.S. government’s friend-of- to what extent, the right to have a worth insisting upon.” gun extends outside the home. The the-court brief on this case points “In the decade since this opinion was court also might provide an analytical out this not only violates the Second handed down, most lower federal framework that lower courts can use in Amendment, but also violates the courts have openly flouted these future Second Amendment cases. The dormant Commerce Clause. The instructions. They have constructed lower courts resistance to the landmark U.S. government shows the absurdity a Second Amendment jurisprudence Heller and McDonald decisions of NYC’s laws by quoting NYC’s based upon the very interest-balancing has been the biggest impediment to claim that this isn’t an unreasonable inquiry this Court rejected—an advancing gun rights in the courts. restriction because a resident could “buy, rent or borrow new guns to use ‘intermediate scrutiny’ analysis that The possibility that the Supreme Court at those locations.” routinely finds Second Amendment justices could answer questions like rights outweighed by little more than “The Second Amendment, however, that have anti-Second Amendment- the government’s say so that the rights freedom groups so worried they are protects a right to keep and bear 10 Bullet magazine must be eclipsed in the name of public For example, the Brady Campaign is also protects the right of a law-abiding, safety.” trying to sway justices with claims that responsible citizen to take his firearm The NRA later says, “This approach average people can’t be trusted with outside his home, and to transport is contrary to the text and purpose their rights: “Guns turn quotidian it to other places—such as a second of the Second Amendment—which confrontations into deadly affrays, home or a firing range—where he was enshrined in our Constitution especially when carried by people may lawfully possess that firearm. The because the People already weighed who lack impulse control or are under Second Amendment guarantees both the competing interests at stake, and the influence of alcohol … Everyday the right to ‘keep’ and the right to solemnly concluded that ‘the right of annoyances at drivers in traffic quickly ‘bear’ firearms.” the people to keep and bear Arms, become murders when guns are The U.S. government also says, “Read shall not be infringed.’” in cars.” naturally, the right to ‘bear’ firearms includes the right to transport firearms outside the home; otherwise, the right to ‘bear’ would add nothing to the right to ‘keep.’ In addition, the right to ‘keep’ arms, on its own, implies the right to transport firearms between the home and at least some places outside the home—for instance, the place of purchase, the repair shop, and the firing range.” Common sense and previous Supreme Court precedents clearly show NYC—and by default some other jurisdictions—are clearly infringing on citizens’ Second Amendment rights. We’ll keep you up to date on what happens as this case goes forward. Most-Revealing Anti‑Freedom Quote of the Week “Within a party that is plagued by In this particular case, NYC has The evidence, of course, shows this not differences over health care, college effectively banned citizens’ Second to be the case as millions of Americans tuition, and even climate change, Amendment rights since it has now carry concealed. gun control is a fundamental issue where voters want change, and the made it nearly impossible for law- The U.S. government, under the Democrats can unite around it. To abiding residents to utilize their Trump administration, meanwhile, be sure, this is an issue that spans constitutionally protected right to bear reminds the court: “In District of from grassroots activism to national arms. Columbia v. Heller, this Court held politics, and even across the ideological Reading the friend-of-the-court briefs that the Second Amendment protects spectrum. My fellow Democrats from the anti-gun groups makes it the right of a law-abiding, responsible would be wise to bring this issue to clear they understand the absurdity citizen to keep a firearm in his home the forefront of the 2020 campaign.”— and unconstitutionality of NYC’s laws, for lawful purposes, such as self- Douglas E. Schoen wrote, in an and those in many other states and defense. In this case, the Court should opinion piece for The Hill. Schoen was cities. confirm that the Second Amendment The official journal of the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association 11 (Why Much More than NYC’s, continued from page 11) a pollster for President Clinton. He Washington handed his pistol to the Sheriff’s Association in friend-of-the- thinks a majority of Americans want servant, saying, ‘If this person shoots court brief in the New York State Rifle to vote their freedoms away. me, do you shoot him,’ and rode on & Pistol Association v. New York. Pro-Freedom Quote of without incident. (Frank Miniter is the author of Spies “Our second President, John Adams, in Congress—Inside the Democrats’ the Week spent his youth playing games and Covered-Up Cyber Scandal. His latest “George Washington owned perhaps sports, and ‘above all, in shooting, to book, The Ultimate Man’s Survival fifty firearms. After the Revolutionary which diversion I was addicted to a Guide to the Workplace, will be out this war ended, Washington and his degree of ardor which I know not that summer.) servant were riding on horseback I ever felt for any other business, study, This article was first published by Frank Miniter or amusement.’ A biographer states: on Friday, May 24, 2019, and is re-published here from Alexandria to Mount Vernon. with the permission of the NRA. ‘As was then the custom, the General John’s zest for shooting prompted him had holsters, with pistols in them, to take his gun to school, secreting it to his saddle.’ A ruffian and reputed in the entry so that the moment school murderer forbade him from passing let out he might dash off to the fields and threatened to shoot him. after crows and squirrels.” —National

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On the evening of April 18, 1775, the men, Capt. Parker gave the order to Redcoats charged and the militia stood Governor of Massachusetts, General go home. As they turned to leave, their ground driving the flankers back Gage, ordered 700 British soldiers the Redcoats opened fire with a to the road. They hit the Redcoats at (known as Redcoats) under the raged killing volley and charged the Meriams Corner, Brooks Hill, Brooks command of Lt. Col. Francis Smith townspeople with bayonets. Lt. Col. Tavern, Bloody Angle, Hartwell/ to march to Concord, Mass. Their Smith then arrived at the head of the Masons, Parker’s Revenge, The Bluff, primary mission was to confiscate or column to see that his officers had lost Fisk Hill and Concord Hill the last destroy the arms and ammunition all control as the Redcoats pursued hill before the town of Lexington. The owned by the citizens of the town. the townspeople into homes and militias’ numbers had grown to about Their secondary mission was to arrest buildings. He ordered a drummer to 2,000. They were chewing hard at the John Hancock and Sam Adams, who play recall and his men broke pursuit tail of the Redcoats and hitting them were to be hanged after trial. and assembled into ranks. They were hard at the head in the ambushes. The Dr. Joseph Warren, upon learning of allowed to fire a victory volley and Redcoats were bloody, battered and the mission, called for Paul Revere and give three cheers of Huzzah before out of ammo. All of the officers had William Dawes to spread the alarm they turned to resume the march to been wounded. It seemed that the to the citizens. William Dawes rode Concord, leaving behind eight dead militia would finish them off on the south through the Roxbury Neck. Paul townspeople on the village green. very Lexington Green at which they Revere had lit the lanterns in the Old Isaac Davis, a farmer and blacksmith started. BOOM!!! Came the blast of a North Church, crossed the Back Bay in Acton, Mass., had been elected as cannon. One thousand reinforcements by boat to Charlestown, and triggered captain of the Acton Militia. In the commanded by General Lord Percy the system of alarm riders, signal fires early hours of the morning of April had arrived from Boston. and church bells that were developed 19, he walked out his doorway into the The Redcoats columns combined forces to warn the countryside. darkness. His wife, Hanna, feared that to continue east to Boston under an The Redcoats crossed the Back Bay she would never see him again. He unending ring of militia fire that was later on the night of April 18 and walked with his friends and neighbors directed by a farmer from Roxbury began their march to Concord. On across the valleys and fields to a hill named Heath. But for a fluke of luck, the morning of April 19, around 5 outside of Concord. Around 10:30 the Redcoats would have died with a.m., the Redcoats lead by Lt. Jesse a.m., Capt. Isaac Davis marched his their backs against the water, but that Adir entered the town of Lexington, men off that hill and into history. The was not to be. A quick turn at Kent Mass. The townspeople had elected Redcoats guarding the North Bridge, Lane brought them under the covering John Parker, a farmer, to be the captain opened fire on the militia. The militia guns of a warship in the Back Bay. The of the Lexington Training Band. On returned fire, killing most of the militia held back and the Redcoats a side road to the right of the main Redcoat Officers at the North Bridge, were evacuated across the water during Boston–Concord road, Capt. Parker causing the pride of the British Army the dark of night. and his neighbors waited, standing on to break and run for the town. The Redcoats suffered 73 KIA/174 their village green in political protest, At about noon, the brigade of Redcoats WIA/26 MIA. The militia suffered 49 having been warned by Paul Revere. under Lt. Col. Smith left Concord KIA/39 WIA/5 MIA. Upon seeing the townspeople on and headed east to Boston. They had The town of Menotomy, Mass. was the the village green, Lt. Adir turned flankers out on the sides of the column scene of some of the bloodiest fighting the Redcoat column to the right, that came back to the center to cross of the day. A man by the name of confronting Capt. Parker’s men and the bridge just before Meriams Corner. Samuel Whittimore, was 80 years ordering them to lay down their arms On the hillside at Meriams Corner, old when he took on the brigade of and disperse. Greatly outnumbered the militia lay in wait. They fired early Redcoats by himself. He killed three and not wishing to sacrifice his as the Redcoats cleared the bridge. The before they shot him, bayoneted him 14 Bullet magazine 14 times and left him for dead. His friends found him and took the old man to a doctor who refused to treat him. “Your friend will die, others I may be able to save.” And Samuel Whittimore died 18 years later at the age of 98! Did he wish to die or wish to live? What did he believe in so strongly? Liberty! And, did Hanna Davis ever see her husband again? Yes, she did. When they brought him home for her to bury. On April 19, 1775, around 10:30 a.m. Capt. Isaac Davis became the first American officer killed in the line of duty. His image is forever immortalized as the Minuteman. The symbol of the Minuteman, which we all know so well, one hand on the musket and one hand on the plow. His name is Isaac Davis.

The official journal of the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association 15 Congratulations to New York’s Newly Elected Republican Chairman

Nick Langworthy by Carl Gottstein

16 Bullet magazine NYSRPA very publicly started this New Yorkers, to states like Florida, The silence of the so-called “tolerant” year with the lofty goal of encouraging South Carolina and Tennessee. Democrats, refusing to stand for what and supporting change in the party’s Rather than deal with the real, kitchen is right is deafening. leadership, and we were thrilled table issues affecting everyday life in And make no mistake, AOC’s at the prospect of Erie County’s this state, these new socialists have Democratic stardom is no flash in the leader Nick Langworthy in the top chosen to ram through their own pan. She proved it just last week by job! Nick did the grassroots work radical agenda. throwing her support behind Tiffany necessary and got himself elected Andrew Cuomo has done nothing to Caban, the Democrats’ nominee for to the big chair. Congratulations cut our wicked tax burden; the highest Queens District Attorney. Chairman Langworthy. Thank you for in the Nation; he has done nothing The Democrats nominated a chief law stepping up! to end the rife corruption that clouds enforcement officer who doesn’t want New York’s GOP has a fresh, his administration, in fact, he’s been to enforce the law and credited her win enthusiastic and proven leader complicit in it. to the inmates in Rikers! who hails from Western New He’s done nothing to stem the tide Today’s Democratic Party is being York. Buffalo’s “young elder” Nick of people leaving New York for controlled by the extremists, and last Langworthy is the first Republican opportunity elsewhere; except to blame week’s Democratic presidential debates State Party Chair from Buffalo in 75 the weather; nothing to bring jobs to confirmed it. years. Nick’s confidence is infectious, a state that lags behind the nation in as is his love for New York and his And in Albany, rather than help private sector job growth. And no talk willingness to fight for a better future struggling New Yorkers, radical about how to make it easier for the for all New Yorkers. socialists in our State Assembly and middle class to live, work and raise a Senate passed the Criminal Bill Of Unlike some people afraid to stand family in New York State. Rights. Geriatric Parole releasing up and say what must be said, Nick While the Trump economy is breaking hard criminals at 55, Pardoning Cop has not been shy about sharing his records across this nation, we, in the Killers, Pedophiles and Rapists to feelings and ideas. We are printing our President’s home state are left behind give them their right to vote, and new chairman’s acceptance speech in because of the corrupt, socialist agenda rewarding illegal immigrants with its entirety: permeating the Democrat party in drivers licenses. In Cuomo’s Democrat Nick Langworthy Acceptance New York. Party, Criminals come first, Taxpayers Speech July 1, 2019 And while we’re talking about a come last. socialist agenda, let me be clear, I and As Republicans we stand with our “We are gathered in our State’s the Republican Party of New York law enforcement behind the thin blue Capital, where taxpayers are ignored condemn the antisemitic rhetoric line, we do not spit on it. The men and and corruption runs unchecked. of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and women who put their lives on the line Liberal radicals have taken hold of Ilhan Omar. We stand in support of each and every day deserve our respect Albany and with every stroke of the Israel, and will fight for the safety and and we will stand with them now and pen are making government bigger, security of our Jewish neighbors across always. taxes higher, and favoring rule breakers this nation. The taxpayers of this state deserve over hard working families. The radicals on the left are going down a Republican Party that will stand Drunk on power from one party a dangerous path to rewrite history. up, and fight to put their needs first. Democratic rule, Andrew Cuomo First they came after Christopher We have come back from the bottom and his radical liberals have chased Columbus. Then they tried to before and now we will do it again. away transformational economic whitewash the worst attack on our In the 1990 election in New York, our opportunities, legalized 9-month nation as “just some people who did Republican nominee for Governor abortion, and given driver’s licenses to something” and now they are trying to received 22% of the statewide vote. So illegal immigrants. minimize the murder of 6 million Jews dire was our performance that pundits In the same breath, these Liberals are in concentration camps. driving away hard-working, lifelong The official journal of the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association 17 put the New York State Republican if he hadn’t been met with the hostility the real difference, and keep our party Party on a death watch. he has every single day by the press grounded. Three years later we elected a and the Democrats in Congress! Our Voters expect more from us than Republican Mayor of New York City President has Made America Great platitudes and slogans. We need and kept control of city hall for 20 Again and the NYGOP will help him to listen to the single moms in the straight years. to Keep America Great! suburbs who are juggling family, Then in 1994 we elected a Republican Don’t let them fool you, our future school, children and a full-time job. Governor George Pataki, fired looks bright. We have a path to victory We need to listen better to those a Governor named Cuomo, and and our first step is to take a cold hard who waited their turn, abided by the protected taxpayers from the look at our past. rules and came to New York in search Governor’s office for 12 years. New York City casts one third of the of a better life in this country of opportunity. The Republicans in New To those who proclaim that our Party vote in a statewide election. The math York are the Taxpayer’s Party, and we is about to draw its final breath, you does not add up if our candidates are are fighting to protect the American are dead wrong. getting less than 20% of the vote in the 5 boroughs. You know this. I know Dream. I say that a new dawn has come to this—and that is why we will take But as we are sitting here today, the New York. Our day is here. A new this Party to places in this state that American Dream is slipping away generation of leadership is reporting have not seen a Republican candidate from too many New Yorkers. Property for duty. Starting today we will in years. We will run a candidate taxes are driving people out of their rebuild, retool, and revitalize the for every single New York seat in homes, fueling the exodus from New Republican Party in the State of New Congress in 2020. York to states that tax less. We have York. That work begins here. That the worst business climate in the work begins now, with each of you in And I want our party to stand boldly nation. We will soon have the highest this room today. with Congresswoman Elise Stefanik to expand her vision of electing real, bridge and tunnel tolls in America. There are those that have said Nick, Republican, change making women- The mass transit system in New York how are you going to succeed when leaders to office. We will go county City is crumbling, and it costs twice as the professional liberal class of attack by county. Town by Town. From the much to build a mile of subway tunnel dogs and the media are going to come grassroots up, we will recruit and elect in New York than any other nation after you? Ladies and gentlemen, if women at every level of government. on earth. A record number of public we’ve learned one thing from President schools in New York are coming up Trump it is that we have to be tough Congresswoman Stefanik has recruited short in the way they teach kids how to enough to fight back and be aggressive. over 170 women to run for office, read, write, add and subtract. We are done playing paddy cake in including some of this years incredible the Republican Party in the State of candidates here today: For the second year in a row, New New York. Chele Farley in New York’s 18th York City has lost population. In the last eight years, 1.2 million people, And in 2020 we will make sure that District; Liz Joy in New York’s 20th taxpayers, have left this state. President Donald J. Trump gets the District; Nicole Malliotakis in New support he deserves from his home York’s 11th District who will take back The tax-and-spend liberal majority state. I am proud to support our Staten Island and Brooklyn. had their shot to fix this. They robbed President, as he has delivered economic And I would be remiss to leave out desperate families their school of success to our country that we have Erie’s very own Lynne Dixon running choice. Instead of cutting taxes and not seen in over a century. Record low for County Executive. She is the first fees, they raised them. Instead of unemployment for all Americans and woman ever to run for Erie County encouraging the construction of new every ethnic segment. And a stock Executive and we are very proud. housing, they made it harder to build. market that has had incredible growth She has a strong example in Cheryl Now contrast that to the fact that it is on his watch. Can you imagine what Dinolfo, who is keeping Monroe now easier for an illegal immigrant to our President would have gotten done strong. It’s leaders like these who make get a driver’s license in New York than

18 Bullet magazine a law-abiding citizen. And it’s easier them manpower, and gave the voters a of opportunity, and we must reward for the illegal immigrants to send clear message and a clear choice. those who follow the rules. their children to college than it is for a Erie County has twice as many We believe that parents with children disabled army veteran or the daughter Democrats as Republicans—but the trapped in failing schools should of a tax-paying factory worker in fact is, they are all taxpayers. Despite have the choice to send their kids to a Syracuse. our 2:1 Democratic enrollment thriving charter school. This war for hearts and minds is disadvantage, we have won 8 of the We believe the people of New York about priorities—and let me make it last 10 county-wide elections. We’ve City deserve a fully functioning safe, clear today, that it is the duty of every proven that when you listen, learn and modern and clean transit system where elected Republican from Niagara Falls work to solve real problems the voters trains actually come and go on time so to Montauk to put Taxpayers First. respond. people can get to work. I say this with confidence because we I am confident about our future We believe that people who are forced are on the right side of history. The because millions of New Yorkers to live in public housing in New York right thing isn’t easy, but nothing believe in our cause and the principles City have a right to expect buildings worth doing ever is. We have done we are here to defend. where the heat comes on in the winter, it before, and we know how to do it We must send a message to voters of the air conditioning works in the again. Millions of New Yorkers believe all affiliations that we are a Party that summer and hallways are free of punks in our cause and the principles on they are welcome to belong to if they and drug dealers. which we stand. believe in common sense. We believe that our natural coalition We know that socialism doesn’t work, If you believe that New York is not confined to the small towns and never will. I have never been should open its doors to jobs and and countryside of upstate New more proud of our President Donald opportunities for our families, then the York. That we are a party with Trump than when In his state of the Republican Party welcomes you. natural appeal to our suburban and union address he proudly declared If you believe that New York State downstate neighbors, a party whose that America will never be a socialist spends too much money with no natural coalition includes like- country. regard for the hardworking taxpayers minded Asian Americans, Hispanic The people flourish not when that are actually paying the bills in Americans, African Americans, government takes more of their money, this state, then the Republican Party Caribbean Americans, people of all but when government taxes less. That welcomes you! religions, the poor and the middle economic growth comes not from class, homeowners and renters, private If you have questioned your future in regulations written by bureaucrats, but sector employees and those who serve this state, because taxes are just too by the free marketplace that rewards the public. high and we don’t enjoy the freedoms innovation and the entrepreneurial that people in other states do, then the Our work begins today, and it starts spirit. Republican Party welcomes you! with us in this room. We need to do a I am confident that we can do it better job of listening. We need more If you’ve felt alienated by the extreme, because we have done it. Nine years dialogue. We need to do a better job liberal agenda of New York State’s one- ago, I was elected Chairman of the of recruiting candidates, and providing party socialistic democrat regime that Erie County Republican Committee them with the manpower they need to worships at the altar of partial birth in bleak times. We assembled a brave win elections. We must acknowledge abortion, then the Republican Party band of true believers to revive a that we cannot win statewide elections welcomes you. Party that had fallen on its knees. without first winning the hearts and We went to the grassroots of our We believe that the United States is minds of taxpayers of all political Party and we listened. We walked the a sovereign nation, a nation of laws stripes, including Independents and streets, knocked on doors, and asked and secure borders. We believe that Democrat. a sovereign nation has the right to the taxpayers what they needed. We The work of our party must not stop control its own destiny. This is the land recruited great candidates, provided there. Victory will not be ours until

The official journal of the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association 19 we have built the infrastructure that willing to endure countless nights the torch with incredible graciousness we need to get our voters to the polls. without me being home to help out, have shown what real leadership is We are long overdue for a Republican and talking on the phone until all all about. Thank you Ed Cox! I look registration drive in New York, hours of the night. Thank you Erin forward to working with you to re- to narrow the gap of enrollment. and Madeline. I love you. elect President Trump. We must develop our small donor Congressman Tom Reynolds, my Winston Churchill, a leader of network. We need to do a better mentor who took a chance on me fierce determination offered this on job of supporting our county chairs as a young, green college kid, and leadership: “To each there comes a with critical staff, data and technical taught me the business of politics special moment … when they are support because they are the backbone from the bottom up. Tom Reynolds figuratively tapped on the shoulder and of our party. We help will revitalize has forgotten more about politics offered the chance to do a very special our county committees, support our than I will ever know. He pounded thing, unique to them and fitted to republican leaders, and build the into my head the old adage that all their talents. What a tragedy if that infrastructure to win a statewide politics are local and the power of the moment finds them unprepared or election. organization. Know this, that your unqualified for that which could have The mission of this Party and what state chairman has licked envelopes, been their finest hour.” I will focus on every day that I go to knocked on doors, and collected Today you have elected me as the work as your State Chairman will be petition signatures in the rain. I know youngest State Chairman in our to defeat Andrew Cuomo and elect the value of all of your hard work, Party’s history, but I’ll remind you the next Republican Governor of New because I’ve done it. And without the that every man and woman here was York in 2022. That is our mission. guidance of my friend and mentor tapped for leadership. Each one of This is our path to victory, and I will Tom Reynolds I would not be able to you has a “very special, unique” role not rest until we have knocked on serve as your State Chairman today. fitted only to your talents. Our Party every door, rallied every voter, and To the women and men of the Erie stands together as one New York State delivered our taxpayer first message County Republican Committee. Republican Party—and with each of loud and clear. Thank you. Your hard work has paved you locked arms and marching boldly I cannot do justice to thanking the way for this day. You took a chance forward, we will elect a new Governor those that have made my election as on a 29 year old guy that promised to for all New Yorkers. Chairman possible or we would be work like hell. And nine years later We As a kid growing up in South Dayton here all night. You know who you are have celebrated great victories together and going to Pine Valley Central and I am eternally grateful for your and supported each other after some School I did not know where my friendship and loyalty. I do have to tough losses and we are a family. To journey would lead. But having recognize a few. have so many members of our Erie arrived, and having prepared, I know County team here means the world to First and foremost I thank God. God that I do intend to make this our finest Erin and I. That includes so many of has made all of this possible. hour. our ECGOP staff members past and Together we will rebuild, retool, I could not accept this without the love present. Thank you for your hustle, and revitalize this party—and the and support from my wife Erin and my honor and loyalty. 5 year old daughter Madeline. comeback starts now. I would also like to recognize the God bless the great State of New Erin, my rock, my sounding board, my service of Chairman Ed Cox, and the York. God bless the United States of greatest political advisor, the greatest efforts he has made in good times and America. And God Bless You All.” — mother of our beautiful daughter tough times to keep our party together, Chairman Nick Langworthy Madeline Liberty. She is a woman of navigating stormy seas, raising the incredible toughness and patience and money required to keep our doors open We have heard his repeated calls an incredibly sharp political operator and provide critical support to our state for party unity. We have heard his in her own right. She is dedicated to and local candidates. You have passed calls for a more aggressive grassroots this mission with me, and has been

20 Bullet magazine Driven to Compete? by Charlie Beers III

Pause your breath, continue slow First, I relish the opportunity to stress pressure straight to the rear on the myself against other competitors and trigger and wait for the break ... the clock. I remember years when It was almost two decades since I the thought of competing made my fired a rifle shot in any sort of formal stomach churn. The wet palms and competition. Over the winter, I cotton mouth I got as I walked to the decided—or maybe I was nudged line. I remember the most of my years by NYSRPA High Power Director pleading with my parents not to watch George Kline—to rejoin the ranks me shoot. Almost 30 years of different of the rifle competition world. I have levels of competing across many had to adjust to a new bolt release disciples, I still struggle to keep a clear and optic on a once bare rifle I knew head. Thoughts about dating and high well. Shooting coats have gotten more school exams have been replaced with sophisticated and so have barrels and concerns about a pending customer bullet technology. My winter months PO or my young daughter. skiing were filled with wonderings The end result of this stress inoculation of sporting clays with your friends about why I had been drawn back is a person who can think more level can increase your competitive spirit. to where my shooting started in headed at times of real stress like, Human brain chemistry is positively my youth. parenting, fire department responses boosted when we excel under stressful situation and learn to curb anxiety. People compete for a variety of reasons; and business negotiations. It is unreal many I know chase a particular to think that pushing to meet a time Second, is simply skill at arms. I have discipline until reaching some high limit or comply with a regulation in watched good target shooters fall to point and then switch disciplines. your hobby can apply in business. pieces and drop pistols when they were I have my top three reasons: Even a friendly Wednesday afternoon (Continued on page 25)

(Langworthy, continued from page 20) outreach. We agree. Change is needed. stated: “We lost the Senate majority in Trump’s 2016 transition team. The Langworthy will effectively lead New one election and we can gain it back importance of the events here in York’s Grand Old Party state wide as in one election,” and he is not only New York and the changes within he has in Buffalo, N.Y. Recently, Nick right, this clear goal can and must the NYGOP is not lost on national stated: “Only united and together can be realized. Top priority! We must GOP leadership, in fact Chairwoman we Rebuild, Retool and Revitalize the go all in to win back the state Senate McDaniel showed up to see Nick Republican Party in the State of New in 2020. A goal that if accomplished Langworthy elected! So it is all kind of York. As a grassroots team we will will not only provide a common sense a big deal. Let this sink in. only be successful if we grow from the firewall against NYC’s leftist insanity, Sounds like we are now heading in bottom up.” Spot on. it will put redistricting in GOP hands the right direction and it feels great We also share Nick’s belief there is in 2021 and it will greatly help propel to have a new found confidence in the strength in GOP numbers that has for NYGOP to victory in 2022 against the leadership of the Republican Party in years gone untapped. Langworthy has worst governor in America. New York. organizational plans to activate and NYGOP is once again working hand “We are done playing paddy cake in lead our grass roots, and that is exactly in hand with Trump’s RNC for effect! the Republican Party in the State of the path to victory in New York. Nick was part of Team Trump and a New York. We will aggressively take We appreciate the clear vision and committed Trump supporter from day our message directly to the voters in positive outlook of the man, Nick once one, and in fact was part of President this state.” -Nick Langworthy. The official journal of the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association 21 Notes from Brenda

We just finished the Annual Meeting Following is a little history on an Butler was on tour with several other of members in Port Jervis. A good American woman who was a great marksmen. While on the road, he time was had by all and the weather shooter. I hope you enjoy it. typically offered challenges to local was great! A special thanks to Maria I think all of us have heard many shooters. Annie won the match with Mann, Raymond Cooper and their stories about Annie Oakley. Here are 25 shots out of 25 attempts. Butler great group of volunteers. They are some facts that you may not know. missed one of his shots. This amazing the best! Annie was born Phoebe Ann Moses girl entranced Butler, and the two Be sure to read about David Bellavia, on Aug. 13, 1860, in Darke County, shooters began a courtship that Medal of Honor winner in this issue. Ohio. She was called Annie by her resulted in marriage on Aug. 23, 1876. David was a former member of our family. This unassuming woman, Annie and Frank Butler first appeared board. We salute him, and thank him who would perform before royalty in a show together in May of 1882. for his service to our country. and a president, came from humble She had taken the stage name of National Income Life Insurance beginnings. When she was six years Oakley, but off stage she was always Company has again sent out old her father died of pneumonia Mrs. Frank Butler. At a March 1884 beneficiary cards to all our members. leaving her mother with six children performance in St. Paul, Minn., I am receiving calls from our to raise. Her mother remarried and Annie befriended the Lakota leader members who have been contacted had another child, but her second Sitting Bull. The victor over George by the insurance company. They are husband died soon after leaving her Armstrong Custer at the 1876 Battle asking me if the calls are legitimate. with another child to raise. At the age of Little Big Horn, Sitting Bull was If the person is from National of eight or nine Annie went to live at impressed with Oakley’s size (she Income Life Insurance Company, the Darke County Infirmary, which was only five feet tall), her shooting then it is legitimate. National Income housed the elderly, the orphaned skills, her modest appearance, and Life offers $4,000 accidental death and the mentally ill. In exchange for her self-assured manner. They became and dismemberment coverage to all helping with the children, Annie fast friends. It was Sitting Bull our members at no cost to NYSRPA received an education and learned the who dubbed her “Watanya Cicillia” or our members. As long as your skill of sewing, which she would later (English translation: “Little Sure dues are current, you are covered. use to make her own costumes. At the Shot”). The American Indian warrior The company also has other great age of 13 or 14, Annie returned to her liked her so much that he gave her his programs that are available to our family. Her mother had remarried, but special moccasins to “adopt” her as members. You can inquire about the family finances were still marginal. his daughter. these from its representative who Annie used her father’s old Kentucky In 1885, Oakley joined Buffalo calls you. rifle to hunt small game for the Bill’s Wild West Show. This was a Katzenberger Brother’s grocery store in On June 8, I attended the Annual significant turning point in Annie Greenville, Ohio where it was resold Chicken Bake held at Wallkill Rod Oakley’s life and in her relationship to hotels and restaurants. Annie was & Gun Club in Wallkill, N.Y. It was with Butler. Until this time, either so successful at hunting that, when she a beautiful day and the food was, as Butler had received top billing or they was 15 years old, she was able to pay always, great. It was nice to see the had shared the limelight. However, the mortgage on her mother’s house. members of the club and share a great with the Wild West Show, Oakley time with them. This event is always Annie’s noted shooting ability brought was the star. It was her name on the held the second Saturday of June. You an invitation from Jack Frost, a advertising posters as “Champion may want to put it on your calendar hotel owner in Cincinnati who had Markswoman.” Butler happily for next year. purchased her game, to participate in a accepted the position as her manager shooting contest against a well-known and assistant. Oakley and Butler marksman, Frank E. Butler. prospered with the Wild West Show 22 Bullet magazine by Brenda Leder and remained with the show for 16 Council of the Young Men’s Christian years. They toured Paris, France, Italy Association, War Camp Community and Spain with the Wild West Show. Service and Red Cross. Oakley and Butler’s desire for less Oakley began making plans for a extensive traveling—as well as a comeback in 1922. Attracting large serious train accident that injured crowds in Massachusetts, New York, her back— caused them to leave and major cities, she had plans to star the show in 1901. However, she in a motion picture. Unfortunately, continued to perform. Then, Butler at the end of the year, she and Butler signed a contract as a representative were severely injured in an automobile for the Union Metallic Cartridge Co. accident in Florida. It took Oakley at the age of 66. Butler mourned so in Connecticut. This was a position more than a year to recover from her deeply, he stopped eating and died 18 that allowed them both to make injuries and she had to wear a leg days later on Nov. 21. This remarkable endorsements for the company and to brace. By 1924, she was performing woman is remembered as a western continue their shooting exhibitions. again, but her recovery did not last folk hero, American legend and Finally in 1913, the couple retired long. By 1925, she was frail and in icon. Throughout her career, Oakley from the arena and settled down in poor health. She and Butler moved maintained her dignity and propriety Cambridge, Md. to her hometown in Ohio to be near while quietly proving that she was her family. They attended shooting When the U.S. was pulled into World superior to most men on the shooting matches in the local area, and Oakley War I in 1917, Oakley offered to range. Thanks to Hollywood and began to write her memoirs, which raise a regiment of woman volunteers history, the legend of Annie Oakley were published in newspapers across to fight in the war. She had made endures. the same offer during the Spanish- the country. One of Annie Oakley’s famous quotes American War; neither offer was In 1926, after 50 happy years of was, “I would love to see every woman accepted. She also volunteered to teach marriage, and long adventuresome know how to handle guns as naturally marksmanship to the troops. Oakley lives the Butlers died. Oakley died as they know how to handle babies.” gave her time to the National War from pernicious anemia on Nov. 3,

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The official journal of the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association 23 After a Defensive Shooting: What to Do

You have just been attacked by assume that you represent a threat to that called 9-1-1. Just understand that an armed criminal and forced to them. police officers, in the course of their deploy your defensive handgun. Too Just a few years ago, in a Southwest duties, are told all sorts of things. often, people who prepare for such city, police shot a man whose wife had What they seek are independent facts a possibility fail to consider what told them on the phone that he was from the scene and from witnesses that they should do and what they should the good guy who was holding a gun tell them what really happened. It is expect once the gunfire has ceased. on a home invader. When the first not uncommon for police officers to Dealing with the aftermath of such officer arrived on the scene, the wife apologize to crime victims, once the an unfortunate situation should be a told him the same thing. The officer facts have come out, for taking them critical part of your personal defense promptly went into the house and shot down. The best thing that you can do plan. To fail to consider it can place her husband nine times. Police officers is be cooperative. you in a good deal of legal and physical can be stressed and confused, too. Eventually, someone is going to advise danger. Once the shooting is over, you We teach defensive students to only you of your Constitutional Rights should put your gun away and call 9-1- reholster their guns when peace has and attempt to interview you. This 1 immediately. been restored to their immediate area. is where it is critical that you have When you call 9-1-1, you should give However, there may be times when already sought the advice and guidance your name, location and a very brief the shooting has stopped but you still of a criminal defense attorney prior to description of what has just occurred don’t feel very safe—the attacker may carrying your defensive handgun. You (“A man tried to rob me with a gun have friends or relatives nearby. In should use the earliest opportunity to and I had to shoot him”). You should this case it is best to get away from the contact that attorney and get him or ask that an ambulance and law scene. You don’t necessarily have to go her down to talk to you and be present enforcement be dispatched right away. far. You may just create some distance when the police question you. It is not your responsibility, nor are you and get behind good cover to await People who have gone through the trained to determine, if your attacker the arrival of law enforcement. Just do traumatic experience of having to is still alive. Assume that he is and get your best not to have the gun in your shoot another person are under a him some medical attention. hand when they arrive. huge amount of stress. In most cases, You should understand that 9-1-1 Keeping in mind that the police don’t it will be more stress than they have lines are recorded, and that recording know what has happened and don’t ever experienced before. And they are can be produced as evidence in court. know the players, don’t be surprised under more stress than they realize For that reason, in your stressed-out if you are ordered to lie face-down on and often more stress than they care mental state, it is not a good idea to try the ground. And, if that happens, you to admit. This is not a good time to be to explain the various details of what will more than likely be handcuffed as trying to explain why you used lethal happened. The time for that will come well. This doesn’t mean that anyone force. later, after you have consulted with an automatically thinks that you are Be polite to the interviewing officers, attorney and had an opportunity to guilty. What it means is that the police but tell them that you are very upset calm down. officers are going to make doubly sure and stressed out. Tell them that you You should also understand that, if that the trouble is over, and that no intend to cooperate with them but you are still holding your gun when one else is about to get hurt. You may that you simply want your attorney the police arrive, you stand a very good even be transported to the jail, still in present before you make any sort of chance of being shot. Police officers handcuffs. Don’t argue with it, just live statement—verbal, written or video. cannot tell the good guys from the with it. It is not the end of the world. This is not the time to say things that bad guys by simply looking at you. If It is okay to tell them that you are you might regret later, or things that, they see a gun in your hand, they must the victim and that you are the one given time, you would have said better

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(Driven, continued from page 21) forced to draw from concealment. to the parents of some little league Norm, many others have given of their Thinking back, I remember days when games. The comradery I experience at time and talents to make the sports I had to use my nondominant hand any competition rounds out desire to viable. We owe it to the generations or eye and fell to pieces. Fair weather continue in any discipline. As a new ahead to beat the political flack and habits are tested when the rain is shooter just entering the sports, push continue our national skill at arms. horizontal and the mercury drops. the “I believe” button and walk in the I agree with a favorite quote from Shooting any discipline will build door. After that first bout of courage President Theodore Roosevelt (while your skill at arms while providing crossing the threshold, you will be remembering we need to encourage a barometer to measure yourself rewarded and welcomed into The both genders to join in). “The great against. Some day when you feel you Family. body of our citizens shoots less as have reached a pinnacle, watch Julie Col. Jeff Cooper held among his ideals times goes on. We should encourage Golob or Rob Leatham. Both of these that young men should be taught to rifle practice among schoolboys, and folks can gracefully humble the best Ride, Shoot Straight and Speak the indeed among all classes, as well as in shooters at your home club. Truth. This ancient Persian concept the military services by every means in I have long held a belief that shooters became the title of Col. Cooper’s our power. Thus, and not otherwise, are some of the best mannered, second book. Whether you compete or may we be able to assist in preserving friendliest folks going. I have showed not, please purchase a copy and read peace in the world ... The first step—in up short of equipment and been loaned it several times. I hope one day to see the direction of preparation to avert everything I forgot. I have had friends my daughter develop and mature with war if possible, and to be fit for war on opposite relays watch my daughter the help of shooting sports and The if it should come—is to teach men and share their lunches. Shooters Family. I will thank Norm Truax who to shoot!” are some of the most even-tempered held the first small bore silhouette sports enthusiasts going; compare this matches I ever competed in. Since

(After a Defensive Shooting, continued from page 24) and more clearly. It also gives you time not what most folks want to have to is the reason that the aftermath of a to replay the entire episode in your consider. But it is the reality of what defensive shooting should be a critical mind and to better remember all of the could very possibly happen. If you part of your personal defense plan. facts involved. consider it and expect it, you will have This article was first published by Sheriff Jim a better chance of dealing with it in as Wilson on Tuesday, May 28, 2019, and is What I have just described in the reprinted here with permission of the NRA. aftermath of a defensive shooting is positive a manner as possible. And this

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26 Bullet magazine Meet our Newest Board Member Recently, Maria Mann was elected to our board of directors. hunting. When asked what her top three passions are her reply Here is a little background on Maria and her qualifications: was: “Number one is the love for my family of course, second Maria is a proud property and business owner. She recalls would be for the outdoors and shooting sports, and third opening her store, The Gun Lady on Sept. 15, 1992, in Port would be for my community.” Maria also holds office as the Jervis. She was born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y. Her family second ward councilwoman in Port Jervis. Maria along with has owned property in Petersburg, N.Y., in Rensselaer County, Dr. Raymond Cooper, has been the organizer and chairman since the early 1970s where they would go frequently to enjoy for our last three Annual Meetings and Sportsman’s Expo in the outdoors. Maria’s passion for the outdoors began in her Port Jervis. early years from trout fishing in the Hoosic River, to the Maria is a Life Member of our association, an NRA Patron shooting sports with her family. She’s not one to brag or boast Member, a Utah Concealed Firearm Instructor, and holds about her accomplishments. Maria has served as the recording NRA Certified Instructor rating in the following areas: Home secretary for the Orange County Federation of Sportsmen’s Firearm Safety, Pistol, Refuse To Be A Victim, Rifle, Shotgun, Club, the former vice-president of Tri-State Rod & Gun Club, Chief Range Safety Officer, and Personal Protection In the and continues to stay involved with various sporting clubs as Home. We welcome Maria to our board and feel she will be she educates and encourages those in the shooting sports and a great asset.

Maria Mann with her husband Bill (left) and Tom King (right) Back Row: Steve Kraynak, Glenn Hancock, Charlie Beers, Tom King Front Row: Jackie Emslie, Brenda Leder, John Greene, Newest Board Member Maria Mann, John Cushman, Jennifer Schmitt

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