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Firing Lines Nov/Dec 2017 Fighting for Your Second Amendment Rights Since 1965 Looking to the New Year INSIDE THIS ISSUE SCOPE, inc. Volume XXVI, Issue VI Firing Lines Nov/Dec 2017 Fighting for your Second Amendment Rights since 1965 Looking to the New Year INSIDE THIS ISSUE: SCOPE Chapter and By Tim Andrews owners registered to vote. If you are not reg- BoD Information 2 ————————————————————————— SCOPE President istered you can’t vote. We need voter regis- Newsletter Deadlines 2 tration forms in every gun shop, we must ————————————————————————— SCOPE P.A.C. 3 The 2017 elections are over, and have voter registration tables at every gun ————————————————————————— Endorsements 4 hopefully you helped elect pro-gun candi- show. We need to educate gun owners on ————————————————————————— dates to office in your local communities. how to vote including absentee balloting. We SAFE Act 6 ————————————————————————— The end of the 2017 elections brings the be- also need to identify the pro-gun vote and Rights kept or lost 8 ————————————————————————— ginning of the 2018 election season. Yes, you make sure it gets to the polls on election day. SCOPE member clubs 10 heard me right, the 2018 election season is One final point on registering to ————————————————————————— Evolution of gun control 12 here, and our work begins. vote. Gun owners tend to be independent and ————————————————————————— Christmas spirit 13 It is not overstated, to say that New many of us are inclined to register as inde- ————————————————————————— York gun owners are facing the most impor- pendents and not a member of a political Business Members 14 ————————————————————————— tant election of their lifetime. Let me say it party. When you register, I would encourage Your Representatives 16 ————————————————————————— again, 2018 will be the most important elec- you to register to a political party because not SCOPE Chapter helps SAFE tion of your lifetime. You will be voting to doing so gives up part of your voice. When Act victim 20 ————————–————————————————- elect members of the New York State Legis- you register to a party you have the right to Profiling 22 lature as well as the governor of New York vote in that party’s primary, you have a say ————————————————————————— More of what’s next 23 State. Additionally, you will be electing, in who that party’s candidate is in the No- ————————————————————————— members of congress and a U.S. Senator. It’s vember election. Don’t forfeit that power, a very big year to say the least. register to a political party. As a party mem- You have heard estimates on the ber, you can obtain signatures and run your Join SCOPE number of gun owners in New York. Esti- own pro-gun candidate against an anti- mates range from four to six million New gunner in a party primary. The other impor- Today! York gun owners. If we voted in a block, we tant thing to consider about primaries, is that SCOPEny.org would be the most pro-gun state in the union. fewer people vote in them, making primary Unfortunately, we don’t vote as a block, even votes more impactful. This means that an worse, many gun owners don’t vote. Our fate organized get out the vote campaign in a pri- “Nobody made a ultimately hinges on how successful we are mary, can sometimes rid us of an anti-gun greater mistake than at getting gun owners out to vote and to vote candidate who might be more difficult to he who did nothing pro-gun. Many people who consider them- defeat in the general election. selves pro-gun, are not necessarily one issue Good news on the Second Amend- because he could do voters. They consider other issues as well. ment Guarantee Act (SAGA – H.R. 3576). only a little.“ When they vote they may consider a candi- Representative Chris Collin’s legislation now date’s stance on issues like taxes, economics has 14 co-sponsors. They include representa- Edmund Burke or other social issues. We need to educate tives from California, North Carolina, Louisi- voters that the right to defend yourself and ana, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, your family is the ultimate right to life. Texas and West Virginia. Here in New York Remember that caricature of Uncle SAGA co-sponsors include Representatives, Sam, pointing at you and stating, “Uncle Sam Tom Reed, Claudia Tenney, Elise Stefanik A well Regulated needs you”, well Uncle Sam needs all of us and Lee Zeldin. Call these reps and thank Militia, being neces- to preserve freedom in New York State. All them for their support. If you live in the sary to the security hands-on deck, if there are barriers between Syracuse district Representative of John of a free state, the us we must bury them now. We need gun Katko call his office and ask why he has not right of the People shop owners, gun show operators, gun clubs joined on as a co-sponsor of SAGA. to keep and any organization that considers itself pro Our hearts and prayers go out to the and bear arms, -gun to join in the fight. victims of the recent mass shootings. Not shall not be First and foremost, we must get gun (Continued on page 5) infringed. Firing Lines page 2 SCOPE PHONE NUMBERS Frank Panasuk [email protected] Newsletter Deadline for the Next Issue To contact SCOPE: 716.864.8815 January 15, 2018 E-mail: [email protected] Or call 315-27-SCOPE Kathie Ricketson [email protected] Firing Lines is printed every two months. 585.535.0670 SCOPE Board Members The deadlines are January 15, March 15, May 15, SCOPE Chapter Chairs are also Board Members Don Smith July 15, September 15 and November 15. [email protected] We do take articles from you, our members. President 315.524.8017 Tim Andrews They are subject to editing for spelling and gram- [email protected] Chairman Emeritus mar. We also reserve the right not to print the arti- 585.315.6411 Harold ‘Budd’ Schroeder [email protected] cle. Chairman of the Board 716.861.9302 Articles should be emailed as a file. Text or Don Hey [email protected] SCOPE CHAPTER basic Word document formats are preferred. Please 716.860.9388 INFORMATION NO PDF files. We are just listing the Chapter 1st Vice president Chair information. Nicholas Massal [email protected] Allegany Chapter Erie Chapter St. Lawrence Chapter 585.593.0131 Chairman Steven Speta Chairman Carl Leas Chairman Jamie Briggs [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] rd At Large Directors Meetings 3rd Tuesday Meetings 3 Thursday, 315.771.1374 Angelica American Legion 7:00pm 7:00pm Angelica, NY Location to be announced Saratoga Chapter Bob Brannan Chairman Gino Danese [email protected] Capitol District Chapter: Genesee Chapter [email protected] 315.573.9088 Albany/Columbia/Greene/ Chairman Bill Fox Sr. 518.883.5189 Schenectady/Rensselaer [email protected] Meetings 4th Thursday Michael Giuliano Chairman Curtis Cappellano 585.356.4992 7:00pm Mi- Cur- Meetings 2nd Tuesday 4H Training Center Ballston [email protected] [email protected] 7:00pm Spa, NY 585.727.0280 518.330.7732 Calvary Baptist Church Meetings 3 rd Tuesday 7:00pm 3515 Galloway Rd. Batavia, Schoharie Chapter Media Coordinator American Legion Everett Rd NY Chairman Russell Case III Joe McAdams Albany [email protected] [email protected] Jefferson-Lewis Chapter 518.366.1779 716.570.3436 Cattaraugus Chapter Chairman C. Bruce Kingsley alternate venue every 3 Chairman Michael Guerin [email protected] months. Meetings 3rd Thurs- [email protected] 315.649.3424 day 7:00pm 716.597.9001 Meetings 3rd Monday 7:00pm Carlisle Town Hall Carlisle, Meetings 1 st Thursday 7:00pm Watertown Sportsmen's Club NY FIRING LINES American Legion Ellicottville, Watertown, NY Meetings 3rd Thursday NY 7:00pm Editor - Ralph Esposito Niagara Chapter Middleburgh R&G Club Mid- Cayuga Chapter [email protected] dleburgh, NY To contact SCOPE Jim Dishaw and FIRING LINES [email protected] Oneida-Herkimer Chapter Schuyler Chapter Call (315) 27-SCOPE 315.255.3315 Chairman Fred Rebscher Chairman Dan Phillips Or Write: [email protected] [email protected] SCOPE Central NY Chapter: 315.723.6846 607.546.4224 PO Box 165 Onondaga/Oswego Meetings 2nd Thursday East Aurora, NY 14052 William Ratschki Ontario Chapter 7:00pm All written material is 315-767-1561 Chairman Doug Negley Moose Lodge Montour Falls, copyrighted by the author and [email protected] [email protected] NY or SCOPE, Inc. Permission is 585.507.6735 granted to use all or part of the Chautauqua Chapter Meetings 3rd Monday 7:30pm Seneca Chapter published articles in the Firing Chairman Will Conta Inn on The Lake Canandaigua, Chairman John Christensen Lines as long as credit is given [email protected] NY [email protected] to the author and SCOPE, Inc. 716.857.0382 315.651.8753 RC PRODUCTIONS Orleans Chapter Chemung Chapter Chairman David Thom Southern Tier Chapter Tom Reynolds [email protected] Chenango/Madison/Broome [email protected] Chairman Shawn Palmer 607.215.0612 585.589.6918 Meetings 2nd Monday 7:00pm [email protected] Delaware Committee Hoag Library; 1 st Floor 607.316.4907 Chairman Andrea Elliot Main Street Albion, NY [email protected] 845.586.1721 (Continued on page 3) Firing Lines page 3 (Continued from page 2) Tioga Chapter 585.322.3144 Yates Chapter Chairman Glenn Hopler Meetings 2nd Thursday Chairman John Prendergast Steuben Chapter [email protected] 7:00pm [email protected] Chairman Doug Mitchell 607.625.3463 Dept. of Social Services 315.694.0481 [email protected] Please call Chairman Hopler Bldg.Warsaw, NY 607.359.2928 for meeting dates & times Meetings 1st & 3rd Mondays 7:00pm Ulster Chapter Bath Rod & Gun Club Bath, Chairman Santos Lopez Check your address label for NY [email protected] 845.418.2881 your renewal date Suffolk Chapter Chairman Sherman Kearns Wayne Chapter With this newsletter your expiration date is in- [email protected] Chairman David Dodd cluded on the address label.
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