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Firing Lines April/May 2014 Fighting for Your Second Amendment Rights Since 1965 SCOPE, inc. Volume XXIII, Issue III Firing Lines April/May 2014 Fighting for your Second Amendment Rights since 1965 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: SCOPE is growing SCOPE Chapter and BoD Information 2 ————————————————————————— Operation P.A.C. 3 to Meet the Challenges ————————————————————————— SAFE Axt charges 3 ————————————————————————— You don’t get fat 4 ————————————————————————— By Stephen Aldstadt full fledged chapter status, and we have NY Senator Maziarz 5 ————————————————————————— added new committees in Steuben and Project Appleseed 6 SCOPE's mission to protect and ————————–————————————————- Schuyler Counties. We expect by the time of Check your address label 7 preserve the right to keep and bear arms here this printing we will have graduated the ————————————————————————— SCOPE voter app 7 in New York is vital to preserving all of our Chautauqua County committee to a full ————————————————————————— civil rights. Once the Second Amendment is Rat Tat Tat Cartoon 7 fledged chapter and we will have an operat- ————————–————————————————- gone the rest will surely follow. With the ing committee in Chemung County. SCOPE member clubs 8 ————————–————————————————- passage of the NY SAFE Act, New York's We have a larger job than we have Legal defense fund 9 ————————–————————————————- ranking in the Freedom Index went from ever been burdened with before. We will SCOPE member clubs 8 ————————————————————————— dead last to dead last and not even close. need to continue our growth in membership Legal defense fund 9 It is imperative that we work to push ————————————————————————— to meet the challenge. We will need to under- DEC meeting 10 back this law. It will not be easy. It will not take a massive voter registration drive to ———————————————————————--—- Cartoon 12 happen quickly. It will require a stronger, make sure all six million legal gun owners ————————–————————————————- larger, better organized SCOPE to meet this Genesee County 13 get registered, educated, and motivated to get ————————–————————————————- challenge. Our resolve is steadfast and we out and vote on Election Day. This will take Global gun control 14 ————————–————————————————- are growing to meet the challenge. a patriot army of volunteers to accomplish. Gun registration 15 The real strength of our organization ————————–————————————————- Local chapters and committees are Not on my watch 16 is our grassroots activists. Our county chap- the best way for our members to get involved ————————————————————————— ters and committees provide local representa- Business Associate and make things happen. If you go to the Members 17 tion, help us to identify and rate elected offi- web-site www.SCOPEny.org you can get the ———————————————————————--—- Does law ignore justice 18 cials, and do the lion’s share of membership latest information on where and when your ————————–————————————————- Monroe County meetings 18 recruitment that keeps the organization grow- local chapter/committee meets. There you ————————–————————————————- ing. will find contact information for the officers Crazy gun owners 19 ————————–————————————————- SCOPE started the year 2013 with and leaders in your area. Come to a meeting. Are you registered? 19 twelve chapters. They are Central New York ————————–————————————————- Get involved. We cannot afford to sit back Repeal Safe Act Signs 20 which covers Onondaga, Cortland, Oswego, and let things happen to us anymore. If we let ————————–————————————————- SCOPE Application 20 and Madison Counties, Dutchess County, the NY SAFE Act stand it will be only the ————————–————————————————- Erie County, Genesee County, Monroe beginning. It will be just the beginning on Join SCOPE Today! County, New York City, Niagara County, the infringements on your rights, the begin- SCOPEny.org Ontario County, Orange County, Orleans ning of the end of your liberty. County, Wayne County, and Yates County. If you would like to get involved but SCOPE added seven new local committees in don't have a chapter or committee in your A well Regulated 2013. The first was the new Capitol District county, contact us at 315-27-SCOPE. We are Militia, being nec- committee, which encompasses Albany, Co- working to form new committees all the essary to the secu- lumbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga, and time. It only takes a few dedicated activists rity of a free state, Schenectady counties. We then added Al- to get your local committee started. We have leghany County, Cattaraugus County, Chau- the experience and the resources to assist you the right of the tauqua County, St. Lawrence County, Wyo- in making it happen in your county. People to keep ming County, and a North Country Commit- The stakes are high. We cannot af- and bear arms, tee that includes Clinton, Essex, and Franklin ford to lose this struggle. Join us. Get in- Counties. volved. Become part of the solution. shall not be So far this year in 2014 the Capitol infringed. District Committee has been ungraded to a Firing Lines page 2 SCOPE PHONE NUMBERS Kathy Kristy Jerry Ruff, Treasurer NIAGARA CHAPTER 716-696-2434 716-397-7064 Russell Petrie, County Chair To contact SCOPE: [email protected] [email protected] Phone: 585-733-5968 Contact: Stephen J. Aldstadt Will Conta, Secretary [email protected] David Carlson 716-857-0381 [email protected] 585-300-4365 Niagara Chapter holds it’s 315 27-SCOPE [email protected] [email protected] monthly meetings at the American Legion Hall, 2589 Youngstown SCOPE Board Members Membership Chairman DUTCHESS CHAPTER Lockport Rd in Ransomville at SCOPE Chapter Chairs are also John Krull, David T. Warshaw, JD, Chair 7:00pm on the third Thursday of Board Members 13 Bird Lane 716 832-8013 each month. [email protected] Poughkeepsie, NY 12603-5001 President of SCOPE 845-849-1839 Stephen J. Aldstadt NEW YORK CITY Ken Mathison [email protected] COMMITTEE 716 846-5448 585 967-1040 No regular meetings, business is Dave Forgione – Chair [email protected] [email protected] conducted via email and social (646) 319-0106 media [email protected] Chairman of the Board Harold 'Budd' Schroeder Paul Rusin Jim Lesczynski – Secretary 716 861-9302 585 659-8335 ERIE COUNTY Michael Justice – Treasurer [email protected] [email protected] Carl A. Leas, Chairman [email protected] [email protected] 1st Vice President Jim Nowotny, Webmaster 716-656-0350 Monthly Meeting is a visit to a Gerry Cumbo 716 584-1221 Herb Berry, Treasurer gun store and/or a range. Nor- 716-983-1629 [email protected] [email protected] mally we're doing this on a Tues- [email protected] 716-825-4174 day evening, but that may change SCOPE CHAPTER Frank Boncore, Secretary depending on the hours of our 2nd Vice President INFORMATION [email protected] target location of the month. Mike Mastrogiovanni 716-674-3523 Contact Dave Forgione at (646) 315 652-4597 ALLEGANY COUNTY 319-0106 for meeting details or [email protected] Nicholas Massel, Chairman Erie County Chapter holds join our low-volume email list by 585-593-0131 monthly meetings every third sending a message to:scope- Secretary [email protected] Thursday of the month. Meetings [email protected] Gary Zielinski, Secretary Ricky Whitney, Treasurer begin at 7:00 p.m. in the [email protected] 585-928-1001 'The Chicken Coop', VFW Post NORTH COUNTRY [email protected] 8113, 299 Lydecker Rd. in West COMMITTEE - Clinton, Essex Treasurer Steven Speta, Secretary Seneca. Located at the intersection and Franklin Counties Carl Leas 585-596-1101 where East & West Rd ends at Chairman: Rose Recor 716-656-0350 [email protected] Lydecker. (518) 569-9607 Secretary: Ed Duda [email protected] Treasurer: Frank Whitelaw CAPITOL DISTRICT GENESEE COUNTY Helena Kosorek, Chair Bill Fox Sr. - Chair Bob Brannan [email protected] 315-573-9088 585-356-4992 ONTARIO COUNTY Gary Brodock, Mem. Secretary [email protected]. Gary Zielinski - Secretary [email protected] [email protected] Bruce Balduf - Vice Chair [email protected] Ray Kosorek, Treasurer [email protected] Kevin Issing - Treasurer [email protected] Tom Frew-Treasurer [email protected] 585-749-0115 The Ontario County Chapter has CATTARAUGUS COUNTY [email protected]. its meetings on the third Monday Robert C. McNally, Chair Helen Headley - Secretary of the Month, at the Canandaigua FIRING LINES PO Box 133 585-768-2591 Sportsmen's Club, on Emerson Franklinville NY 14737-0133 [email protected] Road. The meetings start at 7:00 716-790-9948 Editor - Ralph Esposito PM. [email protected] NEW meeting information, Sec- Butch Beverlin, Treasurer ond Tuesday of every month 7 ORANGE COUNTY To contact SCOPE 716-515-5724 PM, at Calvary Baptist Church, Mike Kubow, Chair and FIRING LINES [email protected] 3515 Galloway Rd., Batavia NY (845) 496-1183 Call (315) 27-SCOPE Mary Beth “Beth” Swanson, Sec 14020. NEW chapter web site is [email protected] Or Write: 716-713-2693 www.geneseecountyscope.org Joe Eldred Secretary/ Treasurer [email protected] SCOPE Our meetings will be the second Post office box for chapter corre- Meetings will be at 7:30 PM, the PO Box 602 Monday of each month at the spondence is still Genesee 3rd Saturday of each month. 21 Tonawanda NY 14151-0602 Franklinville Conservation Club, County SCOPE, PO Box 1659, Claremont Trail, Blooming Grove, 6:30 pm Batavia NY 14021 - 1659 NY. Call Mike at 496-1183 for All written material is information. copyrighted by the author and CENTRAL NEW YORK MONROE COUNTY or SCOPE, Inc. Permission is Onondaga-Cortland-Oswego- Chris Edes - Chair ORLEANS COUNTY granted to use all or part of the Madison Phone (585) 202-7741 Emerson 'Tinker' Young, Chair published articles in the Firing Mike Mastrogiovanni , Chair [email protected] Bob Rowe, Vice-Chair: Lines as long as credit is given [email protected] Ann Clark, Treasurer to the author and SCOPE,Inc. 315 652 4597 NOTE: The April Meeting Date Mary Ellen Hammill, Secretary Dick Woods, Treasurer is the 4th Tuesday April 22. The RC PRODUCTIONS time and place are listed below.
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