Dear Fellow members,    

President’s Message Winter ‘10

Well the snow finally hit this 1st week of December and it was gone in a few hours. The Moose River primitive vous has another year under its belt thanks to Pam Wenck, Maria n’ Joe Heckle and (Tim Welch with water), wood and all those who helped with the unnoticed duties.

Our joint deer season proposal has generated some discussion; most of it has been around the crossbow issue and how Gary Scolla and I left all kinds of things out of the proposal. According to the Eric County Federation’s meeting minutes the DEC’s Patricia Riexinger told them our proposal didn’t have much support.

Trust me Gary and I did not leave or forget anything out of our proposal. If it was not listed it was because we either had no opinion on it, because it was not legal yet or did not effect our proposal one way or the other. As usual it is easier for people to nit pick after you put your name on the dotted line than it is to be the originator of a project.

I’ve watched over the years as proposals and resolutions never make it much past the last meeting. This time what was readily noticeable were all the published opinions injected into the proposal and not one of those people contacted me before or after they “assumed” what they did, which for the most part was discussing other states regulations and the lack of support for the crossbow that has been beaten around since 1991.

However, what made this proposal different is two people put their names on it & so far I’ve seen 3 different proposals either adding to ours or taking a different direction. In the end no matter what others are saying people woke up and at least discussed options for their regions. Then again as Tom Henley has told me many times, “never give anyone the incentive to out do you”, oops on me.

We need a Chairman & general help to work the Primitive Biathlon ASAP. If I do not have people come forward by Jan 15th the event will be cancelled.

Our next Board meeting will be at the Elbridge Rod & Gun Club during their Winter Rendezvous Feb. 13-14 Elbridge. Time appx. Noon Sunday 14th if you can not make the meeting please forward me by email or letter any news you have. The main topic will set our shoots dates for the year. This year we will have a list of Directors & Officers positions open listed in the spring GT with instructions on what a person has to do to run for office.

Eric has requested information for the GT and outside of a few shoot dates he’s received nothing. I instructed Eric to cut the pages down to 12 or 8 if he did not have enough to print. Eric and I are not going to beg for information, nor do I expect Eric to spend an inordinate amount of time looking for information to help your association out.

As a closing topic I want you all to read this article below from Senator Gillibrand and when you go to the polls next election remember it. This is what is known as a “Straw Purchase” and is already against the law.

Stay safe & See you on the firing line.

Regards,

BPB

Gillibrand, McCarthy announce anti-gun bill

By Associated Press

November 24, 2009, 3:12PM

NEW YORK -- New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Rep. Carolyn McCarthy are introducing a bill to crackdown on illegal gun trafficking.

They said Tuesday the bill would make it a crime to traffic in firearms and would also go after middlemen who buy a gun for someone else so that person can evade background checks. The bill

would provide funding for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to hire 1,500 agents and investigators.

Gillibrand said the measures outlined in the bill would cost $370 million over five years. Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly joined the two Democratic lawmakers at a news conference announcing the bill at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan.

Kelly said the bill would be "truly life-saving."

Update Jan. 16

 The Primitive Biathlon has been cancelled~

As of the publishing of the Jan GT I have been informed that the Ringling Brother Circus has won judgment against the API, Animal Protection Institute. This was a long drawn out affair lasting 10 years. It cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars if not millions for this to be argued. In the end the Judge found the Circus was not in violation of any of the endangered species act regulations. I’ll post the courts opinion in a link for you to read. 

  We had a very successful turn out for the January legislative day in January. The NYSCC legislative day is planned for April 13^th so take a day off work and gather up your friends hop a bus and make the trip.

Special thanks for Bob Patterson and the Coxsackie gang for making the trip.

 According to SCOPE’S President Ken Mathison a handful of bills have made it to the 3^rd reading, so be vigilant and call your reps.

SCOPE’s latest newsletter is out and on line at www.scopeny.org look to the left of the web page for Firing Lines. As always if you are looking for my latest opinion visit my blog at www.blackpowderbill.blogspot.com.

 Thanks for your support!

Regards,
 BPB  

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