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Firing Lines Fighting for your Second Amendment Rights since 1965
Volume 22, IssueV August/September 2013
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
A well Regulated
Militia, being necessary to the
security of a free state, the right of the
People to keep and bear arms,
shall not be infringed.
SCOPE Chapter and BoD Information 2 —————————————————————————
Operation P.A.C. 3 —————————————————————————
Electronic delivery 3 —————————————————————————
Genesee County 3 —————————————————————————
Grumblings 4 —————————————————————————
Stupidity of SAFE act 5 ————————————————————————— SAFE Act revealed 6 ————————–————————————————-
SCOPE Member Clubs 8 —————————————————————————
Numbers you can use 8 —————————————————————————
SCOPE Banquet 9 ————————–————————————————-
Business Associate Membership 9 ———————————————————————--—-
SCOPE Legal Defense Fund 10 ————————————————————————— Second Amendment Radio Show is back! 10 ————————————————————————— Business Associate Members 11 ———————————————————————--—-
Political cartoon 11 ————————–————————————————-
Repeal Safe Act Signs 12 ————————–————————————————-
SCOPE Application 12 —————————————————————————
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.By Joe McAdams New York State Rifle and Pistol’s Association’s broad-based lawsuit against the SAFE Act garnered the support of Senator Kathy Marchione on August 23rd, but gained little ground towards any definitive resolu-tion. Efforts to de-rail the SAFE Act based upon due process and establishment of ‘necessity’ have been unsuccessful. SCOPE has been carefully monitor-ing arguments against the NYSRPA suit in defense of focused efforts specifically related to the magazine ban and the assault weapons definitions. By concentrating our efforts on these areas, we can cripple the foundation of the SAFE Act and establish the unconstitu-tionality of the law. Even as legal efforts slowly vacil-late between counsels on both sides, we should not forget that we will have the op-portunity to remove many of the SAFE Act supporters from office come November 2014. SCOPE’s grass-roots media cam-paign, (with a “feet on the street” President that has made numerous speaking appear-ances at local clubs, radio stations and events, combined with the highly successful
REPEAL THE SAFE ACT sign sales), has been gaining continuous momentum. Support has been steadily increasing with several new SCOPE Chapters launched in the past year. Most recently, the formation of a North Country committee was unani-mously approved by their members in Clin-ton, Essex and Franklin counties. High on the SCOPE agenda is get-ting 2nd Amendment supporters registered to vote. With over 6 million registered gun owners and close to 700,000 registered hunt-ers, SCOPE is committed to making voter registration a top priority. President Steve Aldstadt reminds SCOPE members that only 4 million voters supported Cuomo for Gover-nor in 2010. “With a strong showing at the polls in November of 2014, we can remove the mistake that was made in 2010 once and for all.” SCOPE’s annual award banquet is scheduled for October 11th at Lucarelli’s Banquet Hall in Lackawanna. Unlike previ-ous years – this year is not just a celebration of our accomplishments, but a call to arms and a review of what the future holds for NYS gun owners. We will recognize SCOPE supporters and lay the plans for our strategies in 2014.
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Never Forget By Ralph Esposito Right now you are still angry and concerned about the safe act. As time goes buy New York gun owners may let their anger fade. That’s exactly what they are counting on. They hope that short memories will start lowering the donations for the lawsuits and PACs, reduce the number of protests, even make you lax so you don’t renew your membership to SCOPE and other pro gun rights groups. Most dangerous of all — they
hope you will not be as driven to vote. They know they have passed anti gun legislation before like the assault weapon ban passed under Gov. Pataki, sure we got mad for a while but it faded. They are hoping the same will happen by the time the next state wide election cycle comes in 2014. Remember this Cuomo administra-tion has plans for more gun control legisla-tion. If we don’t keep up the pressure NY gun owners may find gun ownership become very restricted in the not too distant future, very expensive and a privilege granted by the state. Keep your membership current, do-nate if you can , vote and NEVER FORGET.
SCOPE PHONE NUMBERS To contact SCOPE: Contact: Stephen J. Aldstadt [email protected] (315) 27-SCOPE SCOPE Board Members SCOPE Chapter Chairs are also Board Members Chairman of the Board Harold 'Budd' Schroeder (716) 861-9302 [email protected] President of SCOPE Stephen J. Aldstadt (716) 846-5448 [email protected] 1st Vice President Gerry Cumbo 716-983-1629 [email protected] 2nd Vice President Mike Mastrogiovanni (315) 652-4597 [email protected] Secretary Gary Zielinski, Secretary [email protected] Treasurer Carl Leas 716-656-0350 [email protected] Bob Brannan 315-573-9088 [email protected]
Kathy Kristy 716-696-2434 [email protected] David Carlson 585-300-4365 [email protected] Membership Chairman John Krull, (716) 832-8013 [email protected] Ken Mathison (585) 967-1040 [email protected] Paul Rusin (585) 659-8335 [email protected] Jim Nowotny, Webmaster (716) 584-1221 [email protected]
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INFORMATION CAPITOL DISTRICT Helen Kosorek [email protected] CENTRAL NEW YORK Onondaga-Cortland-Oswego-Madison Michael Mastrogiovanni, Chair (315) 652 4597 [email protected] Meetings will be held at the Clay Sportsmen’s Club on Henry Clay Blvd. just north of Rte 31. The starting time will be 7:30 P.M. Call Michael Mastrogiovanni at (315) 652 4597 for date and direc-tions. Chautauqua County Bob Perry, Chair (716) 753-6956 [email protected] Sid Compton, Treasurer (716) 969-6604 [email protected] Paul Weatherlow [email protected] (716) 753-6921 ERIE COUNTY Ken Woitaszek, Chair [email protected] (716) 854 4387 Herb Berry, Treasurer [email protected] (716) 825-4174 Carl Leas, Treasurer, Secretary (716)656-0350 [email protected] Erie County Chapter holds monthly meetings every third Thursday of the month. Meetings begin at 7:00 p.m. in the 'The Chicken Coop', VFW Post 8113, 299 Lydecker Rd. in West Seneca. Located at the intersection where East & West Rd ends at Lydecker.
GENESEE COUNTY Bill Fox Sr. - Chair 585-356-4992 b f s o n l l c @ g m a i l . c o m . Bruce Balduf - Vice Chair bd ba ldu f @ro ch es t e r . r r . co m Dave Kaufman -Treasurer 585-690-7429 [email protected] . Helen Headley - Secretary 585-768-2591 [email protected] NEW meeting information, Sec-ond Tuesday of every month 7 PM, at Calvary Baptist Church, 3515 Galloway Rd., Batavia NY 14020. NEW chapter web site is www.geneseecountyscope.org Post office box for chapter corre-spondence is still Genesee County SCOPE, PO Box 1659, Batavia NY 14021 - 1659 MONROE COUNTY Chris Edes - Chair Phone (585) 202-7741 [email protected] Monroe County meetings take place the Third Monday of the month 7pm at Jays Diner 2612 W Henrietta Rd, Rochester, NY 14623. There are no meetings the months of December, May, June or July. NIAGARA CHAPTER Russell Petrie, County Chair Phone: 585-733-5968 [email protected] Niagara Chapter holds it’s monthly meetings at the American Legion Hall, 2589 Youngstown Lockport Rd in Ransomville at 7:00pm on the third Thursday of each month. NEW YORK CITY COMMITTEE Dave Forgione – Chair (646) 319-0106 [email protected] Jim Lesczynski – Secretary Michael Justice – Treasurer [email protected] Monthly Meeting is a visit to a gun store and/or a range. Normally we're doing this on a Tuesday evening, but that may change depending on the hours of our target location of the month. Contact Dave Forgione at (646) 319-0106 for meeting details or join our low-volume email list by sending a message to:[email protected] NORTH COUNTRY COMMITTEE - Clinton, Essex and Franklin Counties Chairman: Rose Recor (518) 569-9607 Secretary: Ed Duda Treasurer: Frank Whitelaw ONTARIO COUNTY Gary Zielinski - Secretary [email protected]
Kevin Issing - Treasurer [email protected] The Ontario County Chapter has its meetings on the third Monday of the Month, at the Canandaigua Sportsmen's Club, on Emerson Road. The meetings start at 7:00 PM. ORANGE COUNTY Mike Kubow, Chair (845) 496-1183 [email protected] Joe Eldred Secretary/ Treasurer Meetings will be at 7:30 PM, the 3rd Saturday of each month. 21 Claremont Trail, Blooming Grove, NY. Call Mike at 496-1183 for information. ORLEANS COUNTY E.L. (Tinker) Young - Chair (585) 765-9122 Orleans County SCOPE meets the 2nd Monday of every month, 7PM, VFW on Platt St. in Albion. ST LAWRENCE Jamie Briggs-Chairman [email protected] 315-771-1374 Tim Prashaw -Treasurer [email protected] 315-528-3118 Joel Lappiere -Secretary [email protected] 315-486-2909 WAYNE COUNTY John Piczkur, Chair (315) 597-2198 [email protected] Chairman: John Piczkur Co-Chairman: Bob Brannan Secretary: Chuck Hillis Treasurer: Deane Fisher Meetings are held the 2nd Wednesday of the month at the Palmyra VFW Post 6778, 4306 Route 31at 7:00pm. All are wel-come, for information email W a y n e C o u n t y [email protected] for questions and updates. WYOMING COUNTY COMMITTEE Chair: Michael Alan Kehl 716-866-1398 [email protected] Treasurer: John E Doyle 585-786-2099 [email protected] Secretary: Kathleen Ricketson 585-535-0670 Meetings will be held on the 3rd Thursday of the month at the Warsaw Baptist Church, 65 S Main St., Warsaw, NY 14569 at 7pm. YATES COUNTY John E. Prendergast (315) 781-2334 [email protected] Leigh Williams, Vice Chair Bill Button, Treasurer Linda Hardy Secretary
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Editor - Ralph Esposito
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Genesee County Chapter Happenings We have been busy in the county selling safe act signs. to date we have sold 4,250 signs. We have also been busy doing parades. We marched in the Hamlin Parade in a joint venture with Monroe County and we had about 50 people from SCOPE and about 15 people from the NY Revolution Western NY. We gave out SCOPE materials and pocket size books of the constitution of the United States and we got a great welcome. We did a parade in Pike, NY with Wyoming County that went over great also. At our Tuesday night meeting on 8/13/2013 we had Steve Aldstadt come and talk. We also had John Piczkur, chapter chair from Wayne county talk along with Kathy Richardson, Wyoming County secretary. We are working on getting ready to talk to our county legislators that are running this year.
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Grumblings from a Retired LEO SGT By Paul Dano Retired Sgt. MCSO Let me introduce myself, I’m a retired Sheriff’s Deputy, with over twenty years experience. I worked the road the majority of my career, served ten years on the SWAT team as a sniper, was a sergeant on the road patrol and a firearms instruc-tor / coordinator. I have carried a firearm for the majority of my adult life for protection, hunting and shoot-ing competitively. I now work at Beikirch’s Ammo, buying / selling and servicing guns and ammo. With that out of the way I have some grumblings about the cur-rent state of affairs, not only here in NY, but the United States of Amer-ica. Locally, Gov. A. Cuomo felt the need to hastily put a gun control act together, in order to be the strictest state in the United States on gun con-trol. The rushed law was poorly writ-ten, it is confusing to all parties in-volved and will do nothing to stop violent crime. What most anti-gun people fail to realize about this law is that it only increases the amount of charges that can be put against a criminal after a crime has been com-mitted, but does nothing to stop crime. If a person is going to commit murder how much do you think the criminal is going to worry about the number of rounds in the gun? We see politicians and anti-gun people make these pushes of legislation after every active shooter incident. Maybe we should look for other ideas on how to stop these senseless acts. One of the first steps that the media and our elected officials need to do is to drop the political correct-ness. If you are going to commit ter-rorism (school / mall shootings, mara-thon bombings, etc.) you should be called a terrorist. The media and politicians need to berate the indi-
viduals, not sensationalize the act and its perpetrators by post-ing their picture and death toll on the internet / television. If you belittle them, calling them the cowards that they are, then the next nut job will not think their name will become fa-mous. We need to harden tar-gets, put officers in our schools, encourage concealed carry by trained citizens and be aware of our surroundings. Another problem we have in our politically correct world is the lack of responsibil-ity for our actions. We want to find a reason as to why some-one kills multiple strangers. Was it their up bringing, reli-gious beliefs, or ethnic back-ground? Who cares? They’re crazy….So call them crazy! It’s the person behind the weapon, be it a gun, knife, bomb or car, not the inanimate object. Our lawmakers have tried to impose their will on us continuously from alcohol bans in the 1920’s and 30’s, assault weapons ban in 1994, soft drink bans and the current Safe Gun Act. All of these have one thing in common; they did/do nothing to make America safer. As a former LEO, I’m telling you the Safe Gun Act will do as much to stop gun violence, as banning black yoga pants will to stop rape! While the general shooting populace shoots thousands of the assault weap-ons a year, less than 0.10% are ever used in criminal acts. Following our lawmakers’ train of thought it would save more lives by banning automo-biles. The country that our founding fathers fought to gain our freedom from, England, a place where it is extremely difficult to own a gun, re-cently proposed a ban of pointed kitchen knives. How far do we go with these nonsense rules, which will do nothing to make us safer? Let’s face it our current state of affairs is our own doing. Not only
did we elect the current local and national political regime but we have-n’t done enough to protect the rights we so enjoy. How can we protect our sec-ond amendment rights? Introduce someone to a shooting sport. Teach people that a gun, if used properly, is safer than a car. Secure your firearms by locking them up separately from your ammunition so that unauthor-ized / uneducated people don’t have access. Be a responsible gun owner, get quality training and learn about the laws governing the use of your firearms. Last but not least support ALL legal gun owners from muzzle loaders, trap shooters, pistol shooters to the recreational shooter using his assault rifle to stop hordes of attack-ing pop cans. Remember it’s YOU who will save your rights!
Day of the Official GRAND OPENING of Beikirch’s n Knoxville, PA. (L-R) Assemblyman Bill Nojay, Ryan & Hans Farnung, Owners of Beikirch's Beikirch’s has opened a store in Knoxville, Pennsylvania just over the NYS border. There should be no increase in costs for ammunition and other shooting supplies that NYS gun stores will see because of the NY safe act. They invite you to stop down and check them out. Beikirch's Hunter Supply 102 West Main Street Knoxville, PA 16928 (814) 326-4157. beikirchshuntersupply.com
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THE STUPIDITY OF THE SAFE LAW. By Budd Schroeder Gun control is just the tip of the iceberg. Look closely and you will see more of the Bill of Rights being eroded and infringed. We know the SAFE law is unconstitu-tional, but unfortunately, the governor and a majority of politicians disagree in what some consider to be an un-ethical manner passed. They passed it without the input given to other laws. This was dirty politics at a ze-nith. However it is now the law. Because of the uprising of gun owners, especially in Upstate New York, signs saying “REPEAL THE SAFE LAW” are seen in more front yards and roadsides than the political posters. Gun owners are fighting back. Gun groups are initiat-ing law suits challenging this unjust and unnecessary law. The bottom line is that the law is stupid and won’t do anything to reduce gun violence. It calls for universal back-ground checks in private sales. So, up in a remote town or village in the Adirondack Mountains, a man wants to sell his shotgun to his neighbor. According to the law, in order for him to do that, the neighbor has to go to a gun dealer for an instant check. Let’s say they are forty miles from the nearest gun dealer who works part time and is not open six days a week. These men wanting to sell a gun will have to take time off from work and drive eighty miles round trip to get a NICS check. It would not be unreasonable to think the two men will close the deal without a background check and do it with a handshake. If questioned by the po-lice at a later time, they could say they had the gun prior to the law and how can it be proved otherwise? How many gun owners have bills of sale for guns they have had for a cou-ple of decades or ones handed down from family members? Compliance on this part of the law may be diffi-cult to enforce. Then comes the ammunition part of the law! Next year in order to buy ammo, you must have a back-ground check to get a box of car-tridges or shells. Add ten bucks to the purchase of your ammunition and
the outrageous prices one must pay for ammo now becomes even more expensive. This goes along with the elitist leftists who believe the rich can be trusted with guns, but the working stiff is really suspect as to his ability to own firearms and ammunition. Check this out the next time you talk to a politician who voted for this bill. What is more, you will have to account for the loss of a cartridge. So there is a thought going through email that during hunting season, have thousands of hunters calling the hot line to tell the State Police that they lost a round in the snow or in the brush and couldn’t find it. Then, a day or two later, call them up again to tell them you found it. That should tie up a bunch of bureaucrats for the hunting season. They might even complain to the politicians who voted for the bill. Or, you might have those “criminals” who lost a cartridge and won’t comply with the reporting of the loss. Again the problem of com-pliance comes to mind. Now, the Game Wardens not only have to watch out for the illegal taking of game, but the illegality of not report-ing a lost round of ammo. Maybe they can get some overtime to search for cartridges in a snow bank. Let’s talk about the maga-zine restrictions. A person who was an honest citizen last year suddenly becomes a criminal because he has a device made of sheet metal and plas-tic that holds more than ten rounds. Suddenly, he becomes a dangerous person worthy of a stiff fine and time in prison for mere possession of this product. He can share a cell with a criminal who possessed a sawed off rifle or shotgun. It’s the same charge. The gun owner who com-plies with the law and gets rid of his high capacity magazines and has those that hold only ten rounds can
still get in trouble. If he is not on a recognized range, and had more than seven rounds in the magazine, he doesn’t pass GO, but can go directly to jail because that eighth round in a ten round magazine makes him a criminal. This surely will keep crimi-nals from having too many rounds in their gun when they go to hold up a bank or gas station. Good thinking, Andrew! So far, noting much has come up regarding those who hand load their own ammo except that they can’t sell or even give a box to a friend. Again, another inconvenience for the criminal who, of course is afraid of the SAFE law, and yet an-other brilliant move by the politicians who voted for it. How do they manage to come up with all these wonderful ideas to prevent gun violence” They banned a few more rifles because if a semiautomatic rifle or shotgun has an adjustable stock, pistol grip, threaded barrel muzzle, or bayonet lug. We have really had a lot of homicides by bayoneting a victim, so that makes a lot of sense, too. The bottom line is that the SAFE act is one of the dumbest gun laws since the CoBIS law was en-acted. SCOPE members and all gun owners have to keep fighting the law and make the utmost effort to defeat those politicians who voted for it. That is the strongest message we can send. We have a year to look for peo-ple to run primaries against the politi-cians who are in gerrymandered safe districts and this can be a very effec-tive tool to make attitude adjustments to anti-gun legislators. Thanks for reading this col-umn. I like to write sarcastic articles upon occasion and this is a made to order occasion.
Erie County Chapter 16th annual “Meet the Candidates Night”
Scheduled for Thursday, September 26.
Candidates Night will start at 6:00 pm that evening and run to approxi-mately 8:30, at the ‘Chicken Coop’ – VFW Post 8113 at 299 Lydecker Road in West Se-neca, NY.Open to members and general public.
At this time of year we offer this opportunity for candidates running in Erie County to meet and exchange views with our members, officers and other guests. Candidates will
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SCOPE Member Clubs The following are clubs that are members of SCOPE. If you plan to join a club, please try to join one that is a SCOPE member. If your club would like to become a SCOPE club member please give Stephen Aldstadt a call or drop us an E-mail. Alabama Hunt Club Alden Rod & Gun Club Allied Sportsmen of WNY Inc American Legion Riders Post 355 A-ON-DO-WA-NUH Sportsman’s Club, Inc. Attica Rod & Gun Club, Inc Bailey Mountain Fish & Game Club, Inc. Baldwinsville Rod & Gun Club, Inc. Barre Sportmens Club Barrington Rifle Club Bergen Rod & Gun Club Bison City Rod & Gun Club Inc Blasdell Rod & Gun Club Bog Trotters Rifle & Pistol Club Inc Boston Valley Conservation Society Brunswick Sportsman Club, Inc. Buffalo Revolver & Rifle Club Inc Burlington Flats Fish & Game Club, Inc. CAL Shooting Club Camillus Sportsmen’s Club Canaan Rifle Club, Inc. Canandaigua Lake Duck Hunters, Inc. Canandaigua Sportman's Club, Inc. Cattaraugus Rod & Gun Club Chautauqua County Federation of Sportsmen Chemung County Federation of Sportsmen Chemung County Rod & Gun Club Clarence Shooting Club Clay Sportsman’s Club Clinton Fish & Game Club Cloverbank Sportsman's Club Inc Conservation Club of Brockport Cooperstown Sportsmen's Association, Inc. Dansville Fish & Game Protective Assoc. Deer Search of WNY, Inc. Delchenego Rod & Gun Club, Inc. Depew Rod & Gun Club Dunham's Bay Fish & Game Club East Aurora Fish & Game Club Inc East Branch Club Eden-North Collins Gun Club Elbridge Rod & Gun Club Elma Conservation Club Erie County Conservation Society Inc Evans Rod & Gun Club Federated Sportsmens Clubs of Cattaraugus Cty Four Point Rod & Gun Club, Inc. Freeport Junior Club Genesee County Fish & Game Protective Assoc Glen-Coe Conservation Society Inc
Gorham Coon Hunters Gowanda Rifle Club Grand Island Rod & Gun Club, Inc. Grape Country Coon Hunters Assoc. Greene Rod and Gun Club Hamburg Rod & Gun Club Inc Hartland Conservation Club Hawkeye Bowman, Inc. Hidden Valley Lodge Hill Top Gun Club Holland Rod & Gun Club Holley Rod & Gun Gun Club Honeoye Fish & Game Club Hornell Sportsman Club Hudson Valley Sportsmen's Association Indian Lake/Blue Mountain Fish & Game Assoc. Iroquois Arms Collectors Assoc of WNY Iroquois Rod & Gun Club Kent Rod and Gun Club Lackawanna Conservation Inc Lake Keuka Chapter, Izaak Walton League Lakewood Rod & Gun Club, Inc. Lima Gun Club Little Beard Club Inc Livingston Co Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs Lodi Rod & Gun Club, Inc. Long Lake Fish & Game Club Lyons Rod & Gun Club, Inc Middlesex Conservation Club Millgrove Sportsmen's Club, Inc. Mohawk Rifle & Pistol Club Inc Monroe Chester Sportsmen Club Inc Mt Morris Sportsman's Club, Inc Neighbors Gun Club, Inc. New Paltz Rod and Gun Club New York Houndsmen Conservation Association New York State Muzzleloaders Association, Inc Newark Rod & Gun Club Niagara County Sportmen's Assn. Niagara Frontier Pistol League Niagara Frontiersmen Pistol Club North Forest Rod & Gun Club North Star Sportsmans' Club, Inc. North Woods Sportsmens Association, Inc. Northern Chautauqua Rifle & Pistol Club Northern Dutchess Rod & Gun Club, Inc. NYS Sporterifle, Inc. Oatka Fish & Game Club Ontario Rod & Gun Club Orleans County Houndsmen & Conservation Club Outlet Rod & Gun Club Painted Post Field & Stream Club Pearl River Gun Club Pheasants Forever Chapter 843 Polaris Shooting Club Ramapough Sportsmen Association Inc. Red Creek Conservation Club, Inc. Redfield Fish & Game Club Richburg Rod & Gun Club
Rochester Brooks Inter. Trap & Skeet Club Rochester Rifle Club Sackets Harbor Sportsmen's Club, Inc. Saranac Lake Fish & Game Club Schenectady County Conservation Council Seneca County Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs Shawangunk Fish & Game Assn, Inc. Sheridan Transit Rod & Gun Club Sodus Bay Sportmans Club Somerset Conservation Club Sons of the American Legion Post 881 South Bristol Fish & Game Association Inc. South Shore Association of Onedia Lake Inc. Springwater Rod & Gun Club, Inc. Square Deal Sportsmen Inc. Suburban Pistol League Ten-X Shooting Club Inc The Sara-Spa Rod and Gun Club, Inc. Thruway Fish & Hunt Club Tonawandas Sportsmen's Club Twin City Shooting Club, Inc. Valley Cottage Sportsman's Club Walworth Sportman's Club, Inc. Waterloo Rifle & Pistol Club Wayne County Federation of Sportmen's Clubs West Falls Conservation Society, Inc. Western New York Practical Pistol League Westfield Fish & Game Club Williamson Conservation & Sportsmen Club Whortlekill Rod & Gun Club, Inc Wilson Conservation Club Inc Wincrest Sportsmans Association Wolcottsville Sportsmen Club Wood & Brook Sportsman's Club Wyoming County Wildlife Federation Yates Carlton Lakeshore Sportsmen's Club Yates County Federation of Conservation Clubs
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NEW YORK STATE Governor (518) 474-8390
NYS Senate (518) 455-2800 NYS Assembly (518) 455-4100
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(202) 456-1111 Congress (202) 225-3121 Senate (202) 9224-3121
Please be polite and remain calm when speaking to your
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SCOPE Offers Business Associate Membership
SCOPE is now offering businesses that want to show their support for our 2nd
Amendment rights a Business Associate Membership. Business membership dues will be $50 annually, or $250 annually for a Sponsor level membership. Business members will receive a window sign to display, a listing on our website with basic details of their store
and contact information. We will also supply them with membership applications and a supply of each issue of the Firing Lines for their store. Sponsor level businesses will have their listing on our website highlighted and they will receive a wall plaque for display in their store.
Sign up Today!
SHOOTER’S COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION (SCOPE, INC) PO 602, Tonawanda NY 14150 716-846-5448 Business Associate Membership Application
Date of Application___________________ Donation, Annual $50__________ Annual Sponsor $250____________
Business Name___________________________________________________________Phone______________________
Address____________________________________________________________City ___________________________
State___________ Zip__________ Fax _________________________________________________________________
Mailing address if different___________________________________________________________________________
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Secondary Contact __________________________________________________________________________________
Website_________________________________________ Email_____________________________________________
Type of business (gun shop, sporting goods, etc.)___________________________________________________________ (Donations to SCOPE are not refundable or tax deductible)
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SCOPE Legal Defense Fund Please consider a donation to the SCOPE Legal Defense Fund. Recent bat-tles have had a substantial impact on our funds and as well as the new SAFE Act lawsuit will need to be funded. Please help SCOPE continue fighting New York's anti-gun laws through law suits. We must fight the anti-gun politicians on all fronts. This is especially important with the enactment of the SAFE Act. Send your donations to: SCOPE INC, Attn Defense Fund Project PO Box 12711, Rochester, NY 14612
The Second Amendment Radio
Show Is back on the air!
Now on WYSL 1040 AM, 92.1 FM
6:00-7:00 pm every Saturday and
7:00-8:00 every Sunday, also on the Internet 24/7 at:
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Each week hear guests like Larry Pratt, Gun Owners of America and Stephen Aldstadt, President of SCOPE on the
show. Stop by for a listen!
also be given an opportunity to address the gather-ing. Introduction of candidates will run throughout the evening. Refreshments will be provided and we will have door prizes and raffles.
Erie County has a large population of firearm owners. Over 70,000 hunting licenses are sold here, there are 50,000-plus pistol licensees and thousands of club member who shoot competition pistol, trap, skeet and sporting clays.
SCOPE keeps our member-ship- as well as sportsmen and firearm owners around the county and state- updated on firearms issues and appraised of candidates and legislators who support their rights. We also meet with local and state representatives wishing to learn our posi-tions and who help frame the issues in the political arena.
We hope to see you at our event
Candidates- To RSVP and for more information contact SCOPE by calling 716-867-0149. Email at kennw10@gmail .com
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SCOPE Business Associate Members
The following are business members of SCOPE. If your business would like to become a SCOPE business member please fill out the application on page 9. A.R. Pierrepont Co., Inc. 154 Berkeley St Rochester, NY, 14607 585-473-3225 Ammo Bee and Guns 2952 W Main St Caledonia, NY, 14423 585-538-4061 Batavia Marine & Sporting Supplies 411 W Main St Batavia, NY, 14020 585-343-4131 Beikirch Ammuntion Corp PO Box 151 E Rochester, NY, 14445 585-248-3660 Bill Fox & Son Construction & Remodeling, LLC 9346 South St Rd LeRoy, NY, 14482 585-356-4992
Bonded Collection Services PO Box 305 Fairport, NY, 14450 585-223-7357 Craig's Gold & Silver 3065 Delaware Ave Kenmore, NY, 14217 716-332-4444 Harold's Welding Shop 1164 E Swamp Rd Penn Yan, NY, 14527 585-554-5178 Harv's Harley Davidson 3120 Kittering Rd Macedon, NY, 14502 585-377-8301 Interlaken Guns & Ammo 8268 Main St Interlaken, NY, 14847 607-532-9244 JC Guns 25 Malvern Curve Tonawanda, NY, 14150 716-868-6328 John Henrich Company, Inc. 2686 Green St Eden, NY, 14057 716-992-3985
Live Bait Vending 1610 Rice Rd Elma, NY, 14059 716-984-9120 Louie's Gun Shop 367 W Morris St Bath, NY, 14810 607-776-8405 Lucarellis Banquet Center 1830 Abbott Rd Lackawanna, NY, 14218 716-824-1029 New York Security Training Center 215 S Main St Newark, NY, 14513 585-520-4880 Niagara Frontier Gun Shows 83 Eckerson Ave Akron, NY, 14001 716-542-9929 Outdoorsagencyusa.com, Inc. PO Box 249 West Falls, NY, 14170 716-662-4732 Realty USA Stephen J Aldstadt 6505 E Quaker Rd Orchard Park, NY, 14127 716-662-2000
Red Sun Builders LLC 172 Gifford Rd Greenville, NY, 12083 518-966-4271 Seneca Gun Sports 4705 Ste Rt 14 Rock Stream, NY, 14878 607-243-7243 Sheldon W Boyce, Jr. 31 E Main St Ste 2000 Rochester, NY, 14614 585-454-2000 T&C Gunsmithing Inc. 105 E Miller St Newark, NY, 14513 315-573-7565 Tom's Guns and Ammo 5403 Steele Rd Sodus, NY, 14551 315-483-9335 Walton's Service Center, Inc. 1634 Rt 54 Penn Yan, NY, 14527 315-536-6928 York-Penn Shows PO Box 9340 Frewsburg, NY, 14738 716-569-6810
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