In This Issue.
- News from the Web
- GOAL's 2011 Legislation
- Volunteers Needed!
- Jim Wallace appears on WGBH TV's "Greater Boston"
- Annual Raffle
- Annual Meeting and Awards Breakfast
- The GOAL Foundation 2011 Course Schedule
- Hunting News
- Upcoming Events
- Affiliated Club Info
- Neshooters 2011 Summit
- Note About Forwarding The Friday News
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News/Editorials and other tidbits from the Web.
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- NRA to Congress: Don't mess with Gun Laws. The NRA has begun to push back at congressional proposals to further tighten gun laws
- Cheney opens door to tighter gun restrictions. The bill would limit the number of "clips" sold in the U.S. to 10 rounds maximum.
- ATF request to require multiple sales reports for long guns delayed. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) was moving to require federally licensed firearms retailers to report multiple sales of modern sporting rifles beginning January 5, 2011
- Some DC Lawmakers are now carrying concealed. While some lawmakers are responding to the mass shooting in Arizona by introducing legislation to increase gun control or asking for additional security, others say they're going to start exercising their Second Amendment rights and carry weapons.
- What a difference a few miles makes. NH Legislators vote to allow CCW at the State House. Which leads to a question, why are the citizens of MA less trustworthy than our Northern neighbors?
- Comm2A announces Hightower v. Boston Right to Carry case in MA. The plaintiff's counsel is now Alan Gura and Chester Darling who are being supported by the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and Commonwealth Second Amendment, Inc (Comm2A).
- NJ Governor Christie commutes gun owners prison sentence -- NRA hails decision, calls for real reform.The National Rifle Association praised New Jersey Governor Chris Christie for commuting the prison sentence of Brian Aitken-a gun owner who was arrested, convicted and imprisoned for illegal possession of firearms, even though he had made every effort to comply with New Jersey's restrictive and confusing laws.
- New Gun Shop in Holliston causes a stir. Heavner stocks a full range of pistols as well as long rifles.
- ATF to require multiple sales reports for long guns. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is moving to require federally licensed firearms retailers to report multiple sales of modern sporting rifles beginning January 5, 2011
- "Assault Weapons" and the Truth The Obama adminsitration has hired an anti-gun zealot as the U.S.'s top gun cop
- NSSF Celebrates 50 Years of service to the firearms industry. Congratulations from GOAL!
- NRA Strongly opposes the nomination of Andrew Traver to head BATFE. More anti-civil rights pandering from President Obama!
- FBI: Mass is most violent state in the Northeast. More proof of the complete failure of the gun laws of 1998
- Jim Wallace on NRA Radio speaking about MA Violence, and the complete failure of the 1998 GCA.
- NSSF- The MAIG Misuses Firearms Trace Data. In a recent report by the Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG) coalition, an anti-gun organization led by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the group misuses firearms tracing data in order to push its own gun-control agenda.
- Follow this case! NRA challenges the constitutionality of handgun ban for law-abiding 18-20 year olds.The suit asserts: "At eighteen years of age, law-abiding citizens in this country are considered adults for almost all purposes and certainly for the purposes of the exercise of fundamental constitutional rights.
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GOAL's 2011 Legislation
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We are excited to introduce the drafts of our soon to be filed legislation for the 2011 Season!
At this time GOAL is asking our members to call your state representative and senator, and urge them to co-sponsor these bills!
As they have not been filed yet, they do not have bill #s. When asking your representative or senator to co-sponsor please refer to it as GOAL's bill followed by the name of the bill, example - GOAL's "An Act Relative to Constitutional Rights"
Click here to find your local state representative and senator.
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Volunteers Needed!
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 GOAL Needs Volunteer Help!
We have a number of recurring and upcoming volunteering opportunities!
We are seeking volunteer help in our 37 Pierce St. Northboro MA office on a recurring basis. If you have anytime to spare please give Tara a call at the GOAL office, 508-393-5333 x203
We also need help at upcoming gun shows! These are a great, fun way to help out, you will meet lots of fellow enthusiasts, and gain free admission into the show! See below for details:
GOAL will have a booth at the following gun shows, and we need your help to staff them! If you can volunteer for any of these shows, please contact Angela at the GOAL office, 508-393-5333 ext. 206, or angelafisher@goal.org. - February 24-27, The Springfield Sportsmen's & Boat Show at the Big E Fairgrounds
- March 12 & 13, The Big E Fairgrounds in W. Springfield
- March 26 & 27, The Royal Plaza Trade Center in Fitchburg.
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Jim Wallace TV Appearance.
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GOAL's Executive Director Jim Wallace made an appearance this week on WGBH TV's "Greater Boston", click the photo to view the video!
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Annual Raffle!
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 Each year, we ask all our members to participate in our Annual Raffle. We need to raise the funds to continue to promote our reform bill and continue to fight for the rights of Massachusetts gun owners. This Annual Raffle is our primary fund raising event for the year and is vitally necessary to our continued success. Tickets are $5.00 each, and you may purchase tickets online, at GOAL headquarters, or by calling the GOAL office at (508) 393-5333.
**Please note that due to postal regulations, we cannot send any part of a raffle ticket through the mail.**
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The GOAL Foundation 2011 Course Schedule
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New classes added at The GOAL Foundation!
Click here for our 2011 Schedule!
email or call Tara @ GOAL to sign up or for more information.
508-393-5333 x203
The new classes will fill quickly, don't delay!
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Hunting News
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Hunting Season is here! Check out goalhunters.org for all the information you need to get out there and good luck!
2010 GOAL Hunter Awards Program
GOAL is pleased to present the 2010 Hunter Awards Program! WIth four age divisions and four game divisions the awards are bigger and better than ever. We look forward to seeing your entries!
For more information on MA hunting check goalhunters.org lots of great new content added including a new video section!
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A note for Affiliated Clubs
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Sign your members up to get the Friday News Directly from GOAL!
If you have a club email blast, or a web forum please encourage your members to sign up for this weekly email, it's simple!
- Have them go to any page on our website www.goal.org
- Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click the "Friday News" image.
- This will open a new page with a box where they input their email address, click enter, and they are done!
This way they get the news and our action alerts as they are sent.
Please contact me if you have any questions (see contact info @ bottom)
Also, please note! Some of our clubs have let their affiliation lapse. Please check out our Affiliated Club Listing page to see if your club is listed. If your club is not listed, and you think it should be, please have your club president/manager/GOAL rep contact Tara at the GOAL Office 508-393-5333 x203 or tara@goal.org
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Neshooters 2011 Summit!
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The Summit 2011 will focus on solutions for dealing with difficult situations. The Summit will last for two days and will allow the participants to meet with and learn from the training industry's leading experts.
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