In This Issue.
- News from the Web
- Annual Meeting and Awards Breakfast
- 2011 Legislation; Bills to Watch
- Annual Raffle
- The GOAL Foundation 2011 Course Schedule
- 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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- Check out the all new MassGunLawReform.com! This is our site dedicated to our Civil Rights and Public Safety Bill which was filed this week
- Rhode Island: Legislation to Change LCCW Fees Still Being Studied in House Finance Committee. HB 5010 would increase the LCCW permit fee from $40 to $100. This excessive and unreasonable fee increase becomes a tax on the exercise of a constitutional right,
- N.H. Use of deadly force debated. CONCORD - People should be able to stand their ground when threatened and legally use deadly force, advocates for changing the state's self-defense statutes say.
- Gun Rights Group Outbids Austin Guns4Groceries. We don't appreciate these gun grabbing efforts. Firearms in the hands of law abiding citizens makes communities safer. We think that the economically disadvantaged [are] the most susceptible to crime. Those are the people that should arm themselves.
- National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Bill Introduced In U.S. House. The measure would allow any person with a valid state-issued concealed carry permit to carry a concealed firearm in any state that issues concealed firearm permits, or that does not prohibit the carrying of concealed firearms.
- DATA SHOOTS HOLES IN BLOOMBERG'S BILLBOARD CAMPAIGN, SAYS CCRKBA "If Bloomberg was really interested in public safety rather than publicity," Gottlieb concluded, "he would park that truck and take all the money he's spending on the billboard and the fuel, and give it to local gun clubs for firearms safety training and education."
- NRA endorses Tester's bill aimed at allowing antique gun re-importation, sales Senator's legislation would allow American-made firearms abroad to be re-sold to U.S. collectors
- NRA: Please act immediately to block ATF Long Gun Reporting! If you're one of the nearly 71 million Americans who live in the four southwest border states, some of your gun purchases could soon be reported to the federal government. And whether you live in one of those states or elsewhere, your help is needed now to stop the federal government's plan to register Americans' gun purchases.
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Annual Meeting and Awards Breakfast!
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GOAL Annual Meeting and Awards Breakfast
February 26, 2011
Breakfast, what's not to like? Stacks of pancakes, French toast, sausage, bacon, hash browns and really good coffee were all in my near future as I helped prepare the room for our Annual Meeting and Awards Breakfast. Soon the room was ready, and we were greeting a steady stream of GOAL members who were unfazed by the snow/slush/freezing rain mix that had been falling for the last 12 or so hours.
Everyone arrived in great spirits, many of them veterans of last year's breakfast meeting. They were soon greeted by the Carriage House staff with tray after tray of food, and soon we were all sitting down enjoying the meal and catching up with old or making new friends.
GOAL President Ron Knoll (L) with past President Jack Durkin who is proudly cradling his new shotgun
Read more at GOAL.org
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2011 Legislation; Bills to watch
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 One Gun a Month is back... Twice!
There is currently a house and senate version of this bill filed
- H.2838 An Act to Prevent Bulk Purchasing and Illegal Trafficking of Firearms
- S.1202 An Act relative to preventing illegal trafficking of firearms
There are also a slew of other newly filed bills to watch including
- S.1224 An Act relative to a study commission on GPS locators in firearms
As always GOAL will keep you posted as information develops
Click here for our most up to date listing of Legislation of interest.
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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!
New Class!
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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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
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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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Sign up for the Neshooters Summit!
Offering some of the best firearms training available, 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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