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March 11, 2011Gun Owners' Action League. |
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In This Issue.
- News from the Web
- New Legislation Report
- Trapping Legislation Hearing This Monday 3/14/11
- Note for Facebook and Twitter users
- Annual Raffle
- New Guidelines for O.H.V. users
- 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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New Legislation Report
|  Follow these bills closely! At this time we are waiting for the various committees to organize and schedule hearings for these bills. When it comes time to take action we will alert our membership at once.
S.1195, "An Act Regarding the Prevention of Illegal Trafficking and Gun Violence among the Youth of the Commonwealth." Filed by Senator Sondra Chang-Diaz. Section 13 proposes to imprison for five years any retailer who accepts or KEEPS more than 15 handguns in a one year period.
This legislation, if passed into law would shut down every gun shop in MA! Click here for more information on goal.org
S.1224 "An Act Relative to a Study Commission on GPS Locators in Firearms." the legislation would create a commission to study the "feasibility" of GPS locators in firearms. This concept is not a new one, but what has caused quite a stir is that GOAL was named to part of the proposed commission. Several members have contacted the office about it with great concern. We have assured everyone that contacted us that we are not supporting the legislation and certainly did not request to be part of the proposed commission. Click here for more information on goal.org
Two Separate "One Gun a Month" - Lawful Citizens Imprisonment Act bills filed. We have talked about this bill for a decade now and everyone truly understands what an absurd proposal it is. Just the idea of placing blame and restrictions on lawful citizens in an attempt to control the actions of criminals is ludicrous. Click here for more information on goal.org
Finally some GOOD NEWS! MA State Rep Daniel Webster files "An Act Relative to the Sale of Firearms". This bill will curb the Massachusetts Attorney General's authority to regulate firearms under the consumer protection laws in Chapter 93A. Click here for more information on goal.org
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Trapping Legislation Hearing this Monday 3/14/11
| The Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources, and Agriculture will be holding a public hearing and executive session on Monday, March 14, 2011 at 11:00 am in Room B-1 on the following bills.
S.330 An Act to Enhance the Management of Problem Wildlife
S.367 An Act Relative to Dam Repair, Removal, and Replacement
S.380 An Act Relative to Repair, Removal, and Replacement of Dams
H.245 An Act Concerning the Trapping of Fur-Bearing Mammals
H.265 An Act Relative to Dam Repair, Removal, and Replacement
H.1140 An Act Assessing our Natural Resources
H.1149 An Act Authorizing the Division of Capital Asset Management to Grant and Easement Over an Access Road in Upton State Forest
H.1992 An Act to Enhance the Management of Problem Wildlife
H.3120 An Act Relative to Beavers
If you have any questions on this hearing please contact the Committee Staff @ 617-722-2210
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Note for Facebook and Twitter users
|  We are now adding "Like" icons to the bottom of our web pages!
Whether it's a tweet about a competition, sharing a page via e-mail, or sharing a legislative alert on Facebook, these will help you share our information through many various social media outlets quickly and easily!
Check them out at the bottom of most pages on goal.org and on the rest of our family of websites going forward
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Annual Raffle, less than 1 month left!
|  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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Do you use an O.H.V.? Check this!
|  Last year new legislation was passed into law which affects users of Off Highway Vehicles including 4 wheelers, Dirt Bikes, and Snowmobiles.
O.H.V.s are popular methods of transportation for sportsmen, we need to pay close attention to the new verbiage for 2011 that applies to firearms on these vehicles.
Click this link to check out the new guideline pamphlet from the state of MA.
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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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Notes for Affiliated Clubs
| The N.S.S.F. has new grants available for 2011, this is a great way to make improvements to your club at no cost to your club.
Click here for more information.
Is your club affiliated with GOAL? If you don't know check out our listing of GOAL Affiliated Clubs here, if your club is not on the list please have your club officer contact Tara at the GOAL office.
Click here for more information about the benefits of being an affiliated club.
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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Sincerely,
Mike Sweeney
GOAL Communications Manager
Gun Owners' Action League
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