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April 8, 2011Gun Owners' Action League. |
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In This Issue.
- News from the Web
- GOAL Member holds her own at the Jr. Olympics
- Legislation to Watch
- MA LTC/FID Survey
- Upcoming Events
- Annual Raffle Winners!
- Note for Facebook Users
- The GOAL Foundation 2011 Course Schedule
- Affiliated Club Info
- Note About Forwarding The Friday News
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News/Editorials and other tidbits from the Web.
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GOAL Member holds her own at Jr. Olympics!
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 From the U.S.A. Shooting Website:
"In the J3 category, Mackenzie Martin of Fairhaven, Mass., rocked the competition with 780 total points. Martin also shot in the final and finished eighth with 99.5 points and 879.5 total points. At just 14 years old, she was by far the youngest competitor on the finals line. The silver medalist was Emily Cock (Silverton, Ore.) with 762 points and the bronze medal was awarded to Lana Fairbanks of Bismarck, N.D. with 753 points."
Full story here
And another story here! Congratulation Mackenzie, we love hearing of your success!
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Legislation to watch
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H.670, An Act Relative to the Sale of Firearms. We like this one!
Bill to Cut AG Authority. State Representative Daniel Webster of Pembroke has filed a bill to curb the Massachusetts Attorney General's authority to regulate firearms under the consumer protection laws in Chapter 93A.
As Massachusetts gun owners are all too aware of, former Massachusetts Attorney General Scott Harshbarger abused his authority under guise of consumer protection in the mid 1990's. In his effort to end run the legislative process he tried to ban handguns in the Commonwealth by implementing bogus standards on the sale and manufacture of handguns in the state.
These regulations (940 CMR 16.00) came to be known simply as the "AG regs". These regulations have prevented licensed firearm retailers from selling many high quality handguns to licensed citizens. They are so far reaching that they have even blocked the sale of new Olympic style target pistols even after we worked to pass a law to exempt them.
Rep. Webster's Bill H.670, An Act Relative to the Sale of Firearms would change the consumer protection laws to remove the fraudulent Attorney General's regulations and authority to make any further such regulations on firearms. SECTION 1. Section 2 of Chapter 93A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, in line 11, after the word "chapter" the following words: ; provided that such rules and regulations shall not govern, limit, or otherwise relate to firearms or the sale of firearms.
GOAL will continue to follow this bill and update as it progresses.
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MA LTC/FID Survey, please help our friends at Comm2A
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Comm2A Launches the Massachusetts Firearms Licensing Survey
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Thursday, 31 March 2011 12:44
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Commonwealth Second Amendment (Comm2A) is pleased to announce the launch of the Massachusetts Firearms Licensing Survey. This long term project seeks to track firearms licensing practices and trends in the Commonwealth's cities and towns. While anecdotal data about firearms licensing is abundant, and in many cases legendary, the ability to gather accurate, empirical data will be invaluable in helping Comm2A to prioritize its activities and to provide well researched information to its stakeholders.
It's been long understood that Commonwealth residents frequently encounter a variety of obstacles to becoming lawfully licensed gun owners. Some of the obstacles and undue burdens placed in the path of lawful gun ownership include non-statutory licensing requirement, soft denials, altered applications, and the failure of licensing authorities to accept and process applications within the statutorily mandated time frame. The long term collection of data from applicants for new and renewal licenses will enable the organization to highlight and challenge licensing customs and practices that do not conform to state law or the Bill of Rights. Individuals who have applied for Massachusetts license within the last six months are strongly encouraged to share their experiences by way of this survey.
Read more here.
Click here for to take the survey
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Annual Raffle, Winners!
|  We just drew the winners! Here they are. Prize 1. J. Davis from Springfield, MA Prize 2. R. Huntington from Marshfield Prize 3. D. Shea from Rowley, MA Prize 4. B. Zehnder from Orleans Prize 5. E. Dewhirst from Dighton, MA Prize 6. N. Moniz from Fall River Prize 7. S. Flis from Uxbridge, MA Prize 8. P. Joncas from Westport Congratulations all and watch for news about our Spring Fling Raffle, coming soon, it's going to be GREAT! 
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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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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.
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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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Sincerely,
Mike Sweeney
GOAL Communications Manager
Gun Owners' Action League
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