ASSOCIATED GUN CLUBS OF BALTIMORE, INC.
LEGISLATIVE OFFICE
P.O. BOX 20102 - TOWSON, MD 21284-0102
410-296-3947 Email: LVP@ASSOCIATEDGUNCLUBS.ORG
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Voter Registration Information
A voter registration
application may be submitted to your local board of elections or the State Board of Elections at any time.
However,
an application must be postmarked by August 24, 2010, to vote in the 2010 Primary
Election and October 12, 2010, to vote in the 2010 General Election.
If you submit a
voter registration application during the period that registration is closed,
your application will be held at the local board of elections and processed when
registration reopens. For the 2010 elections, registration will be closed from
August 24, 2010, to September 27, 2010, and from October 12, 2010, to November 15,
2010.
Click here for the Maryland Voter registration form.
For additional information, click here.
Remember: If you are not registered to vote, you do not exist.
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Candidate Surveys Are In the Mail
As of August 10th, the 2010 Election candidate surveys are in the mail to all 519 Maryland General Assembly candidates registered for the primary election on September 14, 2010.
An additional 126 surveys have been mailed to the candidates for Governor, Comptroller, Attorney General (Doug Gansler is unopposed but we didn't want him to feel left out) Circuit Court Judges, as well as Federal Senate and Congressional candidates.
We have asked the candidates to respond by August 19, 2010 in order to give us time to evaluate the responses and compile our recommendations.
Who are the "we"?
"We" are (in alphabetical order): Associated Gun Clubs of Baltimore, Maryland Shall Issue, Maryland State Rifle & Pistol Association and the Washington County Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs.
In past elections we have all done candidate surveys with varying degrees of success. Many candidates did not respond simply because they were overwhelmed by the number of surveys they received. To address this issue, and demonstrate the solidarity among the major gun rights groups in Maryland, we opted to send a single survey.
To date, over 175 responses have been received and the monumental task of tabulating the results is in progress.
Recommendations on which candidates deserve our support will be published prior to the September Primary Election. Following the primary we will then re-evaluate the candidates who won in the Primary Election and make recommendations for the General Election in November.
Click here to view a "PDF" copy of the survey.
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Virginia Attorney General Says "Yes, we can" to Investigating Illegal Aliens
Robert G. Marshall, a member of the Virginia House of Delegates requested an official advisory opinion from Virginia's Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, II. Delegate Marshall inquired whether Virginia law enforcement officers, under present Virginia state law, may conduct investigations into the immigration status of persons stopped or arrested by law enforcement and, specifically, whether Virginia officials presently have the same authority as Arizona officers under a recently enacted Arizona statute, and, further, whether that authority extends to Virginia state park personnel and local zoning officials.
Attorney General Cuccinelli responded: ..."it is my opinion that Virginia law enforcement officers, including conservation officers, may, like Arizona police officers, inquire into the immigration status of persons stopped or arrested; however, persons tasked with enforcing zoning laws lack the authority to investigate criminal violations of the law, including criminal violations of the immigration laws of the United States.
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Second Amendment Foundation Sues Maryland
The Second Amendment Foundation and noted attorney Alan Gura have filed suit on behalf of Ray Woollard of Hampstead, MD.
Mr. Woollard was denied a handgun permit by the Maryland State Police on the grounds the Mr. Woollard has not be attacked recently enough to qualify for an permit to carry a handgun.
We wish to commend our colleagues at Maryland Shall Issue (MSI) for their recent "Money Bomb" operation which in MSI raised and donated $10,000 to support the Second Amendment Foundation and its efforts to defend the rights of gun owners nationwide. Well done, MSI!
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Gun Runners Supplying Mexican Drug Gangs Have Little to Fear
The President of Mexico and many US lawmakers are calling for more restrictions on guns and guns sales to stem the flow of US firearms to Mexican drug gangs. Gun trafficking is a lucrative business with little overhead and little to fear if caught. Case in point:The United States Embassy in Mexico recently issued a press release touting the conviction and sentencing of the leaders of a gun running operation supplying hundreds of firearms to a Mexican drug gang. This would be better news if the sentences were not so laughable. One convicted leader received a 48 month sentence and another received a whopping 50 month sentence. No mention is made of what sentence the underlings received. However, when one considers the slap on the wrist the leaders received, the underlings probably received sentences that amounted to denial of Starbucks coffee for a whole week. It appears that the best the ATF could do was get convictions on "straw
purchases". Apparently, smuggling, gun running and illegal exportation
of illegally obtained firearms with intent to sell to known criminals is not an issue with the ATF. Click here to read the U.S. Embassy press release. |
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In Memory of Carolyn Bentley Lee
It is with deep sadness that we report the passing of Carolyn Bentley Lee, wife of long-time gun rights activist and good friend Phil Lee, III.
Carolyn Bentley Lee
Died on 8/16/2010 after a short battle with breast
cancer. Devoted wife, mother and grandmother, she is survived by her
husband of 47 years, Philip F. Lee, III, her children Christopher L.
Lee, Barbara Lee Epple, and her son-in-law Lt. Col. Theodore Epple, 3
grandchildren, Benjamin, Matthew, and Bentley Epple and 7 siblings:
Evelyn Bentley
Wetherford, Rebecca Joyce Bentley, Juanita Bentley Jones,
Billy Ray Bentley, Ruby Bentley Phillips, Bobby Joseph Bentley, and
David Baxter Bentley.
Elizabeth Carolyn Bentley was born on Jan. 14, 1942 in
Monroe, Georgia, the daughter of William Baxter Bentley and Mary Elizabeth
Lois McDaniel Bentley. She grew up in Winder, Georgia and attended
Winder-Barrow HS. She met her future husband in Atlanta and they married on
April 7, 1963. She worked to
support him and their first child Barbara, while he
attended graduate school at Georgia Tech.
A Silver Spring, MD resident for 35 years, she received
an Associates in Accounting Arts and worked as manager for the Federal
City Club for 10 years. Later she
worked in the accounting department for Leisure World until her retirement in 2007, where she was beloved by
her co-workers.
Her family suggests memorial
contributions be made to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
Click here to make a donation in Carolyn's memory. |
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UTAH CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT COURSE
PLEASE NOTE:
DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL WITH QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS COURSE, USE THE CONTACT INFORMATION BELOW.
UTAH CONCEALED CARRY
FIREARMS PERMIT COURSE
Honored In Approximately 30 States
Want "Peace of Mind"
when traveling out-of-state? It's
possible with a Utah CCW Firearm Permit.
Protect
yourself and your loved ones when traveling to visit family or to a favorite
vacation destination. As a Non-Resident
of Utah and Law Abiding Citizen, you may obtain a Concealed Carry Firearm
Permit from the State of Utah. The Utah
CCW Permit allows you, as a Maryland resident, to carry a handgun in
approximately 30 states. This permit does NOT allow you to carry in the State
of Maryland, but it is recognized in all of our adjoining states including
Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and Ohio, the gateway to the
Midwest.
This course will be
hosted by
CONCEALED CARRY
FIREARMS INSTRUCTORS CERTIFIED BY THE
UTAH BUREAU OF
CRIMINAL IDENTIFICATION
WHERE:
Associated Gun Clubs
of Baltimore (AGC)-Patapsco Ranges
Trap Range Upper
Campus -Memorial Hall
11518 Marriottsville
Road, Marriottsville, MD 21104
WHEN:
Saturday, September
04, 2010
(8:00-8:30 AM
Check-In)
8:30 AM-1:30 PM Utah
CFP Course
REGISTER
BY CONTACTING EITHER:
Ken Brown:
410-462-4682 � KBrown@theIOTAgroup.com
Or
Bryan Fletcher:
410-796-7715 � GunTraining@verizon.net
UTAH CCW COURSE DOES
NOT REQUIRE LIVE COURSE OF FIRE
COURSE FEE: $100.00 * INCLUDES *
� Required Utah BCI Concealed Firearm Permit
Classroom Instruction
� Fingerprinting by Maryland CJIS Certified
Technicians
� Professionally Produced Passport/Permit
Photographs
� Express Postage to Utah
In
addition to the $100 course fee, you will need to have available:
A
non-refundable payment of $65.25 is to be included with your application. This
fee consists of $35.00 for application and permit processing and $30.25 charged
by F.B.I. to process the fingerprint card. The Bureau will accept check, money order or credit cards (VISA and
MASTERCARD). Name and address must be
imprinted on check. Make check or money order payable to the Utah Bureau of
Criminal Identification. The Utah CCW
Permit is valid for 5 years. The renewal
fee is $10 and also valid for 5 years.
Total
UTAH CCW COURSE AND PERMIT FEES: $165.25 ($100 Registration Fee Required for
inclusion on Roster)
Forms
of Acceptable Payment for Course: Personal Checks, Money Orders, and Major
Credit Cards: VISA, MC, Discover.
Note:
Registration Fees are non-refundable, but may be applied to a future Utah CFP
Course.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
� US
Citizen or Legal Alien at least 21 Years Old
� Have
Not Been Convicted of a Felony
� Photocopy
of Valid Driver's License or State ID (included with course)
� One
Photograph of Passport Quality (included with course)
� One
FBI Fingerprint Card (included with course)
� Firearm
Familiarity Certification (included with course)
� Utah
Bureau of Criminal Identification (BCI) Conducts Background Checks for All
Applicants.
COURSE CONTENT:
The course is
approximately 5 hours of classroom instruction and includes Safe Handgun Handling
Rules, Nomenclature, Ammunition, Fundamentals of Pistol Shooting, How to Carry
Concealed Options, Aggressive Behavior Management overview, Six Levels of Use
of Force Continuum, Federal, State and Local Laws overview.
States having EITHER formal reciprocity with Utah OR that recognize the Utah CCW
Permit:
� Alabama � Alaska � Arizona �
Arkansas � Colorado � Delaware � Florida � Georgia � Idaho � Indiana � Kentucky
�Louisiana � Michigan � Minnesota � Mississippi � Missouri � Montana � Nebraska
� New Hampshire � North Carolina �
North Dakota � Ohio � Oklahoma � Pennsylvania � South Dakota � Tennessee �
Texas � Utah � Vermont � Virginia
� Washington State � West Virginia � Wyoming
NOTE:
This
list can change without notice, and it is the permit holder's responsibility to
confirm which states honor or have annulled their reciprocity agreement with
the State of Utah.
Not all states recognize an "out of state" or "non-resident"
Utah CCW Permit. At the present time,
several of the states listed above do not recognize "out of state" or
"non-resident" Utah CCW Permits. This can change at any time.
An
up to date list is provided by the State of Utah's Bureau of Criminal
Identification website. Click on the individual state links for information on
that particular state's reciprocity agreements with Utah.
http://www.publicsafety.utah.gov/bci/FAQother.html
http://www.publicsafety.utah.gov/bci/documents/reciprocity_003.pdf |
Keep Your Email Address and Profile Up to Date!
You can update your email address and interest profile (sublists such as AGC Newsletter, Gun Shows, Bus Trips, Hunting, Concealed Carry, etc.) at any time by clicking on the "Join Email List Icon below. A as current list member, you will be sent an automated email asking you to log on to the server and update your information.
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John H. Josselyn, Legislative Vice President
Associated Gun Clubs of Baltimore, Inc.
P.O. Box 20102 Towson, MD 21284-0102
410-296-3947
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