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Contents 1. Six Former SCTP National Champions set to compete at the ISSF World Cup Competition in Sydney, Australia 2. CCRKBA ‘Guns Save Lives’ Event Scheduled Wednesday In DC 3. CoBIS 10th Anniversary And Not One Crime SolvedTRANSCRIPT
29 March 2011
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Six Former SCTP NationalChampions set to compete atthe ISSF World CupCompetition in Sydney,AustraliaMAR 28, 2011 07:09P.M.
Six Former SCTP National Champions set to compete at the
ISSF World Cup Competition in Sydney, Australia
Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation
Shelby Township, MI --(Ammoland.com)- The Scholastic Shooting
Sports Foundation (SSSF) announced today that six former Scholastic
Clay Target Program (SCTP) National Champions are competing as
members of The USA Shooting Team at the ISSF World Cup
Championships being held in Sydney, Australia from March 22nd thru
April 1st. SCTP is the Official Clay Target Youth Development Program of
USA Shooting.
The six former SCTP National Champions competing at The
ISSF 2011 Sydney World Cup are:
• Vincent Hancock – Age 22, Eatonton, GA (SCTP National
Champion) – Men’s Skeet
• Jon Michael McGrath – Age 18, Tulsa, OK (SCTP National
Champion) – Men’s Skeet
• T. J. Bayer – Age 17, Bryan, TX (SCTP National Champion) –
Men’s Skeet
• Caitlin Connor – Age 21, Winnfield, LA (SCTP National Champion)
– Women’s Skeet
• Josh Richmond – Age 25, Hillsgrove, PA (SCTP National
Champion) – Men’s Double Trap
• Miranda Wilder – Age 17, Diana, TX (SCTP National Champion) –
Women’s Trap
The 2011 Sydney World Cup, the second leg of the ISSF World Cup
Championships, has 64 nations represented with 721 competitors in the
Olympic sports of rifle, pistol and shotgun.
For more information on the ISSF World Cup Competition or to view the
ISSF Finals LIVE on the internet visit: www.issf-sports.org/
The USA Shooting Team is coming off a very successful competition at
the ISSF World Cup in Concepcion, Chile a few weeks ago where Vincent
Hancock, Jon Michael McGrath, and Frank Thompson tied the World
Record in Men’s Skeet and captured a Gold Medal. Out of a possible 125
targets, Thompson finished with a competition score of 123, Hancock
with 122 and McGrath with 121 posting a combined score of 366/375.
The Women’s Skeet, Men’s Double Trap and Women’s Trap Teams all
won medals as well. Jaiden Grinnell finished with a competition score of
96/100 targets plus 21 targets in the Match Finals Shoot-Off and Josh
Richmond finished with a competition score of 189/200 to win
individual Bronze Medals in Women’s Skeet and Men’s Double Trap
respectively.
USA Shooting has 34 athletes participating in Rifle, Pistol and Shotgun
at the 2011 Sydney World Cup. 40% of the USA Shotgun Team (6
athletes) and all three members of the Men’s Skeet Team are former
SCTP National Champions. The USA Shooting Team has the youngest
Men’s Team, competing in the ISSF World Cup Series and at the World
Clay Target Championships in Belgrade, Serbia later this year.
Athletes are members of the United States National Team at USA
Shooting; based at the United States Olympic Training Center in
Colorado Springs, CO. USA Shooting is the National Governing Body for
Olympic Shooting Sports in the United States.
About SCTP
SCTP is a youth development program where adult coaches and
volunteers model sportsmanship, responsibility, and teamwork while
using shooting sports programs to teach these and other positive life
skills to SCTP athletes. SCTP activities are designed to incorporate two
indispensable elements – FUN AND SAFETY. The safe handling of
firearms is the primary focus of all SCTP clubs.
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To learn more about SCTP call (586) 737-0805 or visit their website at
www.shootsctp.org.
Tags: Clay Target Shooting, Competition Shooters, Competitive Shooting
News, ISSF, Scholastic Clay Target Program, SCTP
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CCRKBA ‘Guns Save Lives’Event Scheduled Wednesday InDCMAR 28, 2011 07:01P.M.
CCRKBA ‘Guns Save Lives’ Event Scheduled Wednesday In DC
CCRKBA.org
BELLEVUE, WA – -(Ammoland.com)- The Citizens Committee for the
Right to Keep and Bear Arms will hold a special media event featuring
the rolling “Guns Save Lives” billboard on Wednesday 3/30/11 at 11:30
a.m. at the corner of North Capitol Street and Louisiana Avenue N.E.
outside the Fox News DC Bureau and C-Span.
Appearing at the event will be CCRKBA Public Affairs Director John
Snyder, CCRKBA Legislative Liason Joe Waldron and Virginia Citizens
Defense League (VCDL) President Philip Van Cleave. They will be
discussing the benefits of firearms ownership, and what gun
prohibitionists are trying to hide with their current effort to scare the
public into supporting additional restrictions on gun owners.
Anti-gun billionaire New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has teamed up
with Mayors Against Illegal Guns to send a moving billboard truck
around the country claiming that 34 Americans are “murdered with
guns every day.”
CCRKBA Chairman Alan M. Gottlieb said, “Bloomberg’s
campaign tells less than half of a story, so we’re setting the
record straight with the help of several outstanding Arizona
gun rights activists.”
“Bloomberg’s organization would be more aptly titled
‘Mayors Against Self-Defense’,” said Joe Waldron “Their
campaign of hysteria and the mis-information it is spreading,
inspired CCRKBA and the Second Amendment Foundation to
send out our own truck and ‘truth squad’ to several major
American cities over the past few weeks”
.
CCRKBA’s mobile billboard arrived in Washington, DC Monday, and has
been traveling the streets with a simple message: Guns Save Lives.
CCRKBA and VCDL will have handouts available, and will answer
questions.
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With more than 650,000 members and supporters nationwide, the
Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is one of the
nation’s premier gun rights organizations. As a non-profit organization,
the Citizens Committee is dedicated to preserving firearms freedoms
through active lobbying of elected officials and facilitating grass-roots
organization of gun rights activists in local communities throughout the
United States. The Citizens Committee can be reached by phone at (425)
454-4911, on the Internet at www.ccrkba.org or by email to
Tags: CCRKBA, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear
Arms, Guns Save Lives, MAIG, Mayor Bloomberg, Philip Van Cleave,
VCDL
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CoBIS 10th Anniversary AndNot One Crime SolvedMAR 28, 2011 05:30P.M.
COBIS 10th Anniversary And Not One Crime Solved
New York’s Combined Ballistic Identification System Has Not Worked
and Should be Abolished.
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Since its inception in March 2001, a total 311,859 shell casings have been
cataloged.
New York State Rifle and Pistol Association
TROY, NY --(Ammoland.com)- This month marks the 10th anniversary
of New York’s Combined Ballistic Identification System (CoBIS)
program.
Under this program, all new handguns sold in the state must be test fired
and the shell casing imaged and entered into an electronic databank for
possible crime scene identification.
Since its inception in March 2001, a total 311,859 shell casings have been
cataloged. At an estimated cost of $4 million dollars per year, $40
million dollars has been spent on CoBIS over the past decade.
What have taxpayers received for this? Absolutely nothing!
Not a single crime has been solved because of it. By any
measure, CoBIS has been a total failure and a public policy
disaster.
Now, the same people who swore CoBIS would work are back pushing
more of the same failed philosophy in the form of mandatory firearms
microstamping, which is essentially another ballistic imaging scheme
based upon unproven science fiction technology. The New York State
Sheriffs’ Association recognizes this nonsense and opposes the
microstamping legislation.
NYSRPA calls upon Governor Andrew Cuomo, Attorney General Eric
Schneiderman and state legislative leaders to publicly recognize these
boondoggles for what they are, defund the CoBIS program and stand up
to the fringe special interests advocating microstamping.
About:
The New York State Rifle & Pistol Association is the state’s largest and
oldest firearms advocacy organization. Since 1871, our organization has
been dedicated to the preservation of Second Amendment rights, firearm
safety, education and training, and the shooting sports. Our membership
consists of individuals and clubs throughout the state. We are a not-for-
profit 501(c)4 organization and the official NRA-affiliated State
Association in New York. Visit: www.nysrpa.org
Tags: COBIS, New York, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association,
NYSRPA
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NRA Foundation Auctions100th Anniversary Model 1911from Colt ManufacturingMAR 28, 2011 05:09P.M.
NRA Foundation Auctions 100th Anniversary Model 1911 from
Colt Manufacturing
Colt Model 1911 - Master Engraved Anniversary Edition
NRAFoundation.org
FAIRFAX, VA --(Ammoland.com)- The NRA Foundation proudly
announces the donation of a unique Anniversary Model 1911 pistol from
Colt’s Manufacturing Company. Celebrating 100 years of the 1911, the
commemorative pistol is currently up for auction on GunBroker.com.
After being formally adopted by the Army in the year 1911, the pistol
gained its designation as the Colt Model 1911 and was adopted by both
the Navy and Marine Corps in 1913. During a century of service, the 1911
served as a staple of the United States military and as an iconic symbol
for it. Among those who used it, the 1911 won a reputation for
unmatched ruggedness, reliability and effectiveness.
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The pistol, based on the model O1918, features over 300 hours of hand
engraving by Colt master engravers in classic American style scroll.
Authentic ivory grips display images of Sam Colt and a WWI Doughboy
holding a Model 1911. High relief 24 karat gold inlays feature the text
“100 years of Faithful Service” and the Colt Dome on the top of the slide
and a profile of John Browning with the serial number “1911COLT001”
on the right side. The left side includes the text “1911 2011” with the
Rampant Colt inlaid in the center.
This one-of-a-kind firearm is being auctioned on GunBroker.com with a
hand-made walnut museum-style display case donated by Brookfield
Case of Coopersville, Michigan to support the unending battle for
protection of Americans’ right to bear arms. The auction will end during
The National NRA Foundation Banquet at the 2011 NRA Annual
Meetings in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
To commemorate this rare opportunity, the 100th Anniversary Colt
Model 1911-Master Engraved Edition winning bidder will receive Colt’s
hand-drawn sketches, signed by each of the engravers, in a custom frame
with NRA coin and lapel pin. In addition to this unique firearm auction,
the future 1911COLT001 owner will also have the opportunity to tour
Colt’s Manufacturing Facility in Connecticut with a Colt Executive.
Lieutenant General William M. Keys, USMC (ret.), President
and Chief Executive Officer of Colt’s Manufacturing
Company, stated, “In 1911, we teamed up with John
Browning and commissioned him to design a pistol
chambered in .45 Automatic Colt Pistol to win the Army’s
new pistol competition. Now, 100 years later, it’s our rare
privilege, as the original maker of the Model 1911 pistol, to
team up with The NRA Foundation to furnish this
Anniversary Model for sale to the highest bidder.”
“Colt’s generous donation will assist The NRA Foundation in
securing the future of NRA’s programs for the American
public to experience,” said John DaSilva, National Manager,
Events and Marketing of NRA Field Operations. “The support
from our industry partners is vital in our successful mission
and grassroots efforts to service the needs of NRA’s
programs.”
To purchase tickets for the 2011 National NRA Foundation Banquet, visit
www.nraam.org or call 703-267-1417. Live bidding is currently underway
at www.gunbroker.com and concludes on the night of the event on 4/28
at 9:00 PM EST.
The NRA Foundation is the country’s leading charitable organization in
support of the shooting sports, awarding more than $140 million in
grants since its inception in 1990. Through its efforts, the Foundation
provides essential funding for programs such as youth education, law
enforcement training, conservation, and marksmanship training.
Tags: 1911, Fundraiser, Gun Auctions, Gun Broker, Gun Collections, Gun
Collectors, NRA Foundation
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National Shooting SportsFoundation Finalist for PR &Communications AwardsMAR 28, 2011 04:58P.M.
National Shooting Sports Foundation Finalist for PR &
Communications Awards
National Shooting Sports Foundation
NEWTOWN, Conn --(Ammoland.com)- The National Shooting Sports
Foundation (NSSF) has been named a finalist in four different
communications categories and one individual category in the non-
profit/association division by PR News Online.
NSSF, the trade association for the firearms and ammunition industry,
was a finalist in Advocacy Campaign & Lobbying Efforts, Annual
Publication & Brochure, Digital PR and Marketing and Public Affairs and
Issues Management, and Mark Thomas, managing director, marketing
communications, is a finalist for Non-Profit Communicator of the Year.
PR News’ Non-Profit PR Awards are recognized as the industry’s top
honor in the public relations-communications non-profit space,
showcasing outstanding marketing communications initiatives among
the nation’s leading nonprofits and associations. The coveted awards set
the industry benchmark for excellence across all areas of marketing
communications. According to PR News, the winners of the Non-Profit
PR Awards are the ones who had a strategic and integrated marketing
communications plan and then executed the plan economically and
professionally.
“As a finalist for PR News’ Non-Profit PR Awards, NSSF
shares company with the nation’s top associations and non-
profit organizations,” said Chris Dolnack, senior vice
president and chief marketing officer of NSSF “Being
recognized for these prestigious awards demonstrates the
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high level of work being produced by NSSF on behalf of our
more than 6,000 members.”
For the second consecutive year, NSSF has been recognized for its
Annual Review. This year’s edition details the organization’s 50th
anniversary. Hunting Works for America is a program developed in
conjunction with the Public Affairs Company of Minneapolis, Minn., to
communicate the social and economic importance of hunting and is a
finalist in the Advocacy Campaign and Issues Management categories.
Bullet Points, a weekly newsletter for the outdoor industry with a
readership of over 60,000, achieved finalist status in the Digital PR and
Marketing category.
Thomas began with NSSF in June 2009 and is responsible for all
marketing communications strategic planning while directing the efforts
of the marketing communications team, which is an 11-member
department with specialists and category experts in creative and editorial
services, electronic media, emerging media and traditional
communications.
“NSSF has made great strides using multimedia and digital
communications to keep its members informed about its
coordinated efforts to promote, protect and preserve our
industry and our sports,” said Thomas, NSSF’s managing
director of marketing communications. “It is always
gratifying to have your work recognized by professionals in
the PR-communications industry. It’s a tribute to the entire
NSSF family.”
Winners and honorable mentions in the PR News’ Non-Profit
Communications Awards contest will be honored at a luncheon in May in
Washington, D.C.
About NSSF
The National Shooting Sports Foundation is the trade association for the
firearms industry. Its mission is to promote, protect and preserve
hunting and the shooting sports. Formed in 1961, NSSF has a
membership of more than 6,000 manufacturers, distributors, firearms
retailers, shooting ranges, sportsmen’s organizations and publishers. For
more information, log on to www.nssf.org.
NSSF is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2011. Learn about the
Foundation’s history at www.nssf.org/50.
Tags: Awards, Firearms Marketing, National Shooting Sports
Foundation, NSSF, Press Releases
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High Turnout Against MagazineBan But Threat Remains inConnecticutMAR 28, 2011 04:54P.M.
High Turnout Against Magazine Ban But Threat Remains in
Connecticut
Jake McGuigan, NSSF director of government relations/state affairs,
addresses the Connecticut Judiciary Committee at Wednesday’s public
hearing.
National Shooting Sports Foundation
NEWTOWN, Conn --(Ammoland.com)- BILL HEARD IN
COMMITTEE . . . A bill (SB 1094) that would ban the possession of any
magazine (rifle, pistol or shotgun) capable of holding more than 10
rounds was heard in the Connecticut Judiciary Committee on
Wednesday.
There was overwhelming opposition, with more than 100 people
speaking against the bill to less than 10 in support of it.
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Opposition was voiced by firearms owners, manufacturers and retailers
at the more than 12-hour hearing in Hartford. NSSF extends its thanks to
all that attended the hearing or participated through submitting written
testimony. Even with the huge turnout, the threat of this legislation
remains.
The judiciary committee has until April 15 to decide on moving the
legislation forward. NSSF urges everyone to continue to contact
members of the committee, asking them to oppose the bill and also to
thank them for listening to all concerns addressed during the hearing.
About NSSF
The National Shooting Sports Foundation is the trade association for the
firearms industry. Its mission is to promote, protect and preserve
hunting and the shooting sports. Formed in 1961, NSSF has a
membership of more than 6,000 manufacturers, distributors, firearms
retailers, shooting ranges, sportsmen’s organizations and publishers. For
more information, log on to www.nssf.org.
Tags: Ammunition Bans, Connecticut, Gun Banners, High Capacity
Magazines, NSSF
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Sportsman Channel’s Q2Programming LineupMAR 28, 2011 04:24P.M.
Sportsman Channel’s Q2 Programming Lineup
Offers New, Original Series and Returning Favorites.
Outdoorchannel TV
Temecula, Calif. --(Ammoland.com)- Network boasts Thirteen New
Series, including Dr. Deer presented by Winchester, and Several
Returning Series, like Modern Rifle Adventures
New Berlin, WI (March 25, 2011) – Sportsman Channel, the leader in
outdoor TV for the American Sportsman, announced today a substantial
second quarter lineup of new series and returning shows to debut
Monday, March 28. The network will premiere 13 new series during the
quarter from several independent production companies, including
Orion Multimedia and Banded Productions.
“Sportsman Channel is committed to adding high-quality,
HD programming year ‘round. This is normally a slower time
of year for shows to premiere and you can see how we are
taking a contrarian approach with the debuts of thirteen new
series,” said Gavin Harvey, Sportsman Channel CEO.
“Plus, InterMedia Outdoors has new seasons of Handguns
and Modern Rifle Adventures starting this quarter.”
In addition to Dr. Deer presented by Winchester Ammunition, other new
series debuting the week of March 28 include, Dead Dog Walkin’,
Ultimate Shot, Trophy State of Mind, Doc Outdoors, Foul Hook’d, The
Camp, Sporting Dog Adventures, Veteran Outdoors, Hook, Line &
Skillet, Getting Guided, Canada in the Rough and The Edge.
Returning viewer favorites include: Handguns (third season), Modern
Rifle Adventures (second season), Trout Unlimited: On the Rise (fourth
season), Buckventures Outdoors (seventh season) and FlatsClass (fifth
season)
Sportsman Channel is currently in 27 million homes after announcing
several launches during the past several quarters, including Cablevision
in the New York metro area, HD launch with Comcast Albuquerque and
migration from Sports Tier to Digital Basic on Comcast Orlando.
Sportsman Channel is poised to make several additional carriage
announcements throughout the remainder of the year.
Dr. Deer presented by Winchester Ammunition: Co-
hosts Dr. James Kroll and Gordon Whittington provide
viewers unprecedented access into the diverse world of deer.
While the show’s primary focus will be on whitetails, there
will also be unique content on all other deer from North
America and beyond. No other whitetail hunting show is
devoted wholly to the hunting, natural history and
management of the various deer species, some of which are
virtually unknown to the hunting public.
Dead Dog Walkin’ – Join the creators of The Fowl Life
with Chad Belding, as they take you on every stand
throughout North America while they chase coyotes, bobcats,
badgers, and any other predators who lobby for a seat at the
top of the food chain. Dead Dog Walkin’ is an adrenaline rush
that will have you itching to get in the truck and hit the hills
with Chad Belding and Team Maniac, as they search for the
perfect stand, the perfect sunrise, and the perfect hunt! Are
you ready for a new breed of predator hunters? Are you ready
for the adrenaline to rush through your body? Are you ready
to challenge your inner hunter?
Doc Outdoors – “Doc” is Dr. Gordon Roeder, who has
earned a reputation as one of the world’s premier big game
hunters. He and his team will travel to all corners of the globe
in search of the exotic and the most adventurous experiences
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in outdoor lifestyle and hunting. Each show will take viewers
vicariously down paths traveled in life that move passions
into actions that form us as a person, sometimes
constructively, sometimes destructively. It is a reality show
about hunting and the life lessons learned in the wilds that
lead to fun, sharing, and challenging oneself mentally and
physically.
Foul Hook’d – Foul Hook’d is a docu-comedy about four
bone-heads trying to produce a low budget fishing show. The
show is a behind-the-scenes view of what it takes to put
together a low-rent television production. The docu-comedy
format reveals the characters who work behind the cameras
and the lives they lead away from the show. The result is a
comedic, search for the perfect fishing show host. Are you
ready to be Foul Hook’d?
The Camp – Everyone has dreamed of having a quiet little
cabin or shack in the forest to enjoy a peaceful life. The Camp
show allows spectators a privileged view of nature in the
comfort of their own living room. The Camp’s purpose is to
match the unique panoramas of Canada and the best outdoor
adventures in their territory. Each week, The Camp opens
their green door for you, are you coming?
Ultimate Shot – One man will show you the world as you
have never seen it before – hunting around the globe with
bow and arrow. Danger won’t stop him. Nature won’t break
him or prevent him from doing the impossible. Be there to
share in this adventure. Experience the ultimate journey for
the Ultimate Shot.
Trophy State of Mind – Combine the focus of a Champion
3D tournament archer, the competitive edge of a college
cheerleader, and the stealth of a former Army 101st Airborne
Air Assault Specialist, and you get a heart-pounding western
hunting show you won’t want to miss! Join Matt & Shannon
Alwine along with Jason Prince and the Trophy State of Mind
entourage as they match odds with a wide variety of
challenging Western big game animals Including moose, elk,
mule deer, whitetail deer, bear and turkey.
Sporting Dog Adventures – Sporting Dog Adventures is
truly a show that is for the dogs! Throughout our season
viewers will go on a journey to see high octane working dogs
in the field, training and on many more exciting adventures.
The show is family oriented with segments such as Couples
Corner and Kids Corner. There will also be veterinarian
segments dealing with the care and health of dogs, training
segments for different sporting dog breeds, and an occasional
cooking segment teaching the viewer how to care and prepare
wild game.
Veteran Outdoors – Veteran Outdoors (VO) is a nonprofit
organization whose mission is to honor our country’s
wounded veterans’ patriotism and their sacrifice by providing
quality hunting, fishing and outdoor related activities. VO’s
goal is to raise public awareness about the therapeutic effects
being in the outdoors actually has on the mental and physical
disabilities of our country’s wounded men and women. The
series will also provide a platform for veterans to tell their
own stories in their own words
Getting Guided - Hosted by Lance Gleason, Getting Guided
gives viewers an unprecedented glimpse into the life of a
fishing guide. Each episode focuses on one trip with one
group of clients and reveals the compelling dynamics of
guided fishing adventures- from preparation and travel, to
the tense stalk of the fish itself, to the end-of-day excursions
into cultures both familiar and foreign. Getting Guided
embraces the thrills, challenges, excitement and heartbreak
involved with totally submersing oneself in the fishing world.
Canada in the Rough – Canada In The Rough is as
unpredictable as the hunts it documents. Each week we
feature an extraordinary hunt for a different game species.
Each episode strives to educate, inform, and entertain
through a unique balance of a hunting experience combined
with both the human and biological interactions with the
species we are hunting. Join us as hosts, Thomas Pigeon, Paul
Beasley, Keith Beasley and Kevin Beasley, explore this vast
and exciting country using our distinct hunting heritage and
hunting adventures as the spotlight.
This year, IMO will continue to supply even more original programming
to the network, including series coming in Q3 and Q4. IMO’s award-
winning programming lineup includes new episodes all filmed in HD
from established series Guns & Ammo (now entering its ninth season),
North American Whitetail (eight season), Bowhunter TV (seventh
season) and Petersen’s HUNTING Adventures (sixth season).
About Sportsman Channel: Launched in 2003, Sportsman Channel
is the only television and digital media company fully devoted to the
more than 82 million sportsmen in the United States, delivering
entertaining and educational programming focused exclusively on
hunting, shooting and fishing activities. Sportsman Channel is now
available in HD, check with your local cable or satellite provider.
Acquired by InterMedia Outdoors Holdings in 2006, Sportsman Channel
has a subscriber base of 27 million U.S. television households and is a
part of the nation’s largest multimedia company targeted exclusively to
serving the information and entertainment needs of outdoors
enthusiasts. Visit www.thesportsmanchannel.com, follow on Twitter,
@SPORTSMANchnl (www.twitter.com/SPORTSMANchnl), or become a
Fan on Facebook, www.facebook.com/sportsmanchannel.
Tags: Hunting TV Shows, Outdoor Channel TV, Shooting Media News
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Changes Coming to New JerseyGun LawsMAR 28, 2011 04:09P.M.
Changes Coming to New Jersey Gun Laws
By Dan Roberts
State Mandated Victimhood and You - Perfect Together!
New Jersey Coalition for Self Defense
New Jersey – -(Ammoland.com)- The question posed to the author
was, “In light of federal court decisions striking down gun restrictions
in Chicago and Washington, D.C., do you believe New Jersey will have
to change some of its strict gun laws?”
Most certainly. For the last forty years the legislature, via a combination
of ignorance, arrogance and no small measure of hoplophobia has finally
managed to box itself into a corner with regard to the way it treats the
fundamental right to firearms as codified in the Second Amendment.
The entire foundation of New Jersey’s blatantly unconstitutional gun
laws is found in a 1968 State Supreme Court decision; Burton v. Sills.
This decision relied on an intellectually bankrupt and now discarded
interpretation of the Second Amendment as pertaining only to “the
militia” or National Guard. This definition is more commonly known as
the “collectivist interpretation” which was eliminated once and for all in
the 2008 Supreme Court case Heller v. DC.
In light of last year’s Supreme Court decision in McDonald v. Chicago, in
which the Court properly found that the Second Amendment is a
fundamental right just as important as the other Amendments in the Bill
of Rights; and, was binding against the states via the Equal Protection
Clause of the 14th Amendment, New Jersey is now in an untenable and
completely indefensible position with regard to its firearms laws as they
are currently written.
There are several glaring issues that as a matter of law will be overturned
by a Federal Court. First and foremost, NJ firearms laws are written in
such a way that bans ALL firearms and related items, and then proceed
to carve out extremely technical and narrow exemptions to that blanket
ban. The current legislative language is so convoluted and
incomprehensible that even judges and law enforcement officials don’t
understand it, as the recent case of Brian Aitken in Mt. Laurel so clearly
illustrated.
Additionally, numerous Court decisions over the last several decades
have consistently found that no legislature may write laws that are
effectively a wholesale ban on the practice of fundamental rights,
regardless of how much some people may not like the result of people’s
exercising them.
Currently, law abiding citizens to legally purchase a firearm in New
Jersey are forced to go through an onerous and needlessly duplicative
process that in the end still relies on the wholly subjective personal
opinion of their local chief law enforcement officer as to whether or not
they will be granted permission to exercise their right to firearms. The
catch is the clause that allows a local official, usually the Chief of Police,
to deny the applicant’s Firearms Purchaser ID Card with the vague
excuse that issuance “would not be in the interest of the public welfare”.
This level of discretion is something that has long been abused
throughout the state, often resulting in innocent people having to spend
thousands of dollars fighting an arbitrary decision rendered with the
flimsiest of excuses. Thus the legislature can either do the wise and just
thing and rewrite the current statute to a “shall issue” status if a citizen
passes the necessary criminal background checks, or be forced to do so
by Federal Court order.
And this is just the tip of the iceberg. Already being challenged with
Federal lawsuits or soon-to-be-filed suits against the state include issues
such as the recently passed One Gun a Month law, the impossibility of
anyone other then the famous or politically well-connected to receive
permits to carry a firearm in public for self defense, and a whole host of
other matters.
The majority of New Jersey residents are somewhat ambivalent about
the numerous problems surrounding the state’s intellectually and
morally bankrupt firearms laws, but that majority does care about
something else: the rampant squandering of their hard-earned tax
dollars by the legislature. The irresponsible expenditure of millions of
dollars of taxpayer money, fighting lawsuits they cannot win, is precisely
what is happening as this is written. I was actually told by a Senator that
certain members of the legislature are so blindly wed to their anti-
firearm ideology that they simply “do not care how much money they
waste; they will fight any changes until a Judge orders them to do
otherwise.” That mindset is something that should be extremely
troubling to the voting public, especially in a year when the entire
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legislature is up for re-election.
Another big problem for the legislature, and something that is currently
working its way through the Federal Courts, is “Right to Carry”. As
previously mentioned, currently only the highly politically connected and
famous are able to receive permits to carry a firearm for self defense in
public. Additionally, when the Legislature wrote the statute that permits
retired former law enforcement officers to carry a firearm, they
essentially admitted in the language of the law that they created a
separate class of citizens with “Super Rights”, based on nothing more
then what the person’s former career was.
This position is a clear and blatant violation of the 14th Amendment and
cannot stand. In the 2008 Heller v. DC case, the Supreme Court declared
that “Putting all these textual elements together, we find that they
guarantee the individual right to possess and carry weapons in case of
confrontation.”
Even prior to this decision, the non-biased National Academy of Sciences
issued a 500-plus page report that examined every gun control scheme of
the last twenty years, and found that not only did they have “no notable
effect on reducing violent crime” but that it was “beyond dispute that
American citizens legally use a firearm in defense of themselves or
another no less then 700,000 times a year.” This is a figure
exponentially higher than the total of firearms related deaths from any
other event (homicide, accident, suicide etc.).
There are several other noteworthy arguments for why a law abiding
citizen has every right to carry a weapon in public for self defense – far
too many to explore in detail in the space allotted for this article – so I
will attempt to touch briefly on the highlights.
Over the last thirty years, courts at every level have consistently ruled
that there is no individual right to protection by the police; that the
police have no obligation to individual citizens; and that officers,
departments and municipalities cannot be held liable or responsible for
their failure to arrive in time to protect a citizen from a criminal
predator. The research arm of the Justice Dept determined that the
average response time to a 911 call is four minutes, while the average
interaction time between a criminal and his victim is 90 seconds. Honest
law enforcement officials will admit that they cannot possibly be
everywhere at once; that they most often arrive after the crime has been
committed and the perpetrator has fled; and that the individual citizen is
ultimately primarily responsible for his or her own safety.
An incident in South Jersey from several years ago tragically illustrates
this point. Two men kidnapped Christina Eberle from a train station
parking lot in Camden on her way home from work. An eyewitness saw
the altercation as it happened and called 911 to report a “screaming
woman being forced into a car by two men.” The 911 dispatcher failed to
properly record or dispatch the call to officers in the field, and Ms.
Eberle was found dead of strangulation a short time later. I do not claim
to know Ms. Eberle’s personal feelings about firearms, nor do I claim
that had she had one with her that horrible night that the outcome would
have been different. But what is crystal clear is that New Jersey
arbitrarily denied her the choice and then utterly failed her when she
need help the most.
A review of the 2007 crime statistics published annually by the State
Police reveal that 85 percent of all aggravated assaults are committed
with weapons other then firearms as are 67 percent of forcible robberies.
Additionally, over 1000 rapes were committed, 95 percent of them by
force, but less then half ever resulted in the arrest of the perpetrator.
This translates to tens of thousands of crime victims suffering serious,
potentially life threatening injuries and certain psychological trauma
needlessly because the legislature has seen fit to deny them the most
effective means to protect themselves. Numerous repeated surveys of
violent felons over the last twenty years have consistently revealed, in the
predators’ own words, that they “laugh at gun laws” and candidly admit
they are “much more afraid of encountering an armed potential victim
then they are the police.” The criminals know that the police are
predictable and must follow procedure, while a potential victim suddenly
and unexpectedly producing the tool and will power to defend himself or
herself is an unknown entity, better to be avoided.
Years ago New Jersey adopted a motto: “New Jersey and You – Perfect
Together!” A more accurate and realistic motto would be, “State
Mandated Victimhood and You – Perfect Together!”
Fortunately for common sense, but unfortunately for the taxpayers that
will be forced to fund the defense of the indefensible, NJ is facing an
onslaught of federal-level lawsuits that will finally force the state to
revamp its firearms laws and come much closer to the laws already on
the books for decades in the vast majority of the country. If the
legislature is smart, they would do well, not only by their constituents,
but also if they wish to extend their political careers beyond this election
year, to put the entire NJ firearms regulatory scheme under a
microscope and start to voluntarily rewrite the draconian laws now in
place before a Federal Judge orders them to do it.
One way or another, change is finally coming to New Jersey
regarding its firearms laws and it is long overdue.
Tags: Concealed Carry, Hoplophobia, Lawsuits, New Jersey, New Jersey
Coalition for Self Defense, NJCSD, SAF
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Stop Putting Guns Into Handsof ‘Narco-Terrorists’MAR 28, 2011 03:30P.M.
Stop Putting Guns Into Hands of ‘Narco-Terrorists’
NRA News
Fairfax, VA --(Ammoland.com)- NRA-News is a valued partner that
continues to cover breaking gun rights news with a new and improved
short video format in the “NRA News Minute” videos.
To view the current firearms or gun rights news video, please click above:
Cam Edwards talks to Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas) about his article in “The
Hill” about the ATF Gun Walker Scandal and cover up.
“The United States/Mexico border is a lawless warzone
controlled by violent drug cartels. More than 34,000 people
have been murdered in Mexico since the narco-terrorists
began their reign of terror in 2006. Drugs and people are
smuggled north into the United States and guns and money
are flowing south, enabling the drug cartels to continue to
wage their violent war.” Read More
Read More on these topics:
• To Holder On ATF Scandal – ‘Investigate And Fire, Or Resign’
• CCRKBA Urges Inquiry Into ATF’s Project Gunrunner
• ATF Announces Gun Runner Impact Teams’ Successes
About:
Established in 1871, the National Rifle Association is America’s oldest
civil rights and sportsmen’s group. Four million members strong, NRA
continues its mission to uphold Second Amendment rights and to
advocate enforcement of existing laws against violent offenders to reduce
crime. The Association remains the nation’s leader in firearm education
and training for law-abiding gun owners, law enforcement and the
military. Visit: www.nra.org
Tags: ATF, NRA News, Obama Hates Guns, Project Gunrunner
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Connecticut Bill Banning Large-Capacity Ammo Clips TakesHeat At HearingMAR 28, 2011 02:13P.M.
Connecticut Bill Banning Large-Capacity Ammo Clips Takes
Heat At Hearing
Fairfax, VA --(Ammoland.com)- NRA-News is a valued partner that
continues to cover breaking gun rights news with a new and improved
short video format in the “NRA News Minute” videos.
Cam Edwards talks to Jake McGuigan, Director of Government Relations
for the National Shooting Sports Foundation on the recent hearing on a
proposed Connecticut bill to ban “High Capacity Clips”.
To view the current firearms or gun rights news video, please click above:
Read More on these topics:
• Changes Made To Connecticut Duck Stamp Program
• Marlin Firearms to Close Connecticut Factory and Relocate
• Connecticut to Ban Possession of All Magazines Over 10 Rounds
About:
Established in 1871, the National Rifle Association is America’s oldest
civil rights and sportsmen’s group. Four million members strong, NRA
continues its mission to uphold Second Amendment rights and to
advocate enforcement of existing laws against violent offenders to reduce
crime. The Association remains the nation’s leader in firearm education
and training for law-abiding gun owners, law enforcement and the
military. Visit: www.nra.org
Tags: Ammunition Bans, Connecticut, Gun Bills, High Capacity
Magazines, NSSF
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ATF Seeking Public CommentsIf Certain Shotguns Should BeImportedMAR 28, 2011 02:05P.M.
ATF Seeking Public Comments If Certain Shotguns Should Still
Be Imported
Take Action to Stop Pending Gun Ban
FirearmsCoalition.org
Washington, DC --(Ammoland.com)- The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) is seeking public comment on their
recent “study” on the importability of certain shotguns.
It is critical that rights supporters express their objections to this “study”
and its pending implementation in no uncertain terms.
A strong showing of opposition can help to stiffen the spines of members
of Congress and a poor showing will absolutely be pointed to as proof
that people support expanded importation bans.
Comments need to be clearly opposed to expanding import bans and,
most importantly, they must be submitted in a timely fashion.
Intending to send a comment, but never actually getting
around to it, does no one any good.
The comment period is open now through the end of April. Comments
can be submitted via email to [email protected] or by fax to(202)
648-9601.
Below is a sample comment you can paraphrase or simply cut
and paste into your own email:
Subject: I Oppose Further Restrictions on Shotgun Imports.
I strongly oppose further restrictions on the importation of
shotguns and disagree with the findings in the ATF shotgun
study.
The constitutional authority for import restrictions based on
a vague “Sporting Purpose Test” is highly suspect in light of
the recent Heller and McDonald Supreme Court decisions
and the Court’s previous decision inMiller.
Under the definitions contained in this study, virtually all
pump-action and semi-auto shotguns would be banned
because all of them are capable of accepting a magazine –
box or tube – capable of holding more than 5 rounds. This
and other characteristics determined to be “military” in the
study are utilitarian and often significantly enhance a gun’s
usefulness, particularly for people with disabilities. Denying
access to certain designs or features can effectively serve to
disarm (for personal defense and sporting purposes) vast
numbers of disabled veterans and others with disabilities
resulting in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
There are a variety of popular and growing sports which
utilize shotguns with “military” features. These guns are
dominant in USPSA, IDPA, IPSC and other popular shooting
sports. Refusing to recognize these sports as they relate to
shotguns based on the implications such recognition might
have on rifle and pistol importability is disingenuous at best.
Applying import restrictions does little more than increase
costs and complicate compliance for US shooters and gun
owners. Foreign manufacturers remove features and adapt
their firearms to comply with US import restrictions and
then US shooters modify the firearms back to the desired,
original configurations. This can be expensive and legally
dangerous since failing to comply with obscure provisions of
the laws related to altering imported firearms can result in
unintended commission of multiple felonies which carry
serious penalties.
ATF should shelve all plans to implement any of the findings
of this study.
Respectfully submitted,
# # #
Everyone who cares about overreaching government bureaucracy should
immediately send an email [email protected] including the above
points. Cutting and pasting from this article is encouraged. Participation
is much more important than originality or eloquence.
One of the most important things about this ATF “study” and proposed
shotgun importation ban is that it lays the groundwork for much
broader, general shotgun restrictions. Importation is not the only place
where federal gun laws apply this unconstitutional “sporting purpose
test,” it is also found in the National Firearms Act (NFA), the laws
dealing with machineguns and destructive devices. Under the NFA, any
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firearm with a bore greater than .5 inch is a “destructive device” – in the
same category as mortars and Howitzers. The only exception is for
“shotguns which the secretary finds are generally recognized as
particularly suitable for sporting purposes.” If the secretary (in this case
Attorney General Eric Holder) finds that certain shotguns are not
importable because they are unsuitable for sporting purposes he must
then explain why virtually identical guns, with the same features, are
considered suitable for sporting purposes with regard to the NFA. How
can he declare them non-sporting on the one hand and not declare
identical guns as non-sporting on the other?
There can be no doubt that the Brady Bunch and other gun
control zealots will be asking that question loudly if ATF and
Holder move forward with current import restriction plans.
If these proposed rules for shotgun importation are not stopped now,
virtually every pump-action and semi-auto shotgun in existence could be
banned – not just from importation, but from possession or transfer. The
guns would fall under the same harsh restrictions currently applicable to
machineguns.
Please do not delay taking action on this. Your voice matters. Send your
comments to [email protected] and cc your email to both of your US
Senators and your Representative. Please also add
[email protected] in your cc so we can get an idea of how
much response is being generated.
Those familiar with The Firearms Coalition know that we do not traffic
in hype or fear-mongering. We do not cry wolf unless there is really a
wolf in the camp – and folks, there is a wolf in the camp! Take action
NOW! This is just the beginning of this fight and it is important that we
bring everything we’ve got into the first round.
Send your comments to [email protected]. Include copies to your
elected servants in Washington and [email protected].
Copyright © 2010 Neal Knox Associates – The most trusted name in the
rights movement. Permission to reprint granted with inclusion of this
copyright statement and www.FirearmsCoalition.org.
About:
The Firearms Coalition is a loose-knit coalition of individual Second
Amendment activists, clubs and civil rights organizations. Founded by
Neal Knox in 1984, the organization provides support to grassroots
activists in the form of education, analysis of current issues, and with a
historical perspective of the gun rights movement. The Firearms
Coalition is a project of Neal Knox Associates, Manassas, VA. Visit:
www.FirearmsCoalition.org
Tags: ATF, Gun Bans, Pump Shotguns, Shotguns, Sporting Rifles
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Bass Pro Shops Offers FreeEaster Family FunMAR 28, 2011 01:48P.M.
Bass Pro Shops Offers Free Easter Family Fun
Bass Pro Shops
Springfield, Missouri --(Ammoland.com)- Now you can relive all
your favorite Easter memories plus pass important family traditions on
to your own children without it costing you a dime at Bass Pro Shops.
There’s no better time to get great outdoor memories started than during
this first official rite of spring.
Come out to the Bass Pro Shops in your area April 16th – 24th** and
bring the kids to take part in the free, fun Easter activities they have
planned for the whole family. Kids will have fun doing the crafts and
Mom and Dad will really enjoy the free photo opportunity for the kids as
they visit the Easter Bunny. And, of course, there’s the time-honored
tradition of an old-fashion Easter Egg Hunt.
Saturdays and Sundays, April 16th-17th and 23rd – 24th, from 11am to
3pm bring the kids to have their free 4×6 photo taken with the Easter
Bunny. Pictures may also be taken Monday through Friday, April 18th –
22nd from 6-8pm. An old-fashioned Easter Egg hunt for kids ages 2-10
will be held Saturdays and Sundays, April 16th-17th and 23rd – 24th
from 1-2pm.
Kids can enjoy fun crafts like decorating their own foam Easter egg**
Saturday and Sunday, April 16th and 17th from noon to 3pm. Then, they
can make a foam magnet Easter Egg decoration** Friday, April 22nd
from 6pm-8pm and Saturday and Sunday, April 23rd and 24th from
noon to 3pm. **(Quantities limited, while supplies last).
Bring the family to Bass Pro Shops and enjoy Easter to the max this year
without maxing out your budget. Visit www.bassproshops.com for more
information and click on your local store for more details.
**Easter event not available at Bass Pro Shops Toronto store Friday April
22nd or Sunday, April 24th.
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Tags: Bass Pro Shops, Holidays
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Pro Shooter Max Michel WinsThird US National SteelChampionship & Sets NewRecordMAR 28, 2011 01:45P.M.
Pro Shooter Max Michel Wins Third US National Steel
Championship & Sets New Record
Revision Eyewear
Essex Junction, VT --(Ammoland.com)- Max Michel, champion
shooter for Revision, clinched his third win in five years at the US Steel
National’s and set a new record, breaking the one he set last year.
Michel beat his previous record of 78.02 seconds by completing the 2011
course of fire in a blistering 75.68 seconds.
Michel drew his gun from his holster 31 times and successfully engaged
155 targets ranging from 7 to 35 yards without missing a beat. KC
Eusebio, who won the match in 2010, came in second with 78.00
seconds.
Revision Shooter Max Michel
The 2011 match was held at the Titusville Rifle & Pistol Club in Titusville,
FL, March 25-27.
“Not only am I very excited about winning my third US Steel
National Championship in the last five years, but I’m also
very happy about breaking the record I set here last year,”
commented Michel. “I would like to thank my family, friends
and sponsors for giving me the opportunity to do what I do
on the range. I wouldn’t be where I am today without each
and every one of them.”
Michel will next be competing in the 2011 USPSA Area 6
Championshipheld at the Universal Shooting Academy in Frostproof, FL,
April 14-16, 2011.
ABOUT MAX MICHEL
In 2010, world champion shooter Max Michel joined forces with
Revision in a partnership founded on mutual performance excellence. At
age 29 Max Michel is a legend in the world of competitive shooting. A
three-time World Speed Shooting Champion, five-time USPSANational
Champion, three-time US National Steel Champion and 2010 US IPSC
National Champion, Max is a dominant force in the pistol shooting
sports. Born and raised in New Orleans, Max joined the famed U.S. Army
Marksmanship Unit(USAMU) Action Pistol Team in 1999 where he
served for 10 years as an Army shooter and trainer. Today, Max is
recognized worldwide as a top tier athlete in the practical shooting sports
and Revision is proud to be Max’s eyepro brand of choice – both on and
off the range.
• Follow Max Michel on Twitter at www.twitter.com/Max_Michel.
• Become a fan of Max Michel on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/maxmichel.us.
ABOUT REVISION
Revision develops and delivers purpose-built protective equipment for
military use worldwide. The company, which began with eyewear, has
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expanded to face and head protection and continues to develop their
capabilities for integrated, performance-enhancing soldier systems. To
that end, Revision brings the most advanced expertise, state-of-the-art
facilities and finest technical minds. Clients include the U.S. Department
of Defense, the Canadian Department of National Defence, the
Netherlands Defence Materiel Organization, the Swiss Federal
Department of Defence and the UK Ministry of Defence. Privately owned
and ISO 9001:2008 certified, Revision’s operational headquarters is
located in Essex Junction, Vermont, USA, with additional offices in the
Netherlands and Canada. For more information, visit
www.revisionmilitary.com, write [email protected], or call +1
252-288-5805.
Become a fan of Revision on Facebook. For every 50 new fans, Revision
proudly donates one set of eyewear to deployed troops.
World champion shooter Max Michel wears the Revision
Sawfly Eyewear System in competition and in training.
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American Handgunner SpecialEditions App Now Available ForiPad & iPhonesMAR 28, 2011 01:39P.M.
American Handgunner Special Editions App Now Available
For iPad & iPhones
American Handgunner Magazine
San Diego, Calif. --(Ammoland.com)- Caught traveling without your
favorite gun magazines handy?
Now there’s another way to get American Handgunner Special Editions
from almost anywhere. Readers can download the free American
Handgunner iPad and iPhone app available from the iTunes Store.
With the app, enthusiasts can access the Personal Defense 2010 edition
for free and purchase other Special Editions for $2.99 each.
American Handgunner iPad and iPhone app
Currently available American Handgunner Special Editions include
Reality Check 2011, Personal Defense 2011 and Tactical 2011.
Each issue includes features on new and classic handguns, carry options,
self-defense preparation, sights, lasers, ammunition, knives and more.
Readers also have access to the giant Buyer’s Guide included in each
issue, which makes for a great reference for current handguns, rifles,
shotguns, knives, lights and other products available.
“Get all the features, all the great photography and keep the copy to
archive for later to build a reference collection,” said publisher Roy
Huntington.
“American Handgunner Special Editions are the go-to source for all
things handgunning, and the new American Handgunner SE app puts
even more power in your hands by giving you immediate access right
from your iPhone or iPad.”
To check out and download the new American Handgunner Special
Editions app visit the iTunes store from your iPhone or iPad and search
for the American Handgunner application.
Tags: American Handgunner, ipad, iPhone
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Team SIG SAUER Captain MaxMichel Jr. Wins U.S. SteelNationals With World RecordPerformanceMAR 28, 2011 01:32P.M.
Team SIG SAUER Captain Max Michel Jr. Wins U.S. Steel
Nationals With World Record Performance
SIG SAUER
EXETER, NH --(Ammoland.com)- Max Michel, Jr., captain of Team
SIG SAUER, continued his strong start to the 2011 shooting season by
setting a world record en route to victory at this weekend’s U.S. Steel
Nationals in Titusville, Florida.
As the first Steel Challenge match of the season, the U.S. Steel Nationals
attracts the top speed shooters from around the world. Competitors are
often separated by razor-thin margins, as confirmed last year when
Michel finished second, a mere 1/100th of a second behind the first-place
winner.
“This match always pushes me to the limits,” Michel said.
“The level of competition here allows practically no room for
mental or equipment errors. Today, everything came together
perfectly.”
Michel posted an overall time of 75.68 seconds, beating the previous
record set in 2008. This is Michel’s third U.S. Steel Nationals victory in
the past five years.
Next up for Michel will be the USPSA Area 6 Championship in
Frostproof, Florida, April 14-16.
• To follow Max Michel and Team SIG, visit
www.sigsauer.com/TeamSig/MaxMichel.aspx.
• Follow Max Michel on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/maxmichel.us.
• Become a fan of SIG SAUER on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/SigSauerInc.
About Max Michel:
By anyone’s account, Max Michel, Jr. is one of the premier shooters in
the world. With three World Speed Shooting Championships (2009,
2007 and 2005), five USPSA National Championships (2009, 2007,
2006, 2005 and 2004), two U.S. Steel National Championships (2009
and 2008), 37 USPSA Area Championships, and nearly 100 Major
Championship wins, Max Michel has become a dominant force in the
pistol shooting sports. Michel also owns multiple World Speed Shooting
records as well as the only Action Shooter to win all USPSA Area
Championships in the same season (2010). As an international
competitor, Michel has represented the United States in the last four
International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) World Shoots and
returned home each time with team gold medals. He will again represent
the nation in Rhodes, Greece, at the 2011 World Shoot and anchor the
USA’s Open Division team.
About SIG SAUER, Inc.
SIG SAUER, Inc. is the largest member of a worldwide business group of
firearms manufacturers that includes J.P. Sauer & Sohn and Blaser
GmbH in Germany and Swiss Arms AG in Switzerland. This global
network of companies gives SIG SAUER a world-class firearms
knowledge base, unparalleled design expertise, and extensive
manufacturing capacity, enabling the company to respond quickly and
effectively to changing market conditions and the needs of its military,
law enforcement, and commercial markets worldwide. SIG SAUER is an
ISO 9001: 2008 certified company with over 400 employees. For more
information on SIG SAUER, any of its products, or the SIG SAUER
Academy, log on to www.sigsauer.com.
Tags: Competition Shooters, Competitive Shooting News, Max Michel,
Records, Shooting Teams, Sig Sauer, Team SIG
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DNR Begins Revitalizing WildTurkey Population in NorthernMichiganMAR 28, 2011 01:24P.M.
DNR Begins Revitalizing Wild Turkey Population in Northern
Michigan
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From left to right: Ivan Geise (Michigan Wild Turkey Hunters
Association), Al Bobrofsky (National Wild Turkey Federation), Jennifer
Kleitch (Michigan Department of Natural Resources—Wildlife Division),
Sam Geise (NWTF), Don Minier (NWTF).
Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Michigan --(Ammoland.com)- Thirteen wild turkey hens that were
native to Barry County have been relocated to Oscoda County, the
Department of Natural Resources announced today.
The trap-and-transfer operation was a joint effort of the DNR, Michigan
Wild Turkey Hunters Association, National Wild Turkey Federation and
the Mio Chamber of Commerce, as part of a plan to revitalize the
northern Michigan wild turkey population, which has been in decline
during the last decade.
The birds, which were trapped on private land in an area with a robust
turkey population, were released on public land near Fairview, a town
once billed as the “Wild Turkey Capitol of Michigan.”
From left to right: Jennifer Kleitch (Michigan Department of Natural
Resources—Wildlife Division), Tony Snyder (National Wild Turkey
Federation), Keith Fisher (Michigan Department of Natural
Resources—Wildlife Division), and Ivan Geise (Michigan Wild Turkey
Hunters Association).
Al Stewart, the DNR’s upland game bird specialist, said more wild
turkeys may be released in northern Michigan this year if weather
conditions remain conducive to trapping birds in southern Michigan.
“This is an excellent example of our employees working with
our stakeholders to enhance wildlife populations and produce
high-quality outdoor experiences,” said DNR Director
Rodney Stokes.
Wild turkeys were once totally extirpated from Michigan, but thanks to
cooperative efforts of the DNR and conservation groups, turkey
populations are now thriving in many parts of the state.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is committed to the
conservation, protection, management, use and enjoyment of the state’s
natural and cultural resources for current and future generations. For
more information, go to www.michigan.gov/dnr.
Tags: MDNR, Michigan, Michigan Department of Natural Resources,
National Wild Turkey Federation, Turkey Hunting, Turkey Management
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DESERET NEWS & KSL.COMAttacking Gun Rights in UtahMAR 28, 2011 10:52A.M.
DESERET NEWS & KSL.COM Attacking Gun Rights in Utah
KSL.com Gun Classifieds
Utah Shooting Sports Council
Utah -–(Ammoland.com)- Sunday’s Deseret News has an article stating
that KSL.com is considering banning classified ads for guns.
This change of policy appears to be based on the usual lies from the anti-
gunners that private sales of firearms are a huge source of guns for
criminals.
Whether or not you use or even plan to use KSL.com to buy or sell guns
they need to hear from you as soon as possible. Let them know that you
do not want them to ban classified ads for firearms.
This is a much bigger issue than losing an online option to buy and sell
guns. The issue here is the demonization of guns and gun owners, and
that is part of the anti-gun crowd’s long standing goal to eliminate all
private sales and media advertising for guns, especially in any sort of
classified ads.
If KSL.com bans firearm classified ads they will be making a statement
that the lawful buying and selling of firearms is something dangerous
and dirty. That placing an ad to sell a gun is the equivalent to placing an
ad for prostitution or illegal drugs, things KSL currently prohibits. A ban
on firearms advertising will work nicely to advance the anti-gun agenda
to demonize the lawful ownership of firearms.
The Deseret News and KSL.com are seeking input on this matter. Please
go to the following links and let them know what you think.
KSL.com poll/questionnaire-
http://ksl.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_cIvAeOWbZyDByqU
Deseret News article on guns in Utah, permits, etc,- very long- read it
and then post comments at the end:
www.deseretnews.com/article/700121981/Welcome-to-Gun-Land-Utah-
concealed-firearm-permits-attract-gun-lovers-critics.html
Related Deseret News article just on the topic of KSL.com banning gun
listings:
www.deseretnews.com/article/700121967/KSLcom-reviewing-whether-
to-allow-gun-listings.html
USSC is disappointed that the Deseret News chose to interview two anti-
gun activists, balanced somewhat by interviews with two staunchly pro-
gun legislators, but failed to seek input from any gun rights groups in
Utah. While it was not as biased as some reporting has been in other
media outlets, it is disappointing that even the Deseret News has veered
to the left in their gun views.
About:
The Utah Shooting Sports Council represents the citizens of Utah who
safely and legally own and use firearms, exercising rights guaranteed
under both the United States and Utah constitutions. Visit:
www.utahshootingsports.com
Tags: Gun Classifieds, Gun Rights, Gun Sales, NICS, Utah, Utah
Shooting Sports Council
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Glock, GPI Custom Gunworks &Rescomp-CR Speed SponsorUSPSA Area 6 Regional ShootMAR 28, 2011 10:41A.M.
Glock, GPI Custom Gunworks & Rescomp-CR Speed Sponsor
USPSA Area 6 Regional Shoot
U.S. Practical Shooting Association
SEDRO-WOOLLEY, Wash. --(Ammoland.com)- The U.S. Practical
Shooting Association (USPSA) announced that Glock, GPI Custom
Gunworks and Rescomp/CR Speed have signed on as stage sponsors for
the 2011 USPSA Area 6 Regional Handgun Championship.
The Area 6 Regional Handgun Championship is the first of eight regional
competitions on the USPSA calendar and will be held April 15-17 at the
Universal Shooting Academy in Frostproof, Fla.
The match is one of the most popular among USPSA members and has
already drawn 315 shooters representing 25 states, including Alabama,
Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and
Tennessee, the states that make up the Area 6 region, Puerto Rico,
Canada, Jamaica, Ecuador, Venezuela, and Brazil. Match officials expect
upwards of 380 competitors to participate in the match.
“The Area 6 Championship is the kick-off of the USPSA
regional championship season and a hit with top shooters in
the Southeast region, as well as around the country. Thanks
to the continued strong support of our sponsors, this year’s
championship is shaping up to be another premier match,”
said Linda Chico, the USPSA Area 6 director.
Besides Glock, GPI Custom Gunworks and Rescomp/CR Speed,
TechWear USA and Otis Technology are also helping to sponsor the
match. Additional sponsors are expected to be announced shortly.
Slots are still available for the match and those interested in entering can
visit www.USPSA6.org to find match information or to download the
match registration form.
Want to learn more about practical shooting, or join the 19,000+
members of USPSA in the most dynamic and fast-paced shooting sport
around? Then visit www.USPSA.org, follow @USPSA_Shooting on
Twitter, like USPSA on Facebook
(www.facebook.com/USPracticalShootingAssn) or read the Practical
Shooting blog at practicalshooting.posterous.com.
About:
USPSA is a non-profit membership association. Most of the more than
19,000 individual members belong to and regularly compete at one of
the nearly 375 affiliated clubs and sections (groups of clubs banded
together for mutual benefit) located across the United States. USPSA is
affiliated with the International Practical Shooting Confederation
(I.P.S.C.), which is comprised of approximately 67 nations. USPSA is the
American region of IPSC. Visit: www.uspsa.org
Tags: Area 6, Competition Shooters, Competitive Shooting News, CR
Speed, Glock, GPI Custom Gunworks, USPSA
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Hurricane Bag Targets AreTaking The Archery World ByStormMAR 28, 2011 10:33A.M.
Hurricane Bag Targets Are Taking The Archery World By
Storm
Hurricane Bag Targets Are Taking The Archery World By Storm
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Hurricane Bag Targets
Superior, Wisconsin --(Ammoland.com)- With its new Tri-Core
Technology for excellent durability and performance; high-visibility
design; and its surprisingly low price, there’s no wonder that the new
Hurricane Bag Target is flying off the shelves at archery shops around
the country.
The Hurricane offers deer vitals on the back that are offset from the
sweet spots up front, providing for longer target life.
The Hurricane is available in two full-size models: 23x25x12 inches and
28x28x12 inches. Each has a heavy-duty handle on top makes for easy
portability, and the bright background with bright Hurricane aiming
points makes it easy to see at various distances.
The Hurricane Bag Targets are available at retailers nationwide with a
suggested retail price of $49.99 for the Hurricane 25 and $69.99 for the
Hurricane 28.
Headquartered in Superior, WI, Field Logic is the manufacturer of the
award-winning BLOCK Archery Targets including the BLOCK BLACK,
BLOCK BLACK Crossbow, and BLOCK Classic.
It also manufactures GlenDel 3D targets, Hurricane Bag targets and
Shooter Buck targets. For additional information, visit the company
websites at www.blocktarget.com, www.fieldlogic.com,
www.hurricanebagtargets.com or www.shooterbuck.com.
Tags: Archery Gear, Archery Targets, Block Fusion, Field Logic,
Hurricane Bag Targets
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Steyr Arms Introduces TheHigh-Capacity C9-A1 ConcealedCarry HandgunMAR 28, 2011 10:10A.M.
Steyr Arms Introduces The High-Capacity C9-A1 Concealed
Carry Handgun
Steyr Arms High-Capacity C9-A1 Handgun
Steyr Arms
TRUSSVILLE, Alabama --(Ammoland.com)- Steyr Arms has
announced the introduction of the new C9-A1 pistol, which bridges the
gap between a compact carry and full-sized shootability.
With its concealable-length slide and barrel of the S-series Steyr pistol,
and the hand-filling frame and high capacity of the M-series, the C9-A1
provides the best of both worlds.
The new C9-A1 is nearly identical in form and function to other
handguns in the Steyr line—the M-A1 full-size series with its 17-round
magazine and the S-A1 compact series with its 3.6-inch barrel. The new
C9-A1 also boasts the newly redesigned Reset Action System trigger
mechanism that was introduced in December. Chambered exclusively in
9x19mm, the new C9-A1 is sure to be a big hit with Steyr pistol
aficionados as well as those who are looking for a concealment handgun
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that provides comfortable ergonomics, low bore axis, remarkable safety
features, amazing accuracy thanks to a consistently crisp break, and
extreme reliability.
The C9-A1’s full-size polymer frame offers unparalleled ergonomics with
a high grip and low barrel axis that mitigates muzzle rise as well as
creating a perfect grip angle for a very natural point of aim. The drift-
adjustable sights are in the traditional three-dot configuration and a
Picatinny rail on the frame’s dust cover provides availability for
mounting illumination and laser-aiming devices. The integrated trigger
safety with the newly redesigned Reset Action System trigger requires
positive finger pressure to operate the double-action-only mechanism.
This striker-fired pistol also incorporates a keyed safety lock. The barrel
is cold-hammer forged with conventional rifling, and the chamber is fully
supported.
The suggested retail price of the C9-A1 is $649.
Steyr Arms Pistol Specifications
• Model: C9-A1
• Purpose: Self-defense
• Manufacturer: Steyr Mannlicher GmbH Kleinraming, Austria
• Importer: Steyr Arms, Inc.
• Operation: Semiautomatic
• Caliber: 9x19mm Luger
• Slide material: Steel
• Magazine type/capacity: Double-stack steel box/17 rounds
• Barrel: 3.6-inch cold-hammer-forged
• Rifling: Conventional, 6 grooves, RH twist
• Sights: Drift-adjustable three-dot configuration
• Finish: Mannox
• Trigger type: Reset Action System (DAO with integrated safety)
• Pull weight: 5 pounds
• Frame material: Reinforced polymer
• Checkering: Anti-slip stippled texture
• Weight, empty: 1.6 pounds
• Overall length: 6.7 inches
• Height: 5.1 inches
• Width: 1.2 inches
• Included accessories: Owners manual, lockable box, extra
magazine
• MSRP: $649
Steyr Arms Introduces The High-Capacity C9-A1 Concealed Carry
Handgun
Established in 1864 in Steyr, Austria, Steyr Arms is one of the world’s
oldest and most prestigious firearms manufacturers. Steyr’s
comprehensive lines of premium hunting rifles, precision sporting and
tactical rifles, and striker-fired handguns are technically mature, and
their subtle elegance also communicates the harmony between
appearance and substance. Steyr’s legendary SBS actions and cold-
hammer-forged barrels are distinctive and unparalleled. Steyr Arms is
also the U.S. importer for Merkel firearms and Anschutz precision
rimfire sporting rifles. For more information, contact Steyr Arms at 7661
Commerce Lane, Trussville, AL 35173; call (205) 655-8299; or visit
www.steyrarms.com.
Tags: Concealed Carry Weapons, Firearms News, Handguns, High
Capacity Magazines, New Guns, Steyr Arms
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Dead Down Wind Triple ActionLaundry Detergent With 3D &ESP TechnologyMAR 28, 2011 10:00A.M.
Dead Down Wind Triple Action Laundry Detergent With 3D &
ESP Technology
Regular + Carbon + Synthetic +Technical Fiber Approved.
Dead Down Wind
Pleasant Valley, MO --(Ammoland.com)- Dead Down Wind, the
industry leader in scent prevention introduces Triple Action 3D Laundry
Detergent in a 20 ounce concentrated formula and drain back bottle.
This unique formula controls odor, removes blood stains or other
organic stains and even protects against fading or UV glow.
Our ESP technology is the most effective laundry product for all hunting
apparel including synthetics, carbon or technical fibers.
For the first time, one product does it all removing odor, cleaning, stain
removal and garment protection on virtually any type of apparel.
Dead Down Wind Triple Action Laundry Detergent
The exclusive ESP formula even knocks out chemical odors like earth
scents, fresh scents or cover scents and unclogs carbon apparel. Dead
Down Wind’s proprietary formula uses multiple types of enzymes for
Broad Spectrum results. For the best results in odor control and to
extend the useful life of your apparel use a biological laundry product,
not a chemical detergent – use Dead Down Wind.
Unlike chemical laundry products, Triple Action Laundry with 3D
technology will never cause camouflage patterns to fade, even after
repeated washings. High efficiency washer approved, the concentrated
formula only needs one ounce per regular load. You can have the best
and save money in the process with Triple Action 3D Laundry Detergent
from Dead Down Wind.
With an MSRP of $ 10.99, concentrated 3D Broad Spectrum technology
is the only laundry product that does it all, and like every DDW product
carries a Customer Satisfaction Guarantee. (Item Number #1120)
Dead Down Wind offers biological solutions that are readily biodegrade
and reduce skin sensitivity issues compared to common chemical
alternatives. More effective odor control that’s better for you and the
great outdoors.
About Dead Down Wind:
Dead Down Wind is a premium supplier of quality scent prevention
products and D2W Guide Gear designed to help outdoor enthusiasts
become more successful in the field. Dead Down Wind revolutionized the
scent control industry through the development of a bio-engineered
process known as ESP (Enzyme Scent Prevention). Unlike cover sprays
that can only attempt to mask foreign odors or carbon clothing that only
attempts to contain it. Dead Down Winds enzymes go well beyond the
scope of typical antimicrobials in both effectiveness and the range of
odors controlled.
Tags: Dead Down Wind, Hunting Gear, Scent Elimination
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Cedar Creek Camo AnnouncesNew Texas RetailerMAR 28, 2011 09:48A.M.
Cedar Creek Camo Announces New Texas Retailer
Cedar Creek Camo
BASTROP, Texas --(Ammoland.com)- One of hunting’s fastest
growing camouflage companies, Cedar Creek Camo announces the
addition of Triangle Gun Shop of Corpus Christi, Texas, as its newest
retail distributor to offer hunting’s “original cedar camo.”
Well-known on the Texas Gulf Coast, Triangle Gun Shop has serviced
hunters and sportsmen for more than 32 years. Triangle Sporting Goods
is located at 10837 Leopard Street, near the I-37 Access Road in Corpus
Christi, Texas, and will now carry a full line of Cedar Creek Camo
apparel.
“We are proud to welcome Triangle Gun Shop into our
growing family of retail distributors,” says Kris Rodgers, co-
owner of Cedar Creek Camo. “Cedar Creek Camo is getting
rave reviews from hunters and sportsmen who understand
that camouflage is more than just trendy brand apparel — it’s
a key ingredient to an enjoyable and successful hunt. C3 was
designed specifically for hunters by hunters who know the
importance of maximum concealment.”
Cedar Creek Camo, located near Bastrop, Texas, offers a full line of 3-D
camouflaged apparel, The all-new Cedar Creek Camo pattern was in
development for more than three years and carefully designed by
seasoned hunters to bring to life the illusion of the busy cedar country.
The unique 12 earth-tone, year-round color palette creates a realistic 3-D
effect which maximizes concealment in a wide variety of hunting
environments.
Cedar Creek Camo is available via an online store and through a growing
family of retailers. To learn more about Cedar Creek Camo, located a
retailer or to learn more about distribution opportunities, please visit
www.CedarCreekCamo.com. Also, check out Cedar Creek Camo on
Facebook. www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Cedar-Creek-
Camo/153612191336526
Located near Bastrop, Texas, Cedar Creek Camo offers a full line of 3-D
camouflaged apparel. For more information on Cedar Creek Camo and
for distribution opportunities, visit www.CedarCreekCamo.com.
Tags: Camo, Camouflage, Cedar Creek Camo, Outdoor Retailers, Texas
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