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NRA news......
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Plate shoots see Calendar for times
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See Greg Gardella if interested in participating in pistol league starting in September.
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2012 GAME Dinner at the PACHAUG OUTDOOR CLUB. We are in desperate need of MEAT donations. If you were successful in the field this year, please consider donating some of your harvest to the game dinner. Please contact Frank Everett (contact info is on the flyer) for further info.
Kind Regards,
Dieter Bromkamp
7th Annual POC Dinner Flyer Here
Important Membership News Please Review the Membership Page Here, be sure to scroll down to see all the info...
Fellow Members
Just wanted to forward you all the RECAP of the 2011 Legislative Session from Bob Crook. As he states, this could have been a lot worse without your constant communication. THANK YOU!! For Sportsmen's bills that didn't make it to vote, we stand in a much better position for the next legislative session, particularly were Sunday Hunting is concerned.
Again, my personal thanks for all you have done! Please continue the fight for your Sportsman's Rights.
Respectfully,
Dieter Bromkamp
WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO GETTING A 'SUNDAY HUNTING' Bill passed. Please continue your POSITIVE COMMUNICATIONS to your respective Legislative officials, especially in light of the animal rights communications currently being pushed. REMEMBER, YOU WANT YOUR LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATIVE TO 'VOTE FOR' HB 5158.
See Bob Crook's SUNDAY HUNTINGLots of changes and updates, be sure to review the Latest News And Events at right and check the Calendar
There will not be a kids fishing derby this spring because of the work going on at the pond. A work party will be scheduled for checking the condition of the No Trespassing signs.
I want to congratulate everyone for being the 2010-2011 New London County Pistol League Champs.
Dave Sr. (Read more here)
Fellow Members
Latest update from Bob Crook and the National Shooting Sports Foundation. Please take action. If your Legislative representative is NOT OPPOSING this bill, ( Check the list at the (TAKE ACTION!) link below), please contact them immediately and urge them to vote AGAINST this bill!
As always, thanks for your support.
Must read NSSF page
TAKE ACTION!
Click on boxes on right - TAKE ACTION!
Fellow Members
Latest update from Bob Crook
regarding how you legislators intend to vote ( if it
comes up for a vote). Your communications are working!
Please keep up the fight!! Now is the
time to thank those legislators that intend to vote IN OPPOSITION
of this bill.
Lastly, good to see that NO
LEGISLATOR HAS VOTED IN FAVOR of this bill at this point.
Many thanks!!
From: Robert Crook [mailto:info@ctsportsmen.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 10:51 PM
To: Bromkamp, Dieter [BMG]
Subject: UPDATE BANNING LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION MAGAZINES'
Importance: High
YOUR communications with State
legislators who are members of the Judiciary Committee and reported to the
Coalition indicate the following are IN OPPOSITION to S.B.
No. 1094 'AN ACT BANNING LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION MAGAZINES':
NEW/ADDED 3/30
SENATOR DOYLE Doyle@senatedems.ct.gov
REPRESENTATIVE BERGER Jeffrey.Berger@cga.ct.gov
REPRESENTATIVE MORRIS Bruce.Morris@cga.ct.gov
REPRESENTATIVE O’NEILL Arthur.ONeill@housegop.ct.gov
REPRESENTATIVE SIMANSKI bill.simanski@housegop.ct.gov
REPRESENTATIVE ROWE TR.Rowe@housegop.ct.gov
REPRESENTATIVE LABRIOLA David.Labriola@housegop.ct.gov
REPRESENTATIVE KLARIDES Themis.Klarides@housegop.ct.gov
REPRESENTATIVE CARPINO christie.carpino@housegop.ct.gov
REPRESENTATIVE HOVEY DebraLee.Hovey@housegop.ct.gov
Previous 3/29
SENATOR KISSEL, (Ranking Member),
7th District John.A.Kissel@cga.ct.gov
SENATOR McLACHLAN,
24th Michael.McLachlan@cga.ct.gov
SENATOR WELCH, 31st. Jason.Welch@cga.ct.gov
SENATOR
MEYER, 12th Meyer@senatedems.ct.gov
REPRESENTATIVE HETHERINGTON John.Hetherington@housegop.ct.gov
REPRESENTATIVE ADINOLFI, 103d al.adinolfi@housegop.ct.gov
REPRESENTATIVE SHABAN, 135th john.shaban@housegop.ct.gov
REPRESENTATIVE SAMPSON, 80th rob.sampson@housegop.ct.gov
Thank the legislators IN OPPOSITION and Supportive of our position for their interest and
efforts!
No YES votes received
Undecided
REPRESENTATIVE TONG, 147th William.Tong@cga.ct.gov
SENATOR GOMES, 23rd Gomes@senatedems.ct.gov
If you have questions on the impact
of the bill on gunowners, go to the Legislative
website, enter the bill number go to the bottom of the page and read the Public
Hearing Testimony.
Go to http://www.ctsportsmen.com/
under Legislation to “How to find your legislators” or
to the Legislative website http://www.cga.ct.gov/
on the left, click on House or Senate then “Find your legislator.”
Call/e-mail/write/meet your
legislators and the Judiciary Committee members, some don’t know the
impact of this bill on legal gunowners.
Judiciary
Committee Members 2011-12
There are other Committee
Members who will Oppose this proposal. We
need YOU to contact them and provide feedback to us should any make a
commitment of Support or Opposition. ccsct@comcast.net
Legislators above IN OPPOSITION
to the bill deleted from this list.
Eric.Coleman@cga.ct.gov; Beth.Bye@senatedems.ct.gov; Gomes@senatedems.ct.gov;
Andrew.Roraback@cga.ct.gov;
Gerald.Fox@cga.ct.gov; David.Baram@cga.ct.gov;
Charles.Clemons@cga.ct.gov;
Patricia.Dillon@cga.ct.gov;
Mae.Flexer@cga.ct.gov; Mary.Fritz@cga.ct.gov; Bob.Godfrey@cga.ct.gov;
Minnie.Gonzalez@cga.ct.gov;
Auden.Grogins@cga.ct.gov;
Gail.Hamm@cga.ct.gov; Ernest.Hewett@cga.ct.gov; Melissa.Olson@cga.ct.gov;
Kelvin.Roldan@cga.ct.gov;
Joseph.Serra@cga.ct.gov;
Joseph.Taborsak@cga.ct.gov;
William.Tong@cga.ct.gov;
Toni.Walker@cga.ct.gov; Gary.Holder-Winfield@cga.ct.gov; Elissa.Wright@cga.ct.gov;
richard.smith@housegop.ct.gov;
Fellow Members,
Thank you for your continued support in contacting your legislators regarding the
current Bills being considered that negatively impact our gun rights and well
being. Please read below the outstanding response that many of you have
been a part of. It’s refreshing to see that we (Sportsmen and
Sportswomen) SIGNIFICANTLY outnumbered the opposition this time around!
Be proud of that fact, and keep it going!!
Your voices, emails and phones
do make a difference!!!
From: Robert Crook [mailto:info@ctsportsmen.com]
The public hearing in Judiciary Comm yesterday (3/23) went well. Over 100 sportsmen signed
up to speak and many submitted testimony on S.B.
No. 1094 (RAISED) AN ACT BANNING LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION
MAGAZINES. (Go to the bill on the legislative website http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=1094&which_year=2011
and click on public hearing testimony at the bottom). You can do the same for
the other bills of interest S.B.
No. 1210 (RAISED) AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF DEADLY PHYSICAL FORCE TO
DEFEND THE RESIDENTS OF A HOME. H.B.
No. 6490 (RAISED) AN ACT CONCERNING THE CRIMINAL POSSESSION AND SEIZURE OF
FIREARM AMMUNITION H.B.
No. 6490 (RAISED) AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PROCEDURE FOR RELIEF FROM CERTAIN
FEDERAL FIREARMS PROHIBITIONS.
The meeting began at 10AM and lasted
until after 10PM with many legislators still in attendance. Most of the 100
sportsperson signed up to speak did so. Many women were there promoting the shooting
sports and self defense. Testimony from all was pertinent and to the point,
citing facts, personal experiences, and how the bills would affect them and the
state. Legislators asked many questions which were responded to in a factual,
non-emotional manner. The opposition fielded 3 speakers although some forwarded
testimony without speaking or answering questions. All present were impressed
by the knowledge, facts, presentations, and decorum exhibited by our speakers.
I believe legislators were also impressed which may determine their vote. If
this were a matter of fact/cost-benefit vs. emotional quick fix and knee jerk
reaction, the obvious outcome for the magazine bill would be to immediately
die. However, it may be until the April 15 Judiciary JF Deadline until we know.
Such is the nature of the Legislative process. Thanks to all who
participated in protecting our rights and sport by Public Hearing attendance,
and correspondence though e-mail, letters, phone calls and personal contact
with the legislators.
You should also send an e-mail to
the Committee members and give them a THANK YOU for their interest, their
questions, and perseverance during a long hearing. Title e-mails THANK YOU. Ask them also, after hearing the
testimony if they have a position on the bill(s). A Thank You is very important
– they receive few from the public.
Prognosis: We don’t as yet have a vote count of the committee.
If you receive a positive or negative from Committee members on any of these
bills, send us that info ccsct@comcast.net
. If the Judiciary Comm votes the bill down, it is
dead; If passed by the Judiciary Comm, the bill moves
to the Senate where it must be referred to the Public Safety Comm; If defeated by PS, it is dead; If passed by PS it
moves to the Senate floor for debate, then to the House for debate, and if
passed by both to the Gov. for signature or veto.
POLL: http://www.rep-am.com near the bottom on right. Do you support the
proposed ban on large-capacity ammunition magazines?
BILLS MOVING! Check the Coalition website http://www.ctsportsmen.com
under Legislation then Other Proposed Bills. Several bills now have FILE copies
(the content to be debated) in purple. These bill will
be showing up in the Senate & House Calendars for debate or referral. Those
with two XX are ready for debate. The Senate does not publish a Debate
schedule; the House publishes a GO List for debate that day. Minutes
of each Session Day debate will be found in House & Senate Journals.
Session days are normally on Wednesday, increasing to other days as the
Session progresses. At this date, No bills of interest to us are scheduled
for debate.
Judiciary
Committee Members 2011-12
Eric.Coleman@cga.ct.gov; Beth.Bye@senatedems.ct.gov; Doyle@senatedems.ct.gov; Gomes@senatedems.ct.gov; Meyer@senatedems.ct.gov, John.A.Kissel@cga.ct.gov; Michael.McLachlan@cga.ct.gov; Andrew.Roraback@cga.ct.gov; Jason.Welch@cga.ct.gov;
Gerald.Fox@cga.ct.gov; David.Baram@cga.ct.gov; Jeffrey.Berger@cga.ct.gov; Charles.Clemons@cga.ct.gov;
Patricia.Dillon@cga.ct.gov;
Mae.Flexer@cga.ct.gov; Mary.Fritz@cga.ct.gov; Bob.Godfrey@cga.ct.gov;
Minnie.Gonzalez@cga.ct.gov;
Auden.Grogins@cga.ct.gov;
Gail.Hamm@cga.ct.gov; Ernest.Hewett@cga.ct.gov; Bruce.Morris@cga.ct.gov; Melissa.Olson@cga.ct.gov; Kelvin.Roldan@cga.ct.gov; Joseph.Serra@cga.ct.gov;
Joseph.Taborsak@cga.ct.gov;
William.Tong@cga.ct.gov;
Toni.Walker@cga.ct.gov; Gary.Holder-Winfield@cga.ct.gov; Elissa.Wright@cga.ct.gov; John.Hetherington@housegop.ct.gov; al.adinolfi@housegop.ct.gov; christie.carpino@housegop.ct.gov; DebraLee.Hovey@housegop.ct.gov; Themis.Klarides@housegop.ct.gov; David.Labriola@housegop.ct.gov; Arthur.ONeill@housegop.ct.gov; rob.sampson@housegop.ct.gov;
john.shaban@housegop.ct.gov; bill.simanski@housegop.ct.gov; richard.smith@housegop.ct.gov; TR.Rowe@housegop.ct.gov;
---NOTICE--- ---Proposal to Purchase Land---
A vote will be taken, from the membership, at the April 12, 2011 regular meeting regarding the proposed purchase of an interest in the land at 535 Roode Road, Griswold CT.
This is the property immediately behind the clubhouse that separates the clubhouse parcel from our parcel in Plainfield.
The proposal is to purchase a 1/4 interest in 186 acres for $60,000.
The question is: will POC purchase the 1/4 interest in the land known as 535 Roode Road Griswold CT?
A YES vote will approve the purchase
A NO vote will disapprove of the purchase
Notices of this proposal are posted in the Clubhouse, Trap House and Rifle Range
POC BOD, 3/9/11
Fellow Members,
10 Round Magazines; NEW Bills PLEASE READ!!
Please read below. Bob has clarification regarding the 'originator' of this bill. Bottom line, please direct all communications to the JUDICIARY Committee and NOT Senator Looney. The good news here is that you are making a difference!!!!
S.B. No. 1094 (RAISED) JUDICIARY. 'AN ACT BANNING LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION MAGAZINES', to prohibit the possession of certain ammunition feeding devices that accept more than ten rounds. REF. JUDICIARY. OPPOSE. COMMUNICATE WITH JUDICIARY COMM MEMBERS BELOW. NOW!!
There has been some confusion as to the originator of this bill. I had a meeting with Sen. Looney's Legal Advisor today and was assured he was not the sponsor. With his name in the electronic media and messages from other groups naming him as sponsor, he is receiving massive amounts of phone calls/e-mail. It was admitted they did address the prospect of submitting this bill, but felt it was not appropriate. The bill was not a Proposed bill but was Raised by Judiciary Committee. Note that CCS directed all communications to the Judiciary Comm, NOT to Sen. Looney. STOP communications on this issue with Sen. Looney NOW unless he is YOUR State Senator. It is not wise to unnecessarily upset the Senate Majority Leader.
Eric.Coleman@cga.ct.gov; Beth.Bye@senatedems.ct.gov; Doyle@senatedems.ct.gov; Gomes@senatedems.ct.gov; Meyer@senatedems.ct.gov, John.A.Kissel@cga.ct.gov; Michael.McLachlan@cga.ct.gov; Andrew.Roraback@cga.ct.gov; Jason.Welch@cga.ct.gov; Gerald.Fox@cga.ct.gov; David.Baram@cga.ct.gov; Jeffrey.Berger@cga.ct.gov; Charles.Clemons@cga.ct.gov; Patricia.Dillon@cga.ct.gov; Mae.Flexer@cga.ct.gov; Mary.Fritz@cga.ct.gov; Bob.Godfrey@cga.ct.gov; Minnie.Gonzalez@cga.ct.gov; Auden.Grogins@cga.ct.gov; Gail.Hamm@cga.ct.gov; Ernest.Hewett@cga.ct.gov; Bruce.Morris@cga.ct.gov; Melissa.Olson@cga.ct.gov; Kelvin.Roldan@cga.ct.gov; Joseph.Serra@cga.ct.gov; Joseph.Taborsak@cga.ct.gov; William.Tong@cga.ct.gov; Toni.Walker@cga.ct.gov; Gary.Holder-Winfield@cga.ct.gov; Elissa.Wright@cga.ct.gov; John.Hetherington@housegop.ct.gov; al.adinolfi@housegop.ct.gov; christie.carpino@housegop.ct.gov; DebraLee.Hovey@housegop.ct.gov; Themis.Klarides@housegop.ct.gov; David.Labriola@housegop.ct.gov; Arthur.ONeill@housegop.ct.gov; rob.sampson@housegop.ct.gov; john.shaban@housegop.ct.gov; bill.simanski@housegop.ct.gov; richard.smith@housegop.ct.gov; TR.Rowe@housegop.ct.gov;
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H.B. No. 5946 (COMM) TRANSPORTATION. 'AN ACT CONCERNING WARRANTIES APPLICABLE TO VESSELS AND MARINE ENGINES', to provide remedies to purchasers of vessels or marine engines. REF. TRANSPORTATION
H.B. No. 6504 (RAISED) ENVIRONMENT. 'AN ACT CONCERNING THE ADMINISTRATION OF OATHS BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION', to assist Department of Environmental Protection conservation police officers in carrying out their designated functions and duties. REF. ENVIRONMENT
H.B. No. 6505 (RAISED) ENVIRONMENT. 'AN ACT CONCERNING STREAM FLOW REGULATIONS', to require stream flow regulations adopted by the Department of Environmental Protection to regulate groundwater. REF. ENVIRONMENT.
S.B. No. 204 (COMM) ENVIRONMENT. 'AN ACT EXEMPTING THE WHITE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION FROM CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS', to support the continued operations of certain land conservation foundations. REF. ENVIRONMENT
S.B. No. 1112 (RAISED) ENVIRONMENT. 'AN ACT CONCERNING BOATING UNDER THE INFLUENCE', to clarify, update and make consistent those statutes governing drunk boating. REF. ENVIRONMENT
S.B. No. 1114 (RAISED) ENVIRONMENT. 'AN ACT REVISING THE DEFINITION OF TIDAL WETLANDS AND THE HIGH TIDE LINE', to establish definitions for tidal wetlands and the high tide line that are more readily measurable. REF. ENVIRONMENT
*Below is from the National Shooting Sports Foundation*
Connecticut Bill Introduced to Ban Possession of All Magazines Over 10 Rounds
State Police Prepared to Confiscate Magazines from Homes if Passed
A bill introduced in the Connecticut General Assembly (Raised Bill Number 1094) would ban the possession of any magazine (rifle, pistol or shotgun) capable of holding more than 10 rounds. If this bill passes, law-abiding gun owners will have to begin surrendering their magazines by July, or face confiscation by the state police and a felony charge. Again, this proposal would not only ban the sale of these magazines, but would make simple possession a felony. Any gun owner found in possession of any magazine capable of holding more than 10 rounds will be in violation of this proposed law, regardless of whether it was legally purchased.
This draconian measure will also affect non-gun owners as all Connecticut tax payers will be forced to foot the bill for the extraordinary process of having police confiscate -- from law-abiding citizens -- the millions of magazines already in the state.
Making matters worse, manufacturers including Colt, C Products, Mec-Gar, OKAY Industries and Metalform will be directly affected by this legislation. That means a loss of jobs and tax revenue to the state.
Arbitrarily limiting magazine capacity and threatening law-abiding gun owners with confiscation and felony charges is beyond the pale. These magazines are utilized every day for home defense and the shooting sports. As part of the 1994 "Assault Weapons" ban, the production of higher capacity magazines was halted. This gun-control strategy soon proved to be a failure. A comprehensive study by the Centers for Disease Control -- hardly a pro-gun entity -- looked at the full panoply of gun-control measures, including this ban, and concluded that none could be proven to reduce crime. Another study, commissioned by Congress, found that bans were not effective since "the banned weapons and magazines were never used in more than a modest fraction of all gun murders."
NSSF is encouraging all gun owners, sportsmen and hunters to contact their state representative, senator and all members of the Judiciary Committee immediately and urge them to oppose Sen. Looney's magazine ban.
To find your legislator, click here
To contact the Joint Committee on the Judiciary, click here
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Visit NSSF's Government Relations site at
nssf.org/GovRel
GOA Activists Win Three Key Battles in Congress
Gun Owners of America E-Mail Alert
8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151
Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: 703-321-8408
http://gunowners.org
Friday, February 11, 2011
There is good news on several fronts.
GOA recently warned you that anti-gun Democrats might attempt to attach gun control restrictions on the bill to reauthorize funding the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration).
These proposals included a ban on high capacity magazines, restrictions that would end gun shows and, potentially, stripping millions of gun owners of their rights by placing them on "watch lists" without any due process of law.
At this point, it appears that your efforts to counter these disastrous proposals with GOA-backed initiatives have backed the gun grabbers into a corner, and we are optimistic that their plans are stymied for now.
Senate rules survive attack by the Far Left
In late January, GOA members and activists largely won a battle in the U.S. Senate that will have huge implications over the next two years.
At issue was the Senate filibuster, a well-known but little understood procedural maneuver that allows a minority of Senators to block legislation unless debate is "shut off" by a supermajority -- usually sixty votes.
The filibuster has been particularly important to gun owners, as it has been used to stop the leadership of both parties in their efforts to end gun shows and ban so-called assault weapons. It has also been used for such purposes as slowing down (and forcing changes to) legislation to expand the Brady law.
The filibuster was put on the chopping block by anti-gun senators in late January, since they consider it an "arcane rule" that has been a pesky impediment to their socialist agenda.
On the first day the Senate returned to Washington in January, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid sought to place his own judgment over the Founding Fathers, the Constitution, and hundreds of years of precedent.
In a blatant abuse of power, Senate Democrats argued that the chamber is not a "continuing body" and, therefore, its standing rules could be changed on the first legislative day of the session by a simple vote of fifty Senators (plus Vice-President Biden). If successful, the plan would have ended the filibuster entirely in order to ram through whatever legislation they and President Obama wished.
The only way to accomplish this, however, was to throw the entirety of the Senate rules out the window. But even some Democrats were unwilling to go along with this scheme. To buy time, the anti-gunners even used a magic calendar and stretched the first legislative day from January 5 all the way to January 25.
Alone among Second Amendment groups, GOA fought against this rules change. And we won what may prove to be the most important Senate victory of the next two years -- something for which GOA members deserve a lot of credit.
The importance of this win cannot be overstated. Failure would have opened the door, for example, to a host of gun control legislation that typically follows a highly publicized tragedy such as the shooting in Tucson.
Anti-gun ObamaCare on the ropes?
There's been a lot of news on ObamaCare during the last month. In a massive blow to the Obama administration's socialist anti-gun agenda, Florida federal district judge Roger Vinson held that ObamaCare was unconstitutional and "non-severable." This means that, if the decision is upheld, the entire law goes into the trash bin.
A few days before this court decision, the House of Representatives voted to repeal the anti-gun law by a tally of 245-189.
The repeal bill faces tougher challenges in the Senate, but there are many ways it could still pass. While many people believe the bill will fail in the Senate regardless, the truth is that many bills start without a majority of support in Congress, but ultimately get passed.
If Republicans choose to tack an ObamaCare repeal onto the federal appropriations bill (the "continuing resolution") or the debt limit increase, Obama will have no choice but to sign away his own treasured legacy. His only alternative would be to shut down all of his rule-making agencies for the remainder of his term.
The vote in the House was a huge victory for gun rights activists, as ObamaCare will allow the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) to troll a federal database containing your most confidential health care data in order to create millions of new "prohibited persons" for the FBI's Instant Check system.
GOA thanks its members and activists for taking action to pressure the U.S. Congress in support of these victories. The thanks are extremely heartfelt, because it is YOUR willingness to act that tips the scales in such fights, and allows GOA to continue to be a force that elected officials dare not ignore.
Larry Pratt interviews Walter Williams on the GunOwner's News Hour
Don't miss Larry Pratt's exclusive interview with teacher, economist and radio personality Walter Williams. This is a must-hear interview. In it, Williams discusses the wisdom that helped him become the man he is today, and how as a young man he was transformed into a small-government libertarian.
Pratt and Williams also touch on the alarming misuse of schools' zero tolerance policies against anything remotely gun-related.
Fans of Walter Williams will also learn about some of his impish behavior where he challenged segregation during his military career and how he (as a black man) "defends" racial discrimination. You won't be disappointed.
Click here to listen to the GunOwner's News Hour interview with Walter Williams
Federal and American Eagle issue safety warning
According to Federal, "certain lots of recently manufactured .45 Auto ammunition may contain an incorrect propellant charge." Gun owners need to realize that using ammunition from certain lots "may result in firearm damage and possible serious injury."
Those lot numbers are as follows:
* American Eagle (AE45A, AE45N1, AE45A250)
* Champion (WM5233)
* GoldMedal (GM45B)
* Hi-Shok (45C, 45D)
* Federal Personal Defense (C45C, C45D).
You can read more about this, and what action to take, by clicking here (pdf file).
Fellow Members
Please thank fellow POC Members Al Parker and Dave Szpyrka for their quick response in getting the club 'Dug out' in prep for this weekend's 6th annual Game Dinner. Al was gracious enough to dig a path out to the propane tank so the propane company can deliver propane, while Dave showed up tonight with his snowblower while we were doing prep work for the game dinner and he cleared out the area around the fire pit as well as additional snow removal in the back of the club!
Hats off and sincere thanks to both Al and Dave!!! Thanks gentlemen!! We greatly appreciate your time and efforts!
Election results for 2011
President - Dave LaPointe
V. Pres. - Frank Everett
Secretary - Dan Watson
Treasurer - [Open]
BOD - Al Aho, Dave Szpyrka, Mike Rinne, Tony Verlardi & Kevan Deming
