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A message from GOAL:
Gun Owners' Action League
The
Official Firearms Association of
Phone:
(508) 393-5333 * Fax: (508) 393-5222 * Email: staff@goal.org
Recently, Gun Owners_ Action League (GOAL) received a draft copy of a report from the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security entitled _Illegal Gun Trafficking and Youth Gun Violence: Creating Smart Strategies to Combat Gun Violence among Youth in the Commonwealth._ After reviewing the document, GOAL is greatly concerned that the recommendations put forth in this report are a continuance of the tragic mistakes made in 1998.
Chapter 180 of the Acts of 1998 created some of the most confusing and prosecutorial set of gun laws in the country. The vast majority of those new laws attacked lawful gun owners and did little, if anything to address violent crime. In fact, since its passage, the rate of gun related homicides per hundred thousand residents has increased by sixty four percent!
GOAL's letter to the legislature about the report can be found on our website at http://www.goal.org/PS/Chapter180part2.htm
WHAT YOU CAN DO
We urge all lawful gun owners to read what the Committee is putting forth along with GOAL's first response and prepare yourselves for the fight that lies ahead.
Please contact your state representative and state senator to tell them what is wrong with this report. You can help ensure that the bad ideas in this report do not get beyond this stage..
To find contact information on your representative, go to http://www.mass.gov/legis/memmenuh.htm
To find contact information on your senator, go to http://www.mass.gov/legis/memmenus.htm
If you are not sure who your legislators are, go to www.wheredoIvotema.com ; enter your voting address and click on the Find My Election Information button. Scroll down to "Senate in General Court" or "Rep in General Court." Clicking on that person's name will bring you to their website for contact information.
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On another note, we find that the Governor has a My Issue website where he encourages citizen participation. Several GOAL members have already gone to http://devalpatrick.com/issues.php and entered their concerns regarding gun control laws in the Commonwealth. You will see that "no more gun control in Massachusetts" is one of the popular issues. Please go to this website and ensure that the governor knows that this is a hot button issue for thousands, not hundreds, of citizens. You will need to log in/create an account, but the end result would be well worth it. Thank you.
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Lock, Stock & Barrel
2007
Mar. edition of Lock, Stock and Barrel www.goal.org/LSB/LSBMar2007.pdf
Feb. edition of Lock, Stock and Barrel www.goal.org/LSB/LSBFeb2007.pdf
Jan. edition of Lock, Stock and Barrel www.goal.org/LSB/LSBJan2007.pdf
2006
April edition of Lock, Stock and Barrel www.goal.org/LSB/LSBApr2006.pdf
May edition of Lock, Stock and Barrel www.goal.org/LSB/LSBMay2006.pdf
June edition of Lock, Stock and Barrel www.goal.org/LSB/LSBJune2006.pdf
July edition of Lock, Stock and Barrel www.goal.org/LSB/July2006LSB.pdf
Aug. edition of Lock, Stock and Barrel www.goal.org/LSB/LSBAug2006.pdf
Sept. edition of Lock, Stock and Barrel www.goal.org/LSB/LSBSep2006.pdf
Oct. edition of Lock, Stock and Barrel www.goal.org/LSB/LSBOct2006.pdf
Nov. edition of Lock, Stock and Barrel www.goal.org/LSB/LSBNov2006.pdf
Dec. edition of Lock, Stock and Barrel www.goal.org/LSB/LSBDec2006.pdf
Appeals Court Overturns D.C. Gun Ban
Mar 09, 2007
By BRETT ZONGKER
Associated Press Writer
In a 2-1 decision, the judges held that the activities protected by the Second Amendment "are not limited to militia service, nor is an individual's enjoyment of the right contingent" on enrollment in a militia.
The ban on owning handguns went into effect in 1976.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit also threw out the district's requirement that registered firearms be kept unloaded, disassembled and under trigger lock.
Read the decision here: [PDF]
Governor Romney Signs Target Shooters Bill
On July 26, 2006 Governor Mitt Romney signed H.4552 into law. Below are pictures of the bill signing. On hand for the bill signing was our Jr. Air Pistol Team that was in the State House to be honored for taking 2nd place at the National Air Competitions in Oregon. It was a special treat for the team to be present for the signing ceremony.
GOAL would like to thank all of those who helped make this victory possible.
http://www.goal.org/target/index.htm
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L to R: Jim Wallace (Executive Director of GOAL), Rep. George Peterson, Governor Mitt Romney, Senator Stephen Brewer, Greg Derr (GOAL Member who originally asked Rep. Frank Hynes to file the bill.) |
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| GOAL's Jr. Air Pistol Team L to R: Russ Doucette (Coach), Chris Tourigny, AJ Tourigny, Tyler Imig, Governor Mitt Romney, Kelsy Imig, Dick Parker (Coach) |
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