Action Pistol IDPA December match

Dear IDPA Enthusiasts: We regret to inform you that, due to circumstances beyond our control, we will not be able to put on an IDPA match at our Whitewater Range this Saturday (December 4th). We will inform you by email if we will be having a match in January. If we are able to have a January match, it will likely not be on the first Saturday (which is New Year’s Day) but rather on the next Saturday, January 8th. Hopefully, in January we will be able to put on a “2010 IDPA Postal Match.” For those of you who are not familiar with Postal Matches here is an information link: http://www.idpa.com/PostalMatchInfo.asp Again, sorry about having to cancel the December match. Hope to see you in the future. John Action Pistol Group/IDPA John Groves, Acting Coordinator 970-241-7701 johngroves@mac.com

Kindergartner off the Hook for Bringing Toy Gun to School

Matt Kroschel

Story Created: Oct 14, 2010 at 6:19 PM MDT

Story Updated: Oct 14, 2010 at 6:45 PM MDT

A Grand Junction kindergartner will not be expelled for bringing a toy gun to class. That's because of a new state law.

The entire article at the KREX web page can be seen by clicking in the article above.

I've seen this before but it is so real I need to have it here again!

Click on image to enlarge.

HARASSING BIG GAME WITH AIRCRAFT IS ILLEGAL, UNETHICAL

MONTROSE, Colo. -- As the big game rifle seasons approach, hunters are getting out in the field for some on-the-ground scouting. Unfortunately, not all scouting activity is done on the ground -- some types of scouting are unethical and may even be illegal.

Some hunters and guides scout for animals using aircraft -- planes, helicopters and ultra-lights. While not all scouting that is done from the air is illegal, the manner in which it is done could lead to violation of federal and state laws. The Colorado Division of Wildlife is asking for help from anyone who suspects that aircraft are being used improperly in the pursuit of big game.

"Scouting an area from the air well before the season starts is not illegal," explained Renzo DelPiccolo, area wildlife manager for the Colorado Division of Wildlife in Montrose. "But we have seen and have had reports that aircraft are being used to harass animals so that they move into a specific area. That type of activity is illegal."

The federal Airborne Hunting Act prohibits hunting or harassing animals from aircraft. Anyone convicted of that activity can be fined and sentenced to a year in jail.

DOW regulations prohibit using aircraft for hunting, for directing and communicating with hunters on the ground, and for hunters on the ground to take directions from someone in an airplane. State rules also prohibit hunting in an area the same day or the day aft er a scouting flight was made. The penalties can include a fine of $2,000 and 15 penalty points.

"Hunting for large trophy animals is big business. Unfortunately, there are some people who will behave in an unethical or illegal fashion when there is a lot of money at stake," DelPiccolo said.

Airborne scouting activity would probably not be apparent to a non-hunter. But hunters and people who live near big game wildlife herds might notice unusual flight patterns by aircraft that could indicate animals are being harassed or herded into an area.

Anyone who suspects that aircraft are being used illegally should contact the nearest DOW office or call Operation Game Thief at 1-877-265-6648.

Pilots who are taking to the air to scout for clients should first contact the DOW to talk about regulations.

"The North America hunting model is based on the concept of 'fair chase' for the animal," DelPiccolo said. "It's important that hunters and guides live by that ethic."

For more information about Division of Wildlife go to: http://wildlife.state.co.us.

Concealed Permits up 43% in Pueblo

I sniped a couple of paragraphs from the Pueblo Chieftain for the information included

The surge is because of the 2008 election of Democratic President Barack Obama and, according to gun advocates, his track record on gun issues and the threat they say he possess to the Second Amendment right to bear arms."I think the election was the catalyst to the hysteria. That and a lot of misinformation about concealed handguns," said Taylor, a Democrat who said he's a "strong" supporter of the Second Amendment.

Two examples Taylor offered on the misconception of state gun laws is possessing a gun in a vehicle and the regular carrying of a firearm.

"People think you need a concealed handgun permit to carry a gun in your car. By law, you can carry a gun in your car because it's an extension of your house," he said.

"Colorado is also an open-carry state, which means you can openly carry a firearm, except in places where it's prohibited, like the courthouse and schools. Now, if you walk down the street with a .45 strapped to your leg, that doesn't mean a citizen isn't going to call you in to the police, but you can openly carry a firearm in Colorado."

To read the entire article at Chieftain.com click in the article above

Scores from APG IDPA Match 10/2/2010

Here they are all concise and posted at Scribd. Check it out by clicking on any part of this post.

Questions or comments:

Joseph W. Olt, Jr., Director

Action Pistol Group IDPA
P.O. Box 1421
Grand Junction CO 81502

(970) 243-1155
(970) 243-1177 FAX

joltlaw@fone.net E-mail

APG IDPA in WHITEWATER COLORADO

THE APG IDPA WHITEWATER CREW IS SETTING UP FOR THEIR NEXT MATCH – October 2, 2010

Set your calendars for Saturday, October 2, 2010.

SO’S GET YOUR STAGES IN EARLY FOR FIRST CHOICE OF RANGE AND EQUIPMENT

Stay ready for “GUNS in the SUN” BUT REALIZE IT MAY BE CHILY IN THE MORNING and bring something to keep yourself hydrated. Also be prepared for the NO-SEE-UMS bring plenty bug spray.

Also bring light “cover.”

The Action Pistol Group IDPA Match –whitewater will be held on Saturday October 2, 2010

This will be the 8th APG IDPA Match for the year 2010.

Particulars for this month:

1. Sign-ups at 8:30 am; match starts at 9:30 am with a brief safety meeting. PLEASE DON’T BE LATE. We want to get an early start to avoid the heat.

2. Cost is $20.00 for four stages. (or the Classifier – see special instructions below)

3. IDPA members should be prepared to show proof of their

membership. If you have shot an APG IDPA Match before you must be a

member of the IDPA to shoot with us again. Check the web at

IDPA.COM. It costs $40.00 per year and you get a SNAZZY IDPA cap with the Membership – whoopee!!!

4. First time shooters or those with no IDPA match experience will be required to attend a First Time Safety Meeting to assure that new shooters to IDPA get one-on-one oversight and direction before facing the vagaries of the stages presented at IDPA matches.

NEW SHOOTERS AND FIRST TIME IDPA SHOOTERS

MUST ARRIVE AT THE RANGE NO LATER THAN 8:00 AM

5. Bring a concealment garment (shirt, vest or jacket). You can expect to use cover on some or all stages.

6. We recommend you bring at least 150 - 200 rounds for your firearm.

7. First Timers, we require only a $10.00 entry fee. We are more interested in you coming out and getting the “bug.” In addition, an experienced IDPA shooter who brings one or more First Time IDPA shooters as a guest(s) will pay only $10.00 instead of the usual entry fee for the match. Remember, there is nothing to fear from experienced IDPA shooters. They will usually bend over backwards to assist new shooters (be careful, they might be able to draw and fire accurately from that position).

8. If you bring a first time shooter or someone with no match experience please arrive before 8:00 am and advise us at sign up and before the regular safety meeting that your guest or you are a First Time IDPA Shooter.

CLASSIFIER

IF WE GET REQUESTS FROM FIVE SHOOTERS WHO WANT TO TAKE A CLASIFIER (FIRST COME FIRST SERVED) WE WILL TRY TO ARRANGE a Classifier FOR THEM. Please contact me ASAP if you wish to take the Classifier.

CERTIFIED SO’s WOULD YOU KINDLY GET YOUR STAGES TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.IT WILL HELP IF YOU GIVE US TWO OR THREE CHOICES FOR YOU TO RUN. THIS WILL GIVE US A BANK OF STAGES TO DRAW FROM IN THE COMING MONTHS. FIRST STAGES IN WILL GET FIRST CHOICE FOR EQUIPMENT AND RANGE.

Any Questions? Call or E-mail – I guarantee you won’t be speaking to a person in India.

Okay, now get your gear prepped and come on down on October 2, 2010, and

Keep 'em all in the Zeroes

JOLT

Joseph W. Olt, Jr., Director

Action Pistol Group IDPA
P.O. Box 1421
Grand Junction CO 81502

(970) 243-1155
(970) 243-1177 FAX

joltlaw@fone.net E-mail

Births: September 20, 2010

1842 - Lord James Dewar, British chemist and physician who invented the vacuum flask and cordite (smokeless powder).

Debunking 9 Classic Myths and Whoppers about Firearms

In this article the author would like to debunk some firearms myths with facts, figures and his personal experience as an instructor of this very cliquish yet globally popular martial art.

Link to the entire article HERE

Thanks to Gene at Living the Grand Life

EPA denies bid to ban lead in hunting ammunition

WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency has denied a petition by five environmental groups to ban lead in hunting ammunition.

The agency said Friday that it did not have the authority to enact the ban under the Toxic Substances Control Act, as the groups had requested.

But the EPA says it's still reviewing another part of the petition, to ban lead fishing sinkers.

Click here or anywhere in this post to read the entire article at Yahoo news.

EPA Considering Ban on Traditional Ammunition

— Take Action Now

All Gun Owners, Hunters and Shooters:

With the fall hunting season fast approaching, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under Lisa Jackson, who was responsible for banning bear hunting in New Jersey, is now considering a petition by the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) – a leading anti-hunting organization – to ban all traditional ammunition under the Toxic Substance Control Act of 1976, a law in which Congress expressly exempted ammunition. If the EPA approves the petition, the result will be a total ban on all ammunition containing lead-core components, including hunting and target-shooting rounds. The EPA must decide to accept or reject this petition by November 1, 2010, the day before the midterm elections.

Today, the EPA has opened to public comment the CBD petition. The comment period ends on October 31, 2010.

The EPA has published the petition and relevant supplemental information as Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2010-0681. If you would like to read the original petition and see the contents of this docket folder, please click here. In order to go directly to the ‘submit a comment’ page for this docket number, please click here.

NSSF urges you to stress the following in your opposition:

* There is no scientific evidence that the use of traditional ammunition is having an adverse impact on wildlife populations.

* Wildlife management is the proper jurisdiction of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the 50 state wildlife agencies.

* A 2008 study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on blood lead levels of North Dakota hunters confirmed that consuming game harvested with traditional ammunition does not pose a human health risk.

* A ban on traditional ammunition would have a negative impact on wildlife conservation. The federal excise tax that manufacturers pay on the sale of the ammunition (11 percent) is a primary source of wildlife conservation funding. The bald eagle’s recovery, considered to be a great conservation success story, was made possible and funded by hunters using traditional ammunition – the very ammunition organizations like the CBD are now demonizing.

* Recent statistics from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service show that from 1981 to 2006 the number of breeding pairs of bald eagles in the United States increased 724 percent. And much like the bald eagle, raptor populations throughout the United States are soaring.

To see the entire article at "National Shooting Sports Foundation" web page, click on the first paragraph. or HERE

Packing heat in AZ to become easier soon

New law taking effect, allowing concealed weapons, no training

The Wild West is about to get wilder - on Thursday, Arizona will join Alaska and Vermont as one of the states with the country's most liberal gun laws. Senate Bill 1108 removes the requirement that gun owners must be trained and licensed to carry a concealed weapon. Arizona already allows for "open carry" - anyone not legally prohibited from possessing a firearm, such as convicted felons or those adjudicated mentally incompetent, can carry firearms in public as long as they are clearly visible.

Click in the paragraph above to see the entire article

McDonald and how gun rights were essential to black civil rights

Within the text of the 214-page Supreme Court ruling on gun rights is a history lesson on how Americans’ right to keep and bear arms was a major issue in the struggle for black civil rights in the South after the Civil War. To wit, Southern resisters, black codes and lawless lawmen attempted to disarm freedmen (usually in order to make them more vulnerable to racist terrorism), and the federal government came to their rescue by protecting their 2nd Amendment rights.

The quotations and detailed references leave absolutely no question that Congress and the ratifiers of the 14th Amendment viewed it — and accompanying post-war civil rights legislation — as a safeguard against state infringement of the 2nd Amendment right of the people to keep and bear arms. It’s not a part of our history that the Left has much stomach for, but fewer people argue against the obvious now that the Democratic Party has all but conceded the gun issue.

For the entire article at the Washington Examiner click anywhere in the above article:

Man who challenged gun ban: 'I am so happy, I am so happy'

Otis McDonald says all he wanted to do was protect himself.

But first he had to fight the city of Chicago all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, where today he gave a victory speech after the high court ruled against the city's handgun ban.

"I am so happy. I am so happy," McDonald, 76, exclaimed as he left the Supreme Court building this morning.

As he spoke, people approached him, shook his hand and congratulated him.

Nattily dressed in a dark suit, light blue shirt and lilac handkerchief in his breast pocket, McDonald seemed oblivious to the sweltering, ninety-something temperatures gripping the city. It was his second trip ever to the Supreme Court, having come beforehand for oral arguments.

To see and read the entire article at the Chicago Tribune click in the article above.

"Coming to a state near you soon"

Ohio Democratic Party unsuccessfully tries to get gun records

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Ohio Democratic Party tried unsuccessfully this week to get information on all people licensed to carry concealed weapons in the Buckeye State. The state party sent letters to Ohio's 88 sheriffs requesting the names and addresses of permit holders

Click in the paragraph above to read the entire article.

JULY IDPA SHOOT

SHOOTERS:

Set your calendars for Saturday, July 11, 2010.

TAKE NOTE: As our normal match day is the first Saturday of the month, this date is obviously the second Saturday as July 4^th weekend is the first Saturday.

Get ready for the SUN and bring something to keep yourself hydrated. Bring light “cover.”

The Action Pistol Group IDPA Match –whitewater will be held on July 11, 2010

This will be the 5th APG IDPA Match for the year 2010.

Particulars for this month:

1. Sign-ups at 8:00 am; match starts at 9:00 am with a brief safety meeting. PLEASE DON’T BE LATE.

2. Cost is $20.00 for four stages. (or the Classifier – see special instructions below, and we may have a BUG (
Back up Gun) stage. Check your rule books and bring ammo for your personal backup gun. (five rounds plus a reload may be okay)

3. IDPA members should be prepared to show proof of their membership. If you have

shot an APG IDPA Match before you must be a member of the IDPA to shoot with us again. Check the web at IDPA.COM. It costs $40.00 per year and you get an IDPA cap with the membership.

4. First time shooters or those with no IDPA match experience will be required to attend a First Time Safety Meeting to assure that new shooters to IDPA get one-on-one oversight and direction before facing the vagaries of the stages presented at IDPA matches.

NEW SHOOTERS AND FIRST TIME IDPA SHOOTERS

MUST ARRIVE AT THE RANGE NO LATER THAN 8:00 AM

5. Bring a concealment garment (shirt, vest or jacket). You will be expected to use it on some or

all stages.

6. We recommend you bring at least 150 - 200 rounds for your firearm.

7. First Timers, we require only a $10.00 entry fee. We are more interested in you coming out and getting the “bug.” In addition, an experienced IDPA shooter who brings one or more First Time IDPA shooters as a guest(s) will pay only $10.00 instead of the usual entry fee for the match. Remember, there is nothing to fear from experienced IDPA shooters. They will usually bend over backwards to assist new shooters (be careful, they might be able to draw and fire accurately from that position).

8. If you bring a first time shooter or someone with no match experience please arrive before 8:00 am and advise us at sign up and before the regular safety meeting that your guest or you are a First Time IDPA Shooter.

CLASSIFIER

IF WE GET REQUESTS FROM FIVE SHOOTERS WHO WANT TO TAKE A CLASIFIER (FIRST COME FIRST SERVED) I WILL ARRANGE a Classifier FOR THEM.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET MEMBERS QUALIFIED FOR THE APG WESTERN SLOPE REGIONAL IN AUGUST. NO CLASSIFICATION THERE, NO SHOOT.

CERTIFIED SO’s WOULD YOU KINDLY GET YOUR STAGES TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.IT WILL HELP IF YOU GIVE US TWO OR THREE CHOICES FOR YOU TO RUN. THIS WILL GIVE US A BANK OF STAGES TO DRAW FROM IN THE COMING MONTHS. FIRST STAGES IN WILL GET FIRST CHOICE FOR EQUIPMENT AND RANGE.

Any Questions? Call Or e-mail – you won’t be speaking to a person in Pakistan.

Okay, now get your gear prepped and come on down on JULY 11, 2010, and Keep 'em all in the Zeroes

JOLT

Joseph W. Olt, Jr., Director

Action Pistol Group IDPA
P.O. Box 1421
Grand Junction CO 81502

(970) 243-1155
(970) 243-1177 FAX

joltlaw@fone.net E-mail

Charlton Heston's "A Torch With No Flame"

Maybe you have seen this before but it is worth another view.

Charlton Heston

Outdoor Heritage Day April 24

WEST SLOPE KIDS ENCOURAGED TO EXPERIENCE OUTDOORS AT OUTDOOR HERITAGE DAY

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - More than 30 non-profit outdoor and sportsmen's groups, government agencies and outdoor-related businesses from across western Colorado will sponsor the 3rd Annual Outdoor Heritage Day in Palisade on Saturday, April 24. The free event began in 2008 from the efforts of Colorado Division of Wildlife officer Frank McGee. McGee became concerned with how little time today's youth spend outdoors and organized the first Outdoor Heritage Day event to get kids and their families outside and experiencing what Colorado can offer.

"There are so many different things locally that families can enjoy," said McGee. "People don't realize what we have within just a short car ride. We want to give families, especially kids, what they need to know to get out and experience the best parts of western Colorado."

Outdoor Heritage Day is free and will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 24 at Riverbend Park in Palisade. Activities for school age youth include a fishing clinic, hunting simulator, climbing wall, mountain biking, nature walks, a mobile shooting range and much more. Presentations by outdoor organizations will also be held throughout the day. Lunch and all activities are provided at no cost. Visit www.outdoorheritageday.org for more information and full event schedule.

Outdoor Heritage Day is sponsored by the Colorado Division of Wildlife, Town of Palisade, Colorado Mule Deer Association, Colorado Sportsmen's Wildlife Fund, Ducks Unlimited, Mesa County School Districts 50 and 51, Colorado State Parks, National Park Service, US Fish an d Wildlife Service, Boy Scouts of America, 4H, Trout Unlimited and Federation of Fly Fishers - Grand Valley Anglers, National Wild Turkey Federation, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Safari Club International, Future Farmers of America, Colorado Outfitters Association, Grand Valley Audubon Society, Colorado Plateau Mountain Bike Trail Association, Grand Mesa Back Country Horsemen, North American Grouse Partnership, Camp Redcloud, Red Rock Archery, The Moose 100.7, Mesa County Search and Rescue, US Bureau of Reclamation, Western Slope ATV Association, Army National Guard, US Bureau of Land Management, USDA Forest Service-Grand Valley Ranger District, Girl Scouts of America, Western Colorado Retrievers Club, Outdoors Alive, Colorado State Forest Service, Western Flyers Youth Project, Gene Taylors, Colorado Hawking Club, Rocky Mountain Spearfishing Association, Friends of the Mustangs, Sportsman's Warehouse, REI, Western Colorado Conservation Corps, USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service and Cabela's.

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For more information about Division of Wildlife go to: http://wildlife.state.co.us.

RANGE SAFETY OFFICER COURSE

RANGE SAFETY OFFICER COURSE

Grand Valley Training Club will be hosting an NRA Range Safety Officer Course on the 19 of June.

If you are interested pleas contact me, I must have all commitments by June first in order to have sufficient materials on hand.

Please E-mail me at YBYBE@acsol.net I will need the following information

Full name
Email address
Why you are interested in completing Range Safety Officer training
Current instructor status (NRA or Hunter Education) .

Concealed Handgun Permits Issued by County Sheriffs

In 2004 Colorado enacted Senate Bill 04-24, a law which established clear guidelines for the issuance of concealed handgun permits by sheriffs. One of the requirements of the law is that each sheriff submit and annual report to the legislature listing the number of permit applications received, the number of permits issued, the number denied and the number revoked. County Sheriffs of Colorado collected the data from sheriffs and submitted in in one report. This report was included in the County Sheriffs of Colorado magazine and is published HERE.

This is provided so that readers may see the permit activity that each county has reported.

If you wish to compare the last few years, I have provided links to the pages that I posted for the last 2 years and this year (2009).

2009 report => HERE

2008 report => HERE

2007 report => HERE

John Lott said: "More Guns Less Crime"

POLL

How safe do you feel knowing there are people around legally carrying guns?

VOTE HERE

By Noel Sheppard (Bio | Archive)
Mon, 03/29/2010 - 11:02 ET

Full Article HERE

What's the likelihood of an EXTREMELY liberal media outlet publishing an article about firearm related homicides declining while permits to carry concealed weapons increase?

About as likely as Keith Olbermann saying something nice about Sarah Palin, right?

Well, on Wednesday, MSNBC.com actually published a piece with the following shocking headline:

Record numbers now licensed to pack heat--Firearms deaths fall as millions obtain permits to carry concealed guns.

Americans overall are far less likely to be killed with a firearm than they were when it was much more difficult to obtain a concealed-weapons permit, according to statistics collected by the federal Centers for Disease Control. But researchers have not been able to establish a cause-and-effect relationship.

In the 1980s and ’90s, as the concealed-carry movement gained steam, Americans were killed by others with guns at the rate of about 5.66 per 100,000 population. In this decade, the rate has fallen to just over 4.07 per 100,000, a 28 percent drop. The decline follows a fivefold increase in the number of “shall-issue” and unrestricted concealed-carry states from 1986 to 2006.

The highest gun homicide rate is in Washington, D.C., which has had the nation’s strictest gun-control laws for years and bans concealed carry: 20.50 deaths per 100,000 population, five times the general rate. The lowest rate, 1.12, is in Utah, which has such a liberal concealed weapons policy that most American adults can get a permit to carry a gun in Utah without even visiting the state.

Colorado West Gun Club Action Pistol Shoot

Saturday, March 13, 9:30 AM
Registration & Safety Meeting

Stengels Pistol Range

29051 Hwy 92, Hotchkiss

Four stages Pistol (about 100 rounds) / Tactical shotgun side match (about 25 rounds birdshot #6 or smaller)

Hi everybody, just a reminder of the upcoming CWGC shoot. We keep working on making things challenging, fun, and hopefully to move quickly through the stages. Mike Knehs is joining our RO team and has put together one heck of a blind stage! Of course we will shoot the PPC, and have a couple more defensive scenario stages. Don't forget to practice your shotgun loading skills, causewe'll try our hand at knockin down some more steel.

For more info call me 872-4994 John

Starbucks sticks to gun policy

Summary Box: Starbucks sticks to gun policy
Associated Press

THE CONTROVERSY: Recently, some gun owners have staged a campaign of walking into Starbucks and other businesses to test state laws that allow gun owners to carry weapons openly in public places. Gun control advocates have protested.

STARBUCKS' STANCE: Starbucks ( SBUX - news - people ) says it complies with state laws and won't ban guns from stores in states where there is an open-carry law.

To read the response of the Brady campaign click HERE

Getting rid of gun control

One-gun-a-month limits hurt law-abiding citizens, not criminals

An editorial in the Washington Times

Virginia finally is poised to repeal its unusual law that prohibits law-abiding citizens from buying more than one gun per month. It's about time, because the red tape has not had the desired effect in lowering crime. There is no academic research by criminologists or economists that shows that one-gun-a-month regulations reduce crime in either the states that pass them or their neighbors. The laws have merely inconvenienced honest Americans who want to buy guns.


One-gun-a-month rules are similar to gun bans and waiting periods, which tend to disarm victims relative to criminals, and therefore, increase crime. If possible, it's a good idea to keep guns from criminals, but laws that make it more difficult for law-abiding citizens to get guns relative to criminals cause more harm than good. In the case of the right to keep and bear arms, safety and freedom go together.

Full article HERE {just a click away}

Action PIstol Group February 1010 IDPA Match

Shooters:

So far I would not count on shooting this Saturday. The weather is not below freezing during the day for tomorrow, Friday, and Saturday and the range is a mud slick and not safe to shoot on.

Further, I have not received any proposed stages from the SOs to run.

I am therefore officially calling the shoot off.

I will try to schedule a different date this month and will let you know. Continue prayer to the weather
Gods.

SOs get your stages in to me asap.

This shoot has been canceled. For more information contact

JOLT

Joseph W. Olt, Jr., Director

Action Pistol Group IDPA
P.O. Box 1421
Grand Junction CO 81502

(970) 243-1155
(970) 243-1177 FAX

joltlaw@fone.net E-mail

Joseph W. Olt, Jr., Director

Action Pistol Group IDPA
P.O. Box 1421
Grand Junction CO 81502

(970) 243-1155
(970) 243-1177 FAX

Gun check fee proposal running into trouble

From the Denver post dot com.

Gov. Bill Ritter’s proposal to make gun buyers pay for their criminal background checks hit a snag Thursday when Republicans on the Joint Budget Committee refused to support it.

And the proposal may not go far after that, the JBC’s chairman said.

Ritter, a Democrat, in August proposed a number of measures to help balance the budget in the current fiscal year that ends in June. Included in those items was a proposal that would have imposed a $10.50 fee on gun purchases to pay the cost of criminal background checks, which the state currently covers.

LINK to the entire article at The Spot.

IDPA Match Scores

Match Scores for the January 2010 IDPA Match

HERE

POACHER IGNORES WILDLIFE VIOLATOR COMPACT

12/21/2009

CODY - A Worland man convicted of poaching in Colorado found out the hard way that the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact should not be ignored.

After committing violations in Colorado in 2004, Keith Searle had his hunting and fishing privileges suspended until Nov. 2010. "Searle moved to Wyoming and began hunting and fishing," said Worland Game Warden Matt Lentsch. "However, an individual who loses their privileges to hunt in a state that is a member of the wildlife compact actually loses them in all 32 compact member states."

According to Lentsch, Searle pleaded guilty to purchasing eight resident licenses while under suspension over a three-year period. He was also cited for taking a deer without a license, accessory to taking a deer without a license and two counts of accessory to transferring licenses.

Washakie County Circuit Court records show that Searle was ordered to pay $8,000 in restitution to the State of Wyoming and $390 court costs. He was ordered to serve three consecutive one-year jail terms in the Washakie County jail, with all but 90-days suspended. He was fined $840 and lost his hunting, fishing and trapping privileges for 18 years.

"Searle was placed on four-years of supervised probation and ordered to sign a waiver of extradition (which means Colorado may not be done with him). The conditions of his probation are very strict," Lentsch said.

Searle's probation conditions state that he is not to posses any firearms, bow, arrow, hunting knives, binoculars, spotting scopes, fishing equipment, or any item that is used in any type of hunting or fishing in any state. Nor is Searle to be in the presence of anyone that has any of the mentioned items. He is not to engage in any hunting, fishing, trapping and/or shed antler gathering, nor be in the presence of anyone engaged in these activities. "Searle was given 30 days to remove all hunting and fishing equipment from his possession," Lentsch said.

According to Lentsch, wildlife violations are taken seriously by judges and prosecuting attorneys and the wildlife violator compact was created to serve as a deterrent to poaching. Any person whose license privileges are suspended in Wyoming would also be suspended in the other 31 member states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

NRA News: UN Doomsday Treaty With Ginny Simone

The below video is a bit old but the information is still good. It takes about 10 minutes to view and worth it.

Video Here

Link to the CSU policy for consealed firearms

Link to the CSU policy for concealed firearms

Students resist Colorado State gun ban

Activists at the Fort Collins campus say a ban will make them more vulnerable to a Virginia Tech-style attack.

Reporting from Denver - After a gun-wielding student killed 32 at Virginia Tech, faculty at Colorado State University in Fort Collins found, to their alarm, that theirs was one of the few public schools in the country with no policy banning firearms. Anyone with a concealed weapons permit could legally carry on campus.

(SNIP)

Advocates of the restriction point to the study, prepared by the International Assn. of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, cited by the Board of Governors.

The study found that of the 30,000 Americans killed by guns in 2005, only 147 were shot in justifiable homicides -- in other words, for protection.

The report, prepared after several states discussed allowing guns on campus in the wake of the 2007 Virginia Tech killings, concludes: "There is no credible evidence to suggest that the presence of concealed weapons would reduce violence on our college campuses."

To link to the entire article at the Los Angles Times, click in the article above.

H.R.4016

The National Shooting Sports Foundation is raising an alarm about a House bill reauthorizing and updating existing federal rules relating to transportation of hazardous materials. The bill, H.R.4016, has the potential to cause some problems for manufacturers of small arms ammunition. With supply already being outstripped by demand, anything that might cause delays for manufacturers is a serious concern.

Representative Sam Graves (R-MO) has an amendment which addresses the industry's objections, but there is no guarantee that he will be able to attach the amendment. NSSF is asking GunVoters to contact the Chairman of the House Infrastructure and Transportation Committee, Rep. James Oberstar (D-MN) to urge him to work to include the Graves amendment. It would also be helpful to contact your own Rep. And ask that they also support the Graves amendment.

It is expected that there will be more information on this bill and the Graves amendment Monday or Tuesday so check out the Firearms Coalition web page for updates.

Firearms Coalition web page located HERE

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Map to the new entrance for OMGC Range

Hijack from Living the Grand Life

Good Video here at Gene's Blog: Lowest crime rate (scroll up)

Schuetzen rifles for sale

I have a friend in AZ with 3 Schuetzen rifles for sale, a Martini, a Ruger #3 and a Ballard. If anyone is interested, let me know and I will get he details, caliber, price, etc.

Contact: Pat Weber

Night Shoot scores RSC - IDPA NIGHT MATCH - November 21, 2009

Shooters:

Scores are listed [HERE] by division and classification, with winners in each class/division highlighted in bold (except for the laser/light assisted division.)

A couple shooters reflect a score of DNF, which means they did not finish, for whatever reason. One shooter has "no score" because one stage had no raw time recorded. Remember: all shooters need to not only sign off for each stage, but be sure your time and all other information is correctly recorded.

Apparently a couple sets of hearing protectors were left behind after the match. See Terry Veldboom to claim yours.

Once again, no one completely made it through the "House of Death" but a few came pretty close. Notably, Dave Hatch (who saw it for the first time...and in the dark, no less) came especially close to making it. Not only that, he won the match with the fastest time, had one of the lowest points down and did it all with no penalties.

One more thing:

RSC's Precision Rifle Division will be hosting a match on Saturday, December 5th. Particulars include:
Sign-ups at 8:30 am; match starts at 9:00 am. Entry fee is $20.00 per shooter.
This will be a "poker" match. Standard poker rules will apply with regular size playing cards and 5x7 cards.
Cards will range from 200 to 500 yards. It will be a team effort with a maximum of 20 shooters. Pre sign-up is a must and we hope to see a full slate of 20 shooters to make the team numbers work out correctly.
As a team effort, the goal is to shoot a winning hand.
The event is open to all calibers. Standard equipment includes at least 60 rounds of ammo, a spotting scope, range finder, shooting mat and (obviously) warm clothes.
Sign up with Shawn Christenson. His email is christenson308@hotmail.com.
Call him at (970) 309-9772.

Best regards...and have a great Thanksgiving.

Ken Andrews

The Annual Night Shoot at Rifle Sportsmen's Club

Shooters:

The Annual Night Shoot at Rifle Sportsmen's Club is scheduled for this Saturday , November 21st.

Here's some vital stuff to know:
There will be three stages plus the infamous "House of Death."
Cost is $20.00.
Sign-ups start at 5:30 pm; match begins at 6:00 pm with a safety meeting.
There will be NO classifier.
Bring a concealment garment and dress appropriately. It will probably be cold!
There will be a special "open" class for those who want to use laser or gun mounted lights. Be advised holstered pistols with lights attached prior to the stage(s) will not be allowed. In other words, you will be required to mount the lights after drawing your weapon. Obviously, special safety considerations will apply and you will be instructed as to procedures at the safety meeting.
And, an important special notice:

Inexperienced and/or non-IDPA shooters are encouraged to NOT attend this shoot! Regular attendees are also encouraged to NOT invite inexperienced or non-IDPA shooter. These will be very challenging stages, and all the more so because they will be shot at night.

If you have any questions about lights, lasers or those who will be allowed to participate in the Night Shoot, please contact Match Director Terry Veldboom immediately. His phone number is (970) 379-0237. You can email Terry at terob3@sopris.net.

Ft. Hood Shooter Shouldn't Have Gotten Gun

The all wise Charlie Schumer tells us again how smart he is. ???

Sen. Charles Schumer says a hole in federal gun laws allowed the man charged with a shooting rampage in Fort Hood, Texas to purchase a gun. Read more

VIN SUPRYNOWICZ: What stops mass murderers? A gun

From Reviewjournal Dot Com

Early in the morning of Dec. 5, 1999, off-duty Las Vegas police officer Dennis Devitte was one of the customers at Mr. D's Sportsbar & Grill, at Rainbow and Oakey boulevards, where he and some pals had gone to hear the band Pigs in a Blanket

A little after 1 a.m., three armed robbers charged through the back door with guns drawn and their faces covered with T-shirts or bandanas. "I'd only been in the bar a short time and was talking to friends," Mr. Devitte later told an interviewer for the International Association of Chiefs of Police. "I saw a ruckus at the end of the bar. ...

Mr. Devitte dug the handgun out of his pocket and approached 19-year-old Emilio Rodriguez, who was firing into the crowd with a .40 caliber pistol. "I went straight at him.....(snip)

On Nov. 6, America found reason to honor another brave civilian police officer, as Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, a U.S. army psychiatrist about to be deployed to Afghanistan, reportedly shouted "Allahu Akbar!" and opened fire at a soldier readiness facility in Fort Hood, Texas, killing 13 people and wounding 28.

Police Sgt. Kimberly Munley and Sgt. Mark Todd responded separately within three minutes of the report of gunfire. Sgt. Munley was hit by the mass murderer's rounds in her wrist and both thighs while returning fire, standing her ground. Sgt. Todd then delivered the rounds that ended Hasan's brief career as a jihadist -- providing the current White House doesn't intervene to commute his pending court-martial sentence to singing three rousing choruses of "Kumbaya."


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End Clinton-era military base gun ban

From the Washington Times

Time after time, public murder sprees occur in "gun-free zones" - public places where citizens are not legally able to carry guns. The list is long, including massacres at Virginia Tech and Columbine High School along with many less deadly attacks. Last week's slaughter at Fort Hood Army base in Texas was no different - except that one man bears responsibility for the ugly reality that the men and women charged with defending America were deliberately left defenseless when a terrorist opened fire.

Among President Clinton's first acts upon....

Everyone wants to keep people safe - and no one denies Mr. Clinton's good intentions. The problem is that law-abiding good citizens, not criminals, are the ones who obey those laws. Bans end up disarming potential victims and not criminals. Rather than making places safe for victims, we unintentionally make them safe for the criminal - or in this case, the terrorist.


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Get the Facts About AR-15-style Rifles

Here are the facts:

• AR-15-platform rifles are among the most popular firearms being sold. They are today’s modern sporting rifle.

• The AR in “AR-15″ rifle stands for Armalite rifle, after the company that developed it in the 1950s. “AR” does NOT stand for “assault rifle” or “automatic rifle.”
• AR-15-style rifles are NOT “assault weapons” or “assault rifles.” An assault rifle is fully automatic — a machine gun. Automatic firearms have been severely restricted from civilian ownership since 1934.
• If someone calls an AR-15-style rifle an “assault weapon,” he or she either supports banning these firearms or does not understand their function and sporting use, or both. Please correct them. “Assault weapon” is a political term created by California anti-gun legislators to ban some semi-automatic rifles there in the 1980s.
• AR-15-style rifles look like military rifles, such as the M-16, but function like other semi-automatic civilian sporting firearms, firing only one round with each pull of the trigger.
• Versions of modern sporting rifles are legal to own in all 50 states, provided the purchaser passes the mandatory FBI background check required for all retail firearm purchasers.
• Since the 19th century, civilian sporting rifles have evolved from their military predecessors. The modern sporting rifle simply follows that tradition.
• These rifles’ accuracy, reliability, ruggedness and versatility serve target shooters and hunters well. They are true all-weather firearms.
• Chamberings include .22, .223 (5.56 x 45mm), 6.8 SPC, .308, .450 Bushmaster and about a dozen others. Upper receivers for pistol calibers such as 9 mm, .40, and .45 are available. There are even .410 shotgun versions.
• These rifles are used for many different types of hunting, from varmint to big game. And they’re used for target shooting in the national matches.
• AR-15-style rifles are no more powerful than other hunting rifles of the same caliber and in most cases are chambered in calibers less powerful than common big-game hunting cartridges like the 30-06 Springfield and .300 Win. Mag.
• The AR-15 platform is modular. Owners like being able to affix different “uppers” (the barrel and chamber) to the “lower” (the grip, stock).
• And, they are a lot of fun to shoot!

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The feds take a shot at guns

From the Washington Times:

Gun-control advocates claim that banning the CDC from examining gun control amounts to a gag order on science. After all, what can be wrong with further scientific inquiry? But the issue isn't about scientific inquiry. It is whether government resources should be used to promote an ideological agenda.

Take the Obama administration's justification for its new gun research. "Gun-related violence is a public health problem - it diverts considerable health care resources away from other problems and, therefore, is of interest to NIH," wrote the agency spokesman in an e-mail responding to questions from Republican members of Congress about new grants the CDC is giving out. The statement assumes the conclusion of the research before the first study is done.

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CLUNKER GUN

It was reported to me that this (what appears to be a gun) is in fact not a gun but a collection of used car parts assembled in such a way as to impersonate a gun. I guess we could call it the CLUNKER GUN

Bumper sticker for the ladies!

Here is a sticker just for Second Amendment lovin' ladies! Fuchsia and purple, this sticker measures 7" x 3".

You can order this sticker for your personal use HERE

Some Articles from other locations about gun control

Heritage Foundation takes aim at gun case

Court case will test extent of gun rights

Guns: Pending case has broader implications

450 Mayors Petition Obama To Adopt Broad Gun Reform

Chicago's ineffective gun ban faces Supreme Court review

Arizona allows guns in bars. Should any place be off-limits?

Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison plans to file brief in gun control case before Supreme Court


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So, what's the concealed-weapons law?

Article from GJSentinel.com By PAUL SHOCKLEY/The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel [CLICK HERE]

A traveling salesman, Jim doesn’t need his concealed weapons permit where he spends most of his life: on the road.

State law prohibits possession of a firearm anytime someone is under the influence of drugs or alcohol, and the weapons can’t be brought onto property at schools, universities or colleges.

Handguns in full view on a hip holster are legal, but not the most sensible option, Mesa County Sheriff Stan Hilkey said.

“If you’re really interested in personal protection, you’re not going to draw attention to yourself,” Hilkey said.
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Because of confusion about self defense the responsible clubs offering training for a Colorado Concealed Weapons Permit offer as a part of their classes 3-hours of Colorado State Law pertaining to self defense, "make my day" and other issues that pertain.

Court case will test extent of gun rights

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court raised the stakes for its new term and for gun owners nationwide by agreeing Wednesday to hear an appeal from firearms owners in Chicago. The question in the case goes to the heart of the Second Amendment and could become a major test of the court led by Chief Justice John Roberts.

The gun owners are challenging an appeals court ruling that the Second Amendment's guarantee of an individual right to guns applies only to federal law, not to state and local regulations.

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CULTURE & POLICY (from "The Patriot Post")

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CULTURE & POLICY
Around the Nation: Guns, Crime and Prison Population
According to new data released by the FBI, violent crime in America continued its downward trend in 2008, proving once again that criminals -- not more guns -- are the problem. While murder, manslaughter and rape have all been on the decline since an all-time high in the early '90s, killings dropped 3.9 percent between 2007 and 2008 alone, even with millions of guns purchased during that time -- especially those scary "assault rifles" that give liberals such heartburn. "These are rates we haven't seen since the 1960's, even though the change from year to year has been rather small," said Alfred Blumstein, a criminal justice professor at Carnegie-Mellon University.

Of course, despite the drop in crime (or the fact that none of these crimes even require a gun), liberals continue to push for stricter gun control laws in the interests of our "safety," and the Leftmedia (expectantly) points out that crime usually rises during recessions and that the bulk of this data was gathered before the height of the economic crisis.

While government is trying to deprive us of our Second Amendment rights, courts are advancing the rights of criminals. When presented with a class-action suit brought by California inmates, a three-judge district court panel found that prison overcrowding is robbing them of their constitutional rights and decided to free 46,000 criminals in order to make incarceration more comfortable. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court for a stay on the ruling, arguing that the safety of Californians would be at risk if the prisoners are released, but the Supremes refused.

So, if the Left has its way, we should all turn in our firearms and pray that Big Brother will protect us from the thousands of newly released criminals prowling the streets. Another attempt to pay lip service to the Constitution while trampling it.

Action Pistol IDPA September 12 Results

Results are posted HERE for all to see!

1,000,000+ Guns Added to American Homes in August

Data released by the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) reported 1,074,757 checks in August 2009, a 12.3 percent increase from the 956,872 reported in August 2008.

So far that is roughly 9,076,205 guns bought this year! The total is probably more as, NICS background checks may cover the purchase of more than one gun at a time.

Full Article HERE

Thanks Gene

Who Needs a Gun in the Forest?

A confrontation with a bear had a happy ending for a man in Alaska but one with a violent criminal had a tragic ending for two Virginia Tech students.

Greg Brush of Alaska used his .454 Casull to stop an angry 900-pound bear from ripping him to shreds.

Fortunately, Brush put a couple well-placed rounds in the right places to stop the bear from tearing him to pieces.

Guns do in fact save lives. That is why police carry them and why law-abiding Virginians should not be disarmed in criminal safe zones.

Of course, Sarah Brady doesn’t want you to have the ability to protect yourself in the wild. According to her and the rest of the gun control lobby, you surrender your right to life when you enter a National Park or other “gun-free” zones.

She’s probably crying at a memorial service for the bear.

FULL ARTICLE HERE

Thanks Gene for the TIP!!

August 29, 2009 Rifle Sportsman's Club 3-Gun Match Scores

Scores Here!!!

The hunt is on for more ammunition U.S. Supply can't keep up with demand, a trend that began after election

A NOVEMBER TO REMEMBER (From the review journal dot com)

The scarcity of ammunition is part of a trend that began immediately after the presidential election, retailers say.

Gun enthusiasts, concerned with perceptions that Barack Obama and a Democrat-controlled Congress would increase gun control measures, began buying firearms and ammunition at an astounding rate.

According to the Department of the Treasury's most recent Firearms and Ammunitions Excise Tax Collection Report, firearm and ammunition manufacturers paid $109.8 million in excise taxes in the first quarter of 2009, up 43 percent from the same quarter in 2008.

All manufacturers are required to pay a 10 or 11 percent excise tax on firearms and ammunition produced, which makes the tax one of the most reliable ways to track firearm and ammunition sales in the United States, Novin said.

A second key indicator is the FBI National Instant Criminal Background Check System, or NICS Checks.

In November, NICS checks were up 41.6 percent versus November 2008, and have been up month-to-month since the election, indicating that firearm sales are still booming.

"Those numbers are beyond outrageous when you consider the recession," Novin said.

A TEMPORARY PROBLEM

Although demand is extraordinarily high, and manufacturers are running at full capacity, more plants haven't been opened to supplement the need.

The reason, analysts say, is because manufacturers don't believe the demand is being driven by natural economic need, but something else.

"It's customer paranoia," Rainey said, "in our new president."

SECOND AMENDMENT COSTS

Even with a nationwide shortage, retailers and manufacturers say they haven't seen a drastic increase in prices.

Lowrie and Rainey said prices in their stores have remained stable over the past eight or nine months, and Russo said Remington hasn't raised prices.

The only place costs have skyrocketed have been at gun shows, where sellers have jacked up prices to take advantage of the paranoia, said Robert Smith, president of the Nevada State Rifle & Pistol Association.

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Former cop not guilty in gun store shooting

Bacher initially faced three charges, including misdemeanor assault with a deadly weapon, prohibited use of a weapon and reckless endangerment.

Dean pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor charge of possession of marijuana in the incident and was sentenced to a one year of probation and 10 days in jail. According to a search warrant affidavit, police discovered marijuana in the cab of his vehicle after the shooting.

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Louisiana holds a sales tax holiday for guns

Reporting from Atlanta - Happy 2nd Amendment Weekend Sales Tax Holiday, everyone!

An observance of that name is underway this weekend in Louisiana, thanks to a law signed by Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal in July. It decrees that each year, on the first Friday through Sunday in September, shoppers in the Bayou State shall be exempt from paying state or local taxes on firearms, ammunition or hunting supplies.

The law was sponsored by state Sen. Robert Marionneaux Jr., who said in a statement that it will "save families money, boost retailers' sales, and help our economy in this worldwide recession where every little bit helps."

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"We are from the Government . . .
we are here to collect your guns."