License fees for new season raised and DEC Automated Licensing System
(DECALS) having problems
"On May 16, 2002
the legislature approved the license fee increase package. New fees will
be in effect for the license year beginning October 1, 2002 and licenses
reflecting the increased costs will go on sale in mid-August. "
The fee increase is was a debated issue
with many people on both sides but with most of the major groups and clubs
supporting it only because we know that the DEC needs the money and if
the money comes from the general fund we all know that at some point the
antis will want to have a say because it is "their money to."
I have posted the fees on my HUNTING
page or you can go to the DEC
Page for all of the information.
Also, rumors are that the DEC is having
problems with the new DECALS
system and might have to figure out some way to deal with it. It
was my understanding that system has to work because one of the reasons
to have the system is to save money and one way they did that was to not
print up the old style licenses as a back up. The new licenses were
to start going on sale on August
19, 2002. I have called the DEC to try to get more information
and I am waiting for them to get back to me. They were suppose to
have the system in place by mid July but now they are shooting for the
end of August. Keep an eye on this one.
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Three long time Remington employees steel firearms from the Ilion, N.Y.,
plant.
Three long-time Remington
employees face federal charges that include stealing firearms from a licensed
manufacturer and delivering the weapons across state lines. Shipping
clerk Phillip G. Barker, 57, Dolgeville, N.Y., and return goods coordinator
Francis J. Barry, 54, Herkimer, N.Y., are charged with stealing firearms
from a licensed manufacturer. Gunsmith Donald C. Edmunds, 58, a licensed
firearms dealer who lives in Little Falls, N.Y., is charged with delivering
firearms to a person he knew lived outside of New York. The stolen
items were allegedly distributed through Edmunds' sideline business, D&L
Gunsmithing, between September 2000 and September 2001, Blaise said.
The three men each had more than 30 years
experience with the company, Blaise said. All admitted to police their
part in the scheme, according to federal court documents. Their
positions at Remington gave Barker and Barry the opportunity to take guns
returned to the factory or warehoused in the Remington inventory, according
to court records. The two are suspected of passing the stolen items on
to Edmunds, who allegedly shipped them to buyers. Edmunds is also accused
of taking gun parts for use at his business.
Edmunds, a federal firearms licensee, distributed
a large number of weapons to individuals outside New York state, records
showed. Several gun deals were made by Barry at a Syracuse, N.Y., gun
show, a Mohawk, N.Y., parking lot and a McDonalds restaurant located near
an exit on the New York State Thruway, the document said. The trio's scam
ran afoul, according to Blaise, when a Middletown, N.Y., customer
had a problem with his new rifle and tried to return it to Remington.
Company records indicated the gun should have still been in the factory.
After discovering that a number of rifles were gone, a Remington security
official made a formal complaint with police.
They stole "just about everything Remington
makes," said New York State Police Investigator Tim Blaise. Officials
estimate the scheme earned the group about $50,000. All three were arrested
in March and April, and federal charges were filed May 2.
Remington intends to return all the weapons
to customers once the prosecution is complete said Remington spokeswoman
Linda Powell.
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