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Ruling: 911 cannot be sued for failure to protect

Orange County Sheriff Carl DuBois wins GOP primary

     Orange County Sheriff Carl DuBois won in the Republican primary against Tom Carton . Sheriff DuBois will be running for his second turn. The retired Middletown police lieutenant won his first primary in 2002 against the former Sheriff Frank Bigger. Sheriff DuBois is credited with turning the Orange County Sheriff Department around.
    A retired New York City police sergeant, Tom Carton who lives in Monroe, ran a good race but could not get any traction.

Master Class highlighted in Dillons, Blue Press.

      Master Class was featured in the Blue Press October 2006 issue's "Letter to the Editor," that highlighted Master Class's service and support for Dillion Reloading machines.

Dear Mr. Dillon,

     I recently purchased a Dillon RL 550B from Master Class Shooters Supply in Monroe, NY and was very surprised and the level of service and training this supplier provided for the Dillon products.
     Equally impressive was their after-sales support and willingness to show me what I was doing wrong and the required corrective actions.
     It is very rare to find people who are so professional and competent these days. Equally rare is the proactive customer service they provide after the sale. I found your products to be very fine, as are the people at Master Class.
     Peter J. Martin PE - Peekskill, NY

DEC releases draft of Stewart Forest UMP, Public meeting scheduled
CLICK HERE FOR THE T H-R ARTICLE

     The Department of Environmental Conservation has released the draft form of the long-awaited management plan for the 6,700 acres of open space blueprint that aims to increase public access to Stewart, and protect wildlife with $3 million in state money.
     Two public meetings will be held Oct. 26 at the Town of New Windsor Community Center to discuss the draft UMP. For copies of the report, contact the DEC at 256-3082.

CLICK HERE FOR THE
Stewart State Forest Draft UMP

Orange County 22 Cal Pistol League to Start Oct. 3
CLICK HERE FOR THE COURSE OF FIRE
CLICK HERE FOR THE RULES

      The Orange County 22 Cal Pistol League will start on Tuesday October 3rd and will run on every other Tuesday except for the normal holiday breaks. Relays begin at 3:00 PM and start on the hour with the last relay at 8:00 PM.
     The league is a sanctioned NRA match for classification and competition. All shooters are welcome. The league consist of teams made up from the area clubs with the top 4 scores fired form each team being their entry for the match. Teams have between 4 and 10 members. Even if you are not a club member, the league will get you a spot and all of your scores will count for awards. If you do not have an NRA classification you will get one from your scores fired, and become a classified competitor.
     All conventional NRA pistol rules will apply. The course if fired in .22 cal only with a one hand hold.
     There are 12 matches total of which you must post scores for 10 matches to be eligible for awards. More than one match may be fired per night but only the first score is toward the team totals. Any second matches count toward your own score. You do not have to shoot every week. If you can not shoot one week and you know about it in advance you can "shoot ahead" or you can wait and shoot a "make up."
     If you are a new shooter please feel free to call Dennis Serpi at Master Class before the league begins. He is more than willing to go over the rules and course of fire with you. Cost for the 12 matches with registration of scores is $145.

Senior Games a success

    On Saturday September 23rd at the Shawangunk Fish & Game Club trap shooters over 55 meet to take part in the Senior Games Trap Shooting. For $10 to register for the games and $3 for the trap shoot for a total of $13 you got 75 birds and free ammo and a hot meal. The day started off with a lot of rain but it had quit raining by the time we started shooting. Almost 50 people were registered but about 20 were no shows we think because of the weather. We all had a lot of fun and look forward to next year.
    Not all of the shooters were "pros" with many people like me who ranged from 13 to 18 birds a round and some were first time shooters.

	You had to sign up
						We had 2 and 3 lines going.
						What form, What Style, What a miss
		Shawangunk Fish & Game members ran everything and deserve a big THANKS.
	The Winners

  County, State And Federal Elections

     Elections are only a few days away and it is important that you vote. Being in NY it is hard to get to find the motivation to vote but is very important this year. The Anti-gun forces are hoping that we will stay home and that Spitzer, Cuomo and Hillary will win in a landslide and that will have a mandate to pass their radical anti-gun agenda. All Federal House positions are up for election and the anti-gun forces are hoping that you stay home and that Spitzer, Cuomo and Hillary's coat tails will carry some of the anti-gun into office and help the Dems. take over the House of Representatives.

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Ruling: 911 cannot be sued for failure to protect
From "Of Arms and the Law"

     A Camden, NJ court has ruled (as all or almost all courts have) that the 911 service cannot be sued for failure to respond to a call. The family of a kidnap/murder victim sued, over failure of 911 and police to respond to a call from a witness of the kidnapping.

Here's some detail:

"According to investigators, the caller telephoned police from his car in the PATCO lot to say that he saw a woman struggling with two men. The caller, whom police would not identify, said a woman was screaming as she was being dragged into a car. The man followed the abductors' car through the parking lot and then lost sight of it, investigators said. All the while he was on the phone with police dispatch, they said.

The dispatcher dismissed the incident as a domestic dispute and never relayed the information to patrol officers, according to investigators."