NOVEMBER 1999
ELECTION RESULTS
Congratulation to both
JOHN McGUIRK
STEWART ROSENWASSER
     Both were winners in this November elections.  McGuirk was the top vote getter with 23,760 unofficial votes for the Supreme Court Justice District 9 and Rosenwasser won the Orange County Court Judge position by 24,352 vs. Ingber 12,953.  Judge elect Rosenwasser will be replacing, (anti-gun,) Judge Pano Z. Patsalos.  We should see a big improvement in those towns that he is going to cover.  Also anti-gun Gary Greenwald lost 1,2740 to Frank J. Romano's 1,580 in the race to choose the Supervisor for the town of Goshen.
     Rudy Guliani has really stuck a stick in a hornets nest by being on radio advertisements supporting a trigger lock requirement and a 1,000 gun free school zone around all schools in NYC.  Opponents of the ban say that it will prevent anyone who legally owns any type of firearm from owning the firearm and keeping it even in their own house.  We know that gun owners in NYC are very lucky that this bill did not pass.  Rudy's support of the bill will not sit well with the gun owners in the rest of the state in his next race.
HUNTING SEASON IS IN FULL SWING
BE SAFE
PLEASE CHECK THE SPARC WEB SITE FOR CURRENT INFORMATION ABOUT THE STEWART BUFFER LANDS.
The Newburgh Range will be opening on Dec. 1st., (in the old X-ring) with 15 positions.
NEWBURGH RANGE
569-8487
THE NEWBURGH RANGE IS TO OFFICIALLY OPEN ON DECEMBER 1, 1999.

WE ARE LOCATED AT 85 DICKSON STREET IN NEWBURGH, NEW YORK. ( THE SITE OF THE OLD EVENING NEWS BUILDING)

WE PLAN TO HAVE VARIOUS TYPES OF INSTRUCTIONAL COURSES FOR MEN AND WOMEN.

OUR 25 YARD INDOOR RANGE HAS 15 SHOOTING POSITIONS EQUIPPED WITH RETURNING TARGETS. WE WILL ALSO HAVE AVAILABLE A 2 POSITION, 25 YARD ARCHERY RANGE WITH MORE IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED.

REMEMBER OUR PHONE NUMBER EXTENDS EAST AND WEST (ROUTE 84), AND NORTH AND SOUTH (ROUTE 87).

The note on the door of George Knight's range in Florida NY said that he would have his 100 yard pistol and rifle range open again on Dec. 6th.


TV Channel "E " gossip section  "ask?marilyn beck" held "The 1999 Tacky Taste Awards."  http://www.eonline.com/Gossip/Marilyn/index2.html
Guess who was #1?  To quote the web page:
Tackiest Celeb of the Year, pretty much exclusively for her on-air  ambush of NRA spokesman Tom Selleck. "It was mean-spirited to invite a guest just to attack him. Mr. Selleck made her look like a fool!" wrote MEKt from Belle Chasse, Louisiana. "Rosie needs to get off her high horse," said Michele J. of Oxnard, California, "It's a talk show, not a soapbox." We should mention that Rosie had her defenders, too--which just goes to show that tackiness is, er, a matter of taste.

(Rosie and K-Mart have announced that she will no longer do spots for K-Mart.)


Readers's Digest November, 1999 Magazine has a wonderful article called "Gun Control That Works" by Kenneth Smith.  It outlines how Project Exile is working and how it was started in Richmond, VA.  Join the debate on gun control at www.readersdigest.com.
Tom DeLay, House Majority Whip has started another pro-gun group trying to raise money for pro-gun candidates.  Give him the money if you want and if you do not just tell him that you give all your money to the NRA (or GOA or other group,) to give out.

11/21/99 ATLANTA (AP) - Gun deaths in the United States dropped 21 percent between 1993 and 1997 to the lowest level in more than 30 years, and firearm-related injuries fell 41 percent, the government said Thursday.  Experts cited such reasons as tougher gun control laws, a booming economy, better police work and gun safety courses.
    The study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention looked at all gunshot wounds reported at emergency rooms, whether they were intentional, accidental or self-inflicted.  The number of fatalities dropped from 39,595 - 15.4 gun deaths per 100,000 people - in 1993, to 32,436- 12.1 per 100,000 - in 1997.
    The rate ``is the lowest it's been since the mid-'60s,'' said J. Lee Annest, a CDC statistician. ``This progress is really encouraging and really says that joint prevention efforts of public health officials, legislators and law enforcement should continue.''

    (Odd  that they would not also bring up that two of the major changes over the past few years is that more criminals have been put in jail under tougher sentencing laws and 3 strikes and your out laws.  And also many more states have enacted right to carry laws and changed existing laws to be "shall issue" laws.)


The DEC said that the DOE Permits were held up.  If you did not get yours call 1-800-help-dmp.
A record Bear season has started in Orange County for the Bow season.

    I want to personally thank all of those 20,000 gun owner in NY State who  failed to show up and vote in the election in 98 and allowed AG Spitzer to be elected.  He is now using a threat of a lawsuit to bring the gun manufactures to the bargaining table and erode and make more expensive our right to have and own guns.  We will have to wait and see how much this is going to cost us.

    I also want to thank those voters in California who returned Senator Feinstine to office.  She is will introduce a bill that will ban and require the turning in of what ever she decides is an "Assault Weapon".  You should not be too upset, they are going to give you some money for your gun.  Other parts of her proposed law will not infringe on any right as long as you register all of your guns of every type.

Today on CNN Wolf Blitzer read from Friday's Washington Post editorial, to wit:
     "The sale, manufacture, and possession of handguns ought to be banned. Whatever liberty interest there may be in the ability to own guns.... it pales in comparison with the right to go to school or work  without fear of being shot".
     Senator Diane Feinstein beamed.   "Well, you know, I happen to agree with that.  I come from a state where weapons have really wrecked (sic) terrible destruction.  And we know that every day in this nation some 12 to 13 children are killed and another two thousand (sic) have been killed with guns since Columbine."
     "I will shortly be introducing legislation to provide for a precise system of registration and licensing of every weapon in this country, much as automobiles are registered and drivers are licensed.  You know, automobiles don't kill people, people driving automobiles kill people."
     "I will also introduce legislation requiring a turn-in of assault weapons and a program to recompense people when they turn in their weapons.  We have hundreds of millions of guns.  There is nothing in the second amendment that says we can't regulate the kind and type and shooting capacity of those weapons".


"It would seem that many angry people that have had a run in with the law might take out their frustrations and go into a police station with a loaded weapon to vent their anger.  However, we know we seldom see this type of response.  It should be pointed out that this and the fact that seldom are police officers in uniform ever victims of assaults or robberies on the
street.  The criminal mind wants the advantage and he gets this by plying his trade on elementary schools, churches, fast food restaurants and passive work areas.  Guess why!"