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ORANGE COUNTY
2002
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JANUARY
  • 2001 totals from Orange County Pistol Applications and Amendments.
FEBRUARY
  • Possible primary challenge to Sheriff Bigger
  • Pistol application totals for 2001
  • Ducks Unlimited Dinner 
  • Knights Range Closes
  • Orange County Federation Raffle
  • Master Class has new fees
MARCH
  • Orange County Federation to Aid WTC Victims
  • Federation "Gun-A-Day" ticket sales going well.
  • Report suggest charging Pistol License applicants $, Orange County Legislature studies splitting power of Sheriff's Department, Dems "blueprint" would abolish Sheriff's Office
  • March on Albany Report
  • Orange County Pistol League ends with Pleasantville win by 3 points out of 26,560 total
APRIL
  • Family Court Judge Debra Kiedaisch to run for Supreme Court.
  • Spring Stocking of fish starts in Orange County.
  • Everyone had a great time at the MARCH ON ALBANY
  • Newburgh gunrunners convicted in federal court
MAY
  • T H-R Attacks Ascroft's view of the 2nd Amendment
  • New Local chapter of National Wild Turkey Federation
  • Louis Wein is back and running against Pataki in the Republican Primary
JUNE
No newsletter
JULY
  • Local Radio Stations, WGNY & WTBQ make changes
  • SEN. HILLARY CLINTON IN MIDDLETOWN ON MON. 7/8/02
AUGUST
  • Shawangunk Fish & Game Sportsmens Extravaganza.
  • Orange County Getting ready for DEC's new License system, DECAL
  • Petition error ends primary bid against Asemblywoman Nancy Calhoun
  • Sheriff Bigger withdraws from bid for spot on Independence Party
  • Opponent accuses Bigger campaign of fraud
  • Eric Hall vs Rep. Hinchey for new 22nd Congressional District
SEPTEMBER
  • Winter shooting leagues are starting up.
  • DuBois WINS BIG
OCTOBER
  • Orange County Federation Dinner a success
  • Judge clears way for new entrance to Stewart Airport
NOVEMBER
  • SPARC GETS INJUNCTION ON DRURY LANE/I-84 INTERCHANGE PROJECT
  • T H-R does it again. Editorial Cartoon anti-white middle age male
  • Times Herald-Record endorses Carl DuBois
  • MPRA highlighted in David Dirks' T H-R article
DECEMBER
  • Calhoun named ranking minority member of the Committee on Standing Committees
  • Judge Rosenwasser and OC DA Phillips might run for new jobs

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2002
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JANUARY
  • STATE WIDE ALERT, ALBANY IS OPEN AND SET FOR BUSINNESS INCLUDING TAKING AWAY MORE OF YOUR RIGHTS
FEBRUARY
  • Disguised  knife law
  • Other NY Bills of interest
  • NYSRPA Annual Meeting  March 9th
  • NRA names new lobbyist.
  • Westchester pistol license fees might increase
  • (NY) People v. Sturm, Ruger update
  • New York's Firearms & Weapons Laws updated
  • NYC DEP requires new permits access to City reservoirs and City-owned watershed lands
MARCH
  • Westchester's license fee raise defeated
  • NY State Rifle& Pistol Association starts RPA-PAC
  • Assembly passes 1000' discharge law.
  • GOVERNOR UNVEILS INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM PROPOSAL
  • Killer of Priest and parishioner got gun legally.
  • Minority Leader Faso to retire
  • CoBIS update
APRIL
  • Wal-Mart sued over toy gun sales, Sold Thousands of Toy Guns Without Proper Safety Markings
  • Michael Benjamin to run for Republican nomination for UpChuck Schumer's seat
  • NYSRPA Annual Meeting 2003
  • NYSCC Legislative Alert A485
MAY
  • Gov. Mario Pataki is running again
  • State attorney general appeals dismissal of lawsuit against gun makers
  • GOVERNOR LAUDS SENATE PASSAGE OF INITIATIVE & REFERENDUM BILL
JUNE
No newsletter
JULY
  • License fees for new season raised and DEC Automated Licensing System (DECALS) having problems
  • Three long time Remington employees steel firearms from the Ilion, N.Y., Plant.
AUGUST
  • FED COURTS ACCEPTS WEIN CHALLENGE Board of Elections must justify knocking Wein off ballot
  • Big changes in NY Hunting and Fishing Licenses, New licenses to start Aug. 26
  • Wein short of signatures in primary bid
  • Lawmakers tout bill aimed at shielding gun makers from lawsuits
  • A talk with Scott Armstrong, the NRA NY State paid lobbiest.
SEPTEMBER
  • "PC" Unload pistol order leads to shooting "accident"
OCTOBER
  • State court rules on gun security
  • Tom Golisano gets "A" rating from NRA
  • CoBIS, aka "Gun DNA" programs a big waste.
NOVEMBER
  • Golisano to push initiative and referendum in NY State
  • DEC, sporting community at odds, Conservation Fund remains major cause for concern
  • A.11232 would prohibit counties and other local municipalities from regulating hunting, fishing and trapping
  • RPA-PAC candidate donations.
  • NY City Council Panel OKs Tougher Gun Measure
DECEMBER
  • Putnam County Clerk asking for hands-on training for pistol permits and five year renewable licenses
  • Case filed in Federal Court to force NY to allow non-residents to apply for a pistol license
  • NY City makes it illegal to carry a licensed handgun outside of NYC for any reason except hunting

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2002
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JANUARY
  • NJ Temorarily blocked Large Capacity Magazine Owners to become instant CRIMINALS 
FEBRUARY
  • Shays/Meehan Campaign Finance Bill PASSED
  • H&R Block And NRA announce program
  • BATF announces new 4473 form and other regs.
  • BRADY rates states on gun control, not crime.
  • AFL-CIO charges mandatory assessment to raise political $
  • Dell Computers automatically cancelled a computer order because "Weigand Combat Handguns Inc." has combat in its name.
MARCH
  • Dell Computers upsets gun owners
  • Those in charge do not want pilots to have guns
  • Hand Gun Control going nuts over H&R Blocks donations to the NRA UPDATE 3/12/02
  • H&R Block Caves. 3/13/02
  • Anti-gunner looks to the future
  • Gun control advocate may have violated gun laws, Sara Brady buys gun for 18 year old
APRIL
  • Bush will back ongoing ban on assault weapons
  • House passed bill to shield gun makers and dealers from "Junk Lawsuites"
  • NAACP Prez Blasts Gun Industry in NY lawsuit against more than 80 gun manufacturers.
  • House panel would shield gun industry
  • Wal-Mart agrees to stop gun sales at 118 California stores
MAY
  • Ashcroft supports 2nd Amendment
  • NRA Names New Chief Lobbyist
  • Legislation Could Arm Commercial Pilots
  • Democrat Miller wins over NRA crowd 
JUNE
No newsletter
JULY
  • SUPREME COURT DECLINES TO HEAR EMERSON CASE
AUGUST
  • Legal Earthquake Jolts Gun Manufacturers; California Legislators Repeal Gun Industry Immunity
  • New U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service director promises to 'restore balance'
  • Wal Mart changes NICS policy
  • Senators Seek to Expand Gun Background Checks
  • HCI attacks pro-gun Democrat Rep. John Dingell
  • Panhandle man invents bullet to prevent accidental shootings
SEPTEMBER
  • Calif. Opens Door for Gun Lawsuits
  • NRA Assists 12 Year-old in Civil Rights Violation Fight
  • X-Clinton associates fail to win ballot races
OCTOBER
  • Oct. 25: Arming America book author Michael Bellesiles Resigns from Emory Faculty
  • HCI HYSTERICAL THAT SNIPER IS BEHIND BARS (Ask for $$ and more gun control.)
  • After first year Mich. "Shall Issue" law works, anti-gunners forced to complain about minor arrest by license holders.
  • HCI's newest alert.
  • Rep. Mink,(D) Hawaii, death 2 days after deadline causes extra elections in Hawaii.
  • Gun Strategists Are Watching Brooklyn Case
  • National Carry Bill HR950, to be introduced.
NOVEMBER
  • NJ Assembly approves smart gun measure Bill calls for technology that doesn't exist yet
  • Supreme Court to Hear Appeal on Gun Record Release
  • GUN DNA/COBIS trap
  • NY Times OP-ED November 11, 2002, Rethinking Ballistic Fingerprints
  • Columbia University might reconsider to rescind the Bancroft Prize from "Arming America" author
DECEMBER
  • Report on Sen. Frist: Stupid Republicans-- From Bad to Worse
  • Supreme Court Unanimously Affirms Gun Control Provision
  • Ninth Circuit Federal Court Upholds California Assault Weapons Ban
  • Delaware Judge Tosses Suit Against Gun Makers

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Twisted barrel of anti-gun logic by Thomas Sowell
NY City Carry Permits, only connected need apply

Sen. Schumer Caught in Anti-gun Lie, (again)
Try this GREAT FLASH game http://doody36.home.attbi.com/liberty.htm
52,768 gun permits issued under year-old law in Michigan,
"Opponents of the law are hard pressed to come up with examples of people with CCW (carrying a concealed weapon) permits pulling their weapons in a rage and firing."
Maryland's gun-record scandal. Maryland failed to conduct background checks on hundreds of handgun buyers, mandated under the Brady Act.
"Second Amendment Sisters" at Mount Holyoke College
Bushmaster Reacts to sniper using Bushmaster XM-15 M4 A3
10/25/2002, NEW YORK The Department of Consumer Affairs will seek fines that could total $200,000 against The Sports Authority Inc for allegedly selling dark-colored paintball guns that could be mistaken for real firearms, a violation of city law.
"I just shot him to stop him, not to kill'  says  PA woman with CCW ends career of criminal who police say is responsible for a recent string of sexual assaults in the East End.
" Ms., Armed", National Review employee shoots rifle in NY City and likes it.

British Gun Control Activists Want to Ban Air Rifle
Bellesiles appeals independent panel ruling; provost says deadline for appeal process 'soon'
Michigan Dems. embrace gun rights. (New shall issue rules.)
Requests for concealed weapons permits have soared in the wake of recent slayings of three Baton Rouge women by a serial killer.  Gov. Foster urges Concealed Carry
President of the Urban League of Metro. Seattle, takes plea for having a firearm while attending a meeting on a high-school campus for defense.
Pistol goes off accidentally at reception for Rep. Bob Barr, follows NRA   rule #1. Always keep the gun pointed in a safe direction, no one hurt. 
CCRKBA: Victory! California Gun Owners Beat Back Bullet Tax
Test suspects for HIV, cop asks
The rise in crime in England for the past 100 years as new gun control laws were passed.
Emory continues probe of 'Arming America' author
The FBI, the INS  & 3 other Justice Department law enforcement agencies had at least 775 weapons stolen, lost or missing. 
(British) Gun law off-target. (Guns used in the Commonwealth Games were transported armored cars.) 
James Treacy of Highland Fall takes 1st in high-powered rifle T H-R 7/2/02
NPR: Debate between Michael Beard has been the President of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence and Dave Kopel is the Director of Research for The Independence Institute. AUDIO FILE
Reasonable Gun Control? If this is "reasonable," what is unreasonable?

4/24-28/02 Zogby Poll
Audio-NPR- Arming America, gun book challenged as inaccurate Hysteria Among the Hoplophobes, A Review by Dr. Paul Gallant and Dr. Joanne Eisen of John R. Lott, Jr's new book "The Bias Against Guns, Why Almost Everything You've Heard About Gun Control is Wrong"
Bowling Truths, Michael Moore’s mocking. by Dave Kopel, National Review Online
D.C. Residents Demand Second Amendment Freedoms, NRA brings lawsuite.

Australian-The National Coalition for Gun Control (NCGC) said Australian shooters who participate in the Olympic Games and other international competitions should forego participation in specific events in which semi-automatic handguns are used. "We shouldn't let the fact that there's an Olympic event [using semi-automatics] dictate public safety," he said.

  Letter to the TH-R editor, Pools more dangerous than guns. by Byers O. Servic
Bigger receives endorsements
NY bear hunters enjoyed successful 2001 seasons
Sara Brady's chat room at ABC.com
Armed & famous, Famous guns used in films and movies and other famous guns
Mich - Gun permits surge, but not violence
Women with firearms help make America safer.
Olympics Report on biathlon gold.
Winning gold the hard way
NEW REGULATIONS FOR NONIMMIGRANT ALIENS REGARDING FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION
WSJ's report on Bernard Goldberg and his book "Bias"
Eleanor Roosevelt: Her Own Bodyguard
Knives Make A Comeback, Have larger share of city homicides
Group Lobbies Vatican to Recognize Gun Saint


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ORANGE COUNTY
2001
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JANUARY
  • Rudy Vallet's "My View" reply to the antihunting article in the T H-R
  • 2000 totals from Orange County Pistol Applications and Amendments. UPDATE 1/30/01
  • Strange visitor to my web site Update 1/24/01 Village Voice
  • Judge Carol Klein takes oath of office
FEBRUARY
  • ORANGE COUNTY FRIENDS OF THE NRA DINNER, MARCH 31
  • Orange County Federation to have GOLF CLASSIC
  • Sam & Mable's gets a web page
  • No: It's a change for the worse   By Sandra Kissam
  • MARCH
  • Smith & Strebel in Monroe out of gun business
  • Sisters Push Women To Shop and Shoot article in Times Herald-Record
  • More Times Herald-Record HYPOCRISY
  • County GOP to hold open discussion on SPRAWL
  • T H-R wants additional laws to punish gun owners
  • Mr. John Neumann new Legislative Assistant in Ben Gilman's DC office.
  • Radio News
  • Youth rifle program continues, thanks to adults By David Dirks, T H-R 3/4/01
  • Deer totals for Orange County
  • T H-R Calls for registration of all handguns in America  UPDATE 3/4/01
  • Local election season has started.
  • APRIL
  • Never fear, Gov. Mairo Pataki is on the way.
  • Crime Victims Tree Planting and Ceremony, April 25, 2001
  • MAY
  • WALL, AM stops morning talk show.
  • Patrick Murray, 16 year old, wins Golds at NY Junior Olympics
  • JUNE
  • "Picnic with Pataki" REPORT
  • Air rifles get a shot in Pine Bush
  • Orange County might get new Judge
  • New Orange County SCOPE Chapter
  • WALL ends Larry Hughes talk show.
  • JULY
  • Who is running for office?
  • AUGUST
  • SPORTSMAN'S EXTRAVAGANZA lots of fun.
  • SEPTEMBER
  • Use of illegal guns in Orange County making the news.
  • Times Herald-Record has Pro gun articles about Middletown Gun Club and members.
  • OCTOBER
    NOVEMBER
    • 3 teens arrested in Goshen with handgun
    DECEMBER
    • Times Herald-Record attacks AG Ashcroft and NICS gun records.
    • No Hunting East of Durry Lane on Stewart Airport, State Police want no parking on Durry Lane

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    JANUARY
  • Look up your favorite Criminal
  • SCOPE initiates lawsuit against Pataki and the State of New York
  • National Womens Charity Shotgun Shooting Event to be Held in Dutchess County
  • New anti-gun bills in Assembly and Senate
  • New regulations for the Gun DNA programs UPDATE 1/11/01
  • FEBRUARY
  • Powers is out and Tredwell is in as head of NYS Republican party.
  • Gun makers fight back in court against NY's AG Spitzers lawsuit.
  • Annual NYCC March on Albany set for March 21
  • MARCH
  • NY State License numbers for year ending 9/30/00
  • NYSCC MARCH ON ALBANY Report
  • CoBis, or GUN DNA started March 1, 2001  UPDATE 3/22/01
  • New bill might help implement new GUN DNA rules.
  • Gov. Mario Pataki wants to make selling 3 illegal guns a felony, Silver would rather ban legal guns.
  • Rep. Maurice D. Hinchey fighting not to loose district as NY looses 2 House seats.
  • APRIL
  • New York Appeals Court Makes Major Ruling in Our Favor
  • Sen. H. R. C****** will be speaker ar Albany MMM March.
  • MID-HUDSON FRIENDS OF NRA Dinner in FISHKILL, NY SOLD OUT
  • MAY
  • Rockland's Wal-Mart considers gun sale restrictions
  • John L. Cushman is seeking to be re-elected to the NRA Board of Directors.
  • S3353/A6777 to further reduce where you can have a legal gun  UPDATE 5/30/01 
  • Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver leads Assembly attack on your gun rights.
  • Report on SAS Mother's Day Albany March
  • Million Mom March News, Gov. Mario Pataki screws gun owners again!!!
  • JUNE
  • A call to arms for all Nassau County gun owners
  • NY City Mayor's race, Bloomberg's position
  • Assembly Announces Gun Violence Prevention Bills
  • "Best Range Management Practices Seminar - Troy, NY" Report
  • SCOPE protest KING PATAKI in Dutchess County
  • NY Senate and Assembly starts new web cast
  • JULY
  •  Pataki improves image with more Democrats
  • AUGUST
  • New York AG Law Suit Against Handgun Makers Dismissed
  • Nassau Pistol License Web Page
  • NYC makes major changes to Handgun License rules and fees
  • Hunting/Fishing/Trapping License fees stay the same
  • Mayor Giuliani says gun seizures aided in lower crime rates
  • SEPTEMBER
  • NYC COPS BUST illegal gun ring.
  • Geneice Hovak resigns from New York Second Amendment Sisters
  • New York Firearms Owners PAC
  • OCTOBER
    NOVEMBER
    • New York Bill Would Create Advocate for Wildlife-(read anti-hunting)
    • S467 Making it illegal to wear a Bullet proof vest during a violent crime passes
    • Republicans and Gov. Pataki want your $$$
    DECEMBER
    • Anti-gun NY Senator, R-26, might quite Senate
    • Delaware System Drought Emergency Impacts Fishing
    • Bush Expected To Name Comey N.Y. Prosecutor

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    JANUARY
  • Anti-gun AOL merges with Time Warner, What impact will it have?
  • Pro-gun group sets up web site that upsets HCI.
  • Mass. Killer had Mass. license
  • Dade County Fla. Vote count goes to BUSH!
  • Senate power to be split 50/50
  • FEBRUARY
  • Ashcroft wins vote and is the new AG
  • A refrigerator in the Capitol was "wounded" over the weekend in a bizarre incident involving a Capitol Police officer.
  • Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) wins award for the quickest Member to shamelessly exploit shooting outside the White House.
  • McCain Planning Gun Control Bill
  • Ashcroft to enforce federal gun laws
  • MARCH
    MMM laid off 30
    of its 35 employees
  • Ashcroft Criticizes Video Games
  • SEN. UpCHUCK SCHUMER CALLS ON NRA, GUN GROUPS TO DEVELOP SAFETY CODE FOR  FAMILIES WHO KEEP GUNS IN HOME.
  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service may ban fishing tournaments at national wildlife refuges
  • The Soros Foundation has produced a pro-gun control report.
  • APRIL
  • FEC Looks at Schumer's $$ Books
  • McCain and Liberman to call for new gun control.
  • Rosie O's new poll
  • MAY
  • Weapon-scanner raises constitutional concern
  • "Don't worry about an Assault Weapons Ban?", then look at Conn.
  • Mr. Ashcroft thinks that the 2nd Amendment is an individual right
  • Anti-gun Violence Policy Center attacks using lead study
  • Annual NRA meeting
  • McCain, Lieberman Push to Close Gun Show Loophole and  Strengthen Law Enforcement
  • British Owner Sells Smith & Wesson
  • REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT ON PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS
  • U. N. Targets American Gun Owners
  • SARAH BRADY VOWS TO FIGHT CANCER
  • A 12-year-old girl who shot and killed her mother's attacker will not be charged, police said Tuesday.
  • AMA's new Pres. to push for more gun studies.
  • JUNE
  • Gun Control Group Renamed to Honor Bradys
  • Supreme Court rules on use of thermal imaging device.
  • E-Instant Check to be started
  •  "FFL eZ Check"
  • Democrats to take over control of Senate UPDATE
  • JULY
  • Supreme Court OKs keeping FBI Brady Act records retention
  • New AMA President attacks gun rights
  • AUGUST
  • Cal. Court Rules for gun makers
  • Unions Don't Cite Political Funds To IRS
  • Rosie O is back in the news.
  • Multistate gun agreement effective Wednesday
  • U.S. House Rejects Attack on Ashcroft & Privacy of Gun Buyers
  • HUD ends $15 million gun buy back program
  • Zogby Poll
  • Living by the Gun, Predictions of increased violence won't pan out
  • Ashcroft on gun rights
  • Daschle & Kennedy Call for Abolition of Bathtubs
  • SEPTEMBER
  • Michigan: Foes drop drive against gun law
  • Gun saves 2 women from rape at hands of  middleweight boxer.
  • Window on WRJ, Summer 2001
  • ''Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture'' debunked by Boston Globe
  • ATF  bust FFL in FL
  • OCTOBER
    NOVEMBER
  • CONGRESS CONSIDERS "DEMILITARIZATION" REQUIREMENT
  • University asks historian to defend his research on gun ownership book
  • F.O.P. Says Let Police Carry Firearms Nationwide
  • Conn. Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal Of Bridgeport Lawsuit
  • Guns and criminals: More gun laws = more thugs with guns
  • McCain using 9/11 to push for more gun control/ gun show check
  • Fall out from 9/11
  • BATF has not received mail since October 25
  • US Supreme Court Won't Hear N.J. Weapons Case
  • NJ Court affirms dismissal of Camden County, (NJ) gun lawsuit
  • BRADY FALLS UPON HARD TIMES
  • U.S. v. Emerson Ruling Is In - Celebrate -- With Reservations
  • DECEMBER
    • Survey: Top Cops Favor Concealed Carry Laws
    • ELIZABETH DOLE TAKES MORE PRO GUN STANCE
    • Steep Rise in Gun Sales Reflects Post-Attack Fears
    • SECTION 1062, Demilitarization Bill Killed!
    • Proposed GUN SHOW rules are not just about the NICS check
    • AG ASHCROFT under attack about the NICS Check records
    • Consumer Product Safety Commission files lawsuit against the Daisy to recall of 7.5 million Powerline Airguns

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    NYSP new trigger lock rule 17 and FAQ
    http://www.dumblaws.com
    Response to the book that said that the early Americans owned few guns
    Ashcroft Criticized For NRA Membership
    Treating Guns Like Cars
    Singer Actress Dale Evans, 88, Dies
    Gunning for Hysteria by Dave Kopel
    Conservative Democrats: Drop gun control bills
    Million Mom activist convicted in shooting
    Rosie O'Donnell Gets NYPD Bodyguards for 'Suessical'
    The Fallacy of "43 to 1" favorite statistic of the gun-prohibition, By Dave Kopel
    Hypocrites & Wackos Top NRA Rosie Awards List
    A Gun Deal's Fatal Wound, the S&W deal fails to reach gun control goal
    New non-lethal energy weapon heats skin 2/26/01
    Gun in waistband has painful outcome.  (OUCH!!!)

    Handgun company, (Smith & Wesson,) says it had $7.6 million in sales last month
    Gun Control And Taliban's Rise To Power
    A World Without Guns, Be forewarned: It's not a pretty picture, By Dave Kopel, Paul Gallant, and Joanne Eisen of the Independence Institute
    "Million Mom March" activist Barbara Graham, has been convicted of multiple charges, including assault with intent to kill while armed. She faces up to life imprisonment.
    Plea Deals In Gun Cases Can Create Fatal Results
    Geraldine Ferraro defends Sen. H.R. C****** on Bill O'Reilly TV show
    Justice Department Report Contradicts Anti-Gun Claims

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    ORANGE COUNTY
    2000
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    JANUARY
    FEBRUARY
  • EXPECT DELAYS AT THE ORANGE COUNTY PISTOL DEPARTMENT.
  • Local Orange County Legislators are deciding if they will accept a gift of some revolvers.
  • 1999 totals from Orange County Pistol Applications and Amendments.
  • MARCH
  • Orange County Legislators want to start process to limit Rifle hunting in Orange County, UPDATE 3/23/00
  • Carol Klein wins County Family Court Judgeship nomination.
  • APRIL
  • Orange County Republicans to have open meetings.
  • Tuesday, April 11, 2000 6:30 pm, dare to dream, Vicims' Rights 2000 Tree Planting and Candlelight Vigil, (link to info page)
  • 3/31/00, Pataki signs away Stewart.
  • Middletown Mayor decided to buy PC guns.
  • MAY
  • T-H Record has Eddie Eagle Story
  • Assembly Member Nancy Calhoun is facing opposition in November elections.
  • O C Pistol Permit Department
  • Carol Kline nominated to Family Court Judge position. UPDATED
  • JUNE
  • Pistol Permit Department, Lil McDonald is now in charge.
  • Election line up.
  • Wallkill Pin and Plate Shoot
  • Senator Larkin Call in Request to Save Stewart Buffer Lands, (LINK ONLY)
  • JULY
  • Rep. Ben Gilman will be having townhall meetings.
  • 17 year old, illegal handgun, shoots girldfriend and out on $2,500 bail
  • AUGUST
  • Frank Reggero, active member of the sporting family in Orange County died, 8/10/00
  • NYPD Cop points gun in bar.
  • Guns found in Montgomery Trailer parked in lumber yard.
  • Police arrested 3 men on drug and handgun charges in the Town of Newburgh
  • 67 year old retired cop, John Rudden of Monroe charged with menacing and sent to OC Jail.
  • David Dirks, T H-R Sunday Outdoors Column writer finally wrights a pro gun right column
  • OC Family Court judge race heating up.
  • TV ALERT, Frank Carbone will be on Direct Line with an anti-gunner/hunter.
  • Shawangunk Fish & Game Sportsmens Extravaganza
  • Nine-year-old finds loaded gun
  • I.D.P.A. Classifier Match set for September 9th
  • SEPTEMBER
  • Do you want to join the Orange County of SCOPE?
  • NY State Senator defends his voting for new Gun Control
  • OCFSC's Annual Dinner Oct. 20, 2000
  • Black Bear in house
  • Anti-gun First Monday 2000 set for Newburgh Campus Mt. Saint Mary's College Nursing on October 2nd.
  • NYPD officer's son dies from gunshot wound UPDATED 9/5/00
  • Police say couple with crack directed them to dealer
  • OC Family Court judge race heating up.  Updated 9/2/00
  • OCTOBER
    • HCI endorses Paul Feiner
    • TRI-STATES ROD AND GUN CLUB Rifle Shoot Report
    • Local Blooming Grove police take away a man's Ruger Mini 14 claiming that they want to make sure that it is not an assault weapon.
    SPECIAL: Voters Guide and report on new State Police Rules for Gun DNA Program
    NOVEMBER
    • Gov. fails to show for ground breaking at Stewart Airport.
    DECEMBER
    • Hunter harassment in Orange County?

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    JANUARY
  • Dutch Volk is reported to have had a stroke.
  • Gov. Pataki VETOES The FIREARM ACCIDENT PREVENTION INSTRUCTION PROGRAM, A2045 .
  • Gov. Pataki's State of the State Speech.
  • NYSRPA Legislative Alerts
  • FEBRUARY
  • NYSRPA Legislative Alerts
  • 2000 Sportsman's March on Albany
  • K-Mart in Riverhead to be site of Pro-gun, Anti-gun demonstration.
  • MARCH
  • NYSRPA Legislative Alerts
  • Gov. Mario Pataki SCREWS gun owners.
  • How long does Mario Pataki want you to go to Jail for?
  • NY AG SPITZER ANNOUNCES HIS OWN STUPID PLAN.
  • N.Y. Mayor Supports Licensing System for Gun Owners
  • APRIL
  • NYSRPA Legislative Alerts
  • 3/20/00,  A. 6899--C   THE SAFE SCHOOLS/SAFE CHILDREN ACT passes the Assembly, 111 to 32.
  • SCOPE ALERT, (Dems try to move anti-gun bills in Senate)
  • NY State ranked 5 in Hunting licenses.
  • Westchester Trigger Lock Story
  • MAY
  • E-mail reply from TV Show "INSIDE ALBANY" on NY State gun control proposals.
  • Some history and summary of A10184, Trigger Lock law the NYSPRA supports.
  • Rep. Sue Kelly will face strong Democrat opposition in Nov. race.
  • My report on the Million Mom March in Chappaqua, New York.
  • Big push to oust Silver from his dictator's seat in the State Assembly IS OVER.
  • JUNE
  • CIVIL RIGHTS RALLY SET FOR ALBANY, NEW DATE
  • Grassroots-Election seminar in Hempstead, NY, June 24th
  • Westchester safe storage passes
  • NASSAU ALERT, LICENSE FEES TO INCREASE 1900%
  • Assembly and Senate meetings are now LIVE on the web.
  • New York City Sues Gun Makers
  • June 25: New York Becomes First State to Sue Gun Companies
  • JULY
  •  Senator Padavan's explanation of the Assault Weapons ban, S8234, floor debate.
  • JULY 29th, CIVIL RIGHTS RALLY SET FOR ALBANY
  • When will Gov. Mario Pataki sign the new gun control law?
  • AUGUST
  • 07/27/2000  GUN CONTROL S8234 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR awaiting his action.
  • VERY BAD NEWS FOR THOSE OF US WHO OWN ASSAULT WEAPONS
  • FYI NY Penal Law, Class D felony.
  • RKBA rally pictures in Albany
  • Gov. Mario Pataki announces that he will run for a 3rd term.
  • State Police to make new rules required by new gun control law.
  • Democrats to choose between Dr. McMahon and Hillary in Sept. 12 primary.
  • NY League of Women Voters, "Balancing Justice Project" anti-death penalty, pro-prison voting rights and wants to "Counter negativism about criminals-"
  • SEPTEMBER
  • 9/27/00,  NEW INFORMATION FROM DCJS ON NEW GUN LAW
  • John L. Cushman to be on Montell Williams Show
  • Albany County ponders suit against gun makers
  • Pro-gun Groups in NY State are mad with the GOP
  • SAFE Long Island Rally to host major leaders in RKBA
  • OCTOBER
    • Gov. Mario Pataki changed his mind on the AWBan from 1996
    • New York State Rifle and Pistol Association Annual Meeting

    • includes LEAD MANAGEMENT PLAN INFO
    • State Police miss Oct. 1st deadline for new gun control DNA rules. UPDATED 10/6/00
    • Pataki's new gun control comes under fire.
    SPECIAL: Voters Guide and report on new State Police Rules for Gun DNA Program
    NOVEMBER
    • Forum finds gun control advocates on defensive
    • State Police Finally Send Letter to FFLs About New Trigger Lock Laws.
    • Some of Gov. Mario Pataki's new gun control laws go into effect on Nov. 1
    SPECIAL: 18 to 21 YEAR OLDS CAN SHOOT WITHOUT A LICENSE!!
                       National map showing how counties voted in election
    DECEMBER
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    JANUARY
  • Gore and Bradley debate.
  • New report from the MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER: Outgunned: How The Network News Media Are Spinning the Gun Control Debate
  • Congress to come back on Jan. 27th.
  • Citizens Of America starts national pro-gun campain.
  • Group sues Cities that sue the Gun Makers.
  • National Shooting Sports Foundation forms PAC.
  • Swiss Gun Maker SIG Plans to Sell Handgun Unit, Leaving U.S. Market.
  • Gun makers halt settlement talks with cities.
  • FEBRUARY
  • NATIONAL ONLINE PETITION
  • Candidates on the Issues: Guns
  • Gun Owners Bush Over McCain
  • Juvenile Injustice Bill May Be Moving Again H.R. 1501)
  • Subject: Roll Call Articl/gun control 2/17/00
  • CAL. CITIES SEEK TO BAN SMALL GUNS
  • MARCH
  • Gun Control Provisions Still in Limbo
  • H. RAP BROWN HAD 45 CAL WHEN ARRESTED  UPDATE
  • S&W Makes deal with HUD, GOA urges full BOYCOTT
  • Rosie O'Donnell to Emcee Million Mom March, (link only)
  • Second Amendment Sisters is holding a Mothers' Day March in D.C.
  • APRIL
  • Federal Juvenile Justice Bill "Deal"
  • US Fish & Wildlife Service Scam
  • HUD Secretary says Smith & Wesson could be conspiracy target. (LINK ONLY)
  • Jim Clark Sr. died on January 7, 2000, (LINK ONLY)
  • Clinton goes on the road for gun control, (link only.)
  • HR 4051 Passes House
  • AN ARMY OF LIES, (Link only) by Dave Kopel
  • Gun-Control Movement Split by Ambition to Ban Handguns
  • Ruling puts city's gun suit on hold, ATLANTA, GA
  • MORE S&W INFORMATION & BAN INFO
  • Families First, The 2000 Democratic Agenda
  • The Legal Ruling on the Elian Gonzalez vs J. Reno Case, LINK ONLY
  • See who is running against H. Clinton for US Senate, LINK ONLY
  • MAY
  • S2099, "Handgun Safety and Registration Act of 2000.", Tax handguns on IRS 1040
  • Gun Manufacturers Sue Government for Violating Free Trade
  • Cuomo's Bodyguard keeps forgetting and loosing his gun
  •  Gun Ban Results In Tragic Deaths
  • Million MOM March & Second Amendment Sisters
  • NRA teaches over 700,000 in basic training courses in 1999
  • CHICAGO JUDGE DISMISSED PART OF A LAWSUIT.
  • !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!What the anti-gunners plan next.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • JUNE
  • Rosie O'Donnell supports gun owners!
  • Florida Law related to storage laws related to teachers shooting.
  • Schumer: New York needs Clinton to fight for gun licensing law
  • Treasury Department to recall 25 million coins. (JOKE)
  • U.S. v Emerson, first appeal hearing
  • Gun Deaths, (TOTAL NUMBERS)
  • JULY
  • NEA TO PROMOTE "GUN CONTROL" PETITION DRIVE
  • CSPAN2 presentation of More Guns, Less Crime Discussion
  • 1997 CDC Report on Accidental deaths caused by handguns, By age and race.
  • Sen Craig/Idaho/Need Positive Gun Stories
  • AUGUST
  • Zogby International Poll on Guns
  • AMA study said that the Brady law does not reduce homicide rates
  • Clinton finds way to attempt to end import of firearms and ammo.
  • S2099 bill to list your handguns on your IRS 1040
  • SEPTEMBER
  • Two children die because of Cal. gun lock up law.
  • Handgun Control wins in Cal. Court
  • Dyslexia, Famous People with the Gift of Dyslexia
  • The truth behind the Lazio - Arafat hand shake.
  • Police union FOP endorses Bush
  • Clinton's new rules for FFL's and to ban gun imports of M-1 Garand rifles.
  • Guns--and a Congress Unfazed (washingtonpost.com)
  • HANDGUN CONTROL LAUNCHES BIGGEST AD BUY
  • CLINTON-GORE-RENO JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CONFIRMS ITS OFFICIAL POSITION: INDIVIDUAL LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS HAVE NO RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS! (U.S. v Emerson)
  • Fed. S2099 Gun tax on tax return old news. (UPDATE 9/19/00)
  • THE LIBERTY POLL  by BLOOMFIELD PRESS
  • Commission on Presidential Debates
  • Master Lock recalling gun locks.
  • BATF ONLINE, Updated web site with some new reports of interest.
  • OCTOBER
    • Washington Times, why Gore is now pro-gun.
    • Congress passes .08 Drunk Driving Limit
    • Justice Department Withholds Information Needed for Judging Clinton Administration Enforcement Effort
    • Monster.com owner joins in gun control battle
    • Gun-control lobby runs out of ammo
    • Supreme Court fails to take up AW ban appeal.UPDATE 10/6/00
    • HCI launches new anti-Bush/Gun web site.  Update- 10/13/00 NRA reply.
    • ATF announces the launching of "FFL eZ  Check"
    • Important WalMart Gun Survey
    NOVEMBER
  • Anti-gunners writing K-Mart
  • Both Sides See Momentum in Congress for Gun Control
  • Rosie O'Donnell's legal resident is FLORIDA
  • DECEMBER
    • Madonna takes up shooting


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  • The greatest document of the American gun debate. (A MUST READ)
  • Bush Is Not a Trigger-Happy Cowboy,  By John R. Lott, Jr. John R. Lott Jr.
  • SPARC's Newsletter, Find out how we are being ripped of at Stewart Airport
  • Where did $2,599,736 that the Joice Foundation Grants for 2000 to Gun Viloence go?
  • Olympic Gold story not being told by Kopel
  • Bruce Willis, (pro 2nd,) interview in USA Today. (LINK ONLY)
  • NRA's Friend of the Court Brief regarding U.S. V. Emerson

  • CLICK HERE TO LINK TO THE WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE: Clinton Disbarment Recommended
    CLICK HERE TO SEE THE LETTER RECOMMENDING DISBARMENT.
  • Rick Lazio's Official House Web Page
  • Rick Lazio's Official Political Web Page, RICKLAZIO2000.COM
  • Click her to see Another petition to sign.
  • Vote in Barbara Boxers Gun Survey.
  • Shooting Sports Industry Safety Offer Rejected By Organizers Of Million Mom March.
  • The Link Between the Drug War and Disarmament Laws
  • Kopel Defends Individualist View of Second Amendment
  • "Assault Weapons" Revisited", Why the AMA is wrong.
  • Doctors for Integrity in Policy Research
  • Texas Lawsuit against the Cities & Mayors suing the gun industry
  • Gun Manufacturers Sue Government for Violating Free Trade, CNN article
  • NSSF Press Release about suite against Government's Violation of Free Trade

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  •  Walter Williams on gun locks.   http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/williams1.asp
  •  References for Rosie v. Reality article now available on-line at: http://www.jpfo.org/alert20000607.htm
  • New ATF "Gun Trafficking" Report - June 2000
  • See what HCI has to say about George Bush and guns.

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  •  Sign the petition: "Report the news on Defensive Gun Uses"
  • "Our lives, our fortunes, our sacred honor" by Rush H. Limbaugh, Jr.   What our founding fathers risked and lost in the name of freedom.

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  • Suffolk Gun-Locking Proposal Bill designed to keep weapons 'safely stored away from children.
  • GOVERNOR PATAKI ANNOUNCES PURCHASE OF MOODNA CREEK MARSH
  • RKBA rally pictures in Albany, thanks to Jacob J. Rieper from LRN
  • VP Cheney's acceptance speech at Rep. convention.
  • http://unloadandlock.com/

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