HOLIDAY MEETING, WITH GUEST JENNIFER PALMER OF NRA-ILA!
*** *** AND HOLIDAY REFRESHMENTS *** ***
MCSM is proud to announce that our December guest will be Jennifer Palmer, NRA-ILA's State Liaison to Maryland!
MCSM -- Montgomery Citizens for a Safer Maryland -- www.mcsm.org
Greetings - We hope you will attend the next meeting of MCSM!
MEETING AGENDA
---> Tuesday, December 13th, 2005 <---
7:00 - 9:00 PM AMERICAN LEGION POST # 268
11225 FERN ST. WHEATON, MD 20902
(Directions are below for those attending for the first time)
Agenda -
1) Welcome and Pledge of Allegiance.
2) Introduction of any new guests or prospective members (brief).
3) Jennifer Palmer will review the situation and the hopes of the Second Amendment effort in Maryland, and welcomes topics from all in what promises to be an excellent and wide-ranging discussion of politics, legislation, approaching elections, and ideas!
4) Next gun show is Feb 18-19, 2006 -- Silverado's Upper Marlboro show at the P.G. Equestrian Center http://www.silveradogunshow.com/silver.html
5) MCSM membership renewal season has arrived; annual dues are $20. Thank you for your support!
We hope to see you at the meeting, Tuesday, December 13th!
www.mcsm.org PO Box 2563, Silver Spring MD 20915-2563
DIRECTIONS >>>> For those new to MCSM meetings <<<< DIRECTIONS
MCSM meetings are always meet in the downstairs room of American Legion Post 268, at 11225 Fern St., Wheaton MD 20902. This American Legion post is on the street that is in back of the Safeway that looks out on Georgia Avenue, in downtown Wheaton. We usually meet on the second Tuesday of the month. A map of our meeting location is at:
www.mcsm.org/location.html
Once you have parked, please go to the side of the Post that faces its parking lot, and go in the door that has the awning over it. Ring the buzzer, and, when you are buzzed in, please jot your name in the little guest book that is just on your right. Please put "Doug Gross MCSM" in the "Sponsor" column. Then go through the food-service area, and go on through to the door at the far right corner of the pool-tables area; go down the stairs, and that's where we meet.
We hope to see you there!
Gun-rights information web sites of note:
www.nraila.org www.myguns.net www.2asisters.org
www.gunsaint.com www.silveradogunshow.com ammoguide.com
www.blackmanwithagun.com www.mcrkba.org
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January 8, 2006 "Concealed Carry Conference and Second Amendment Rally"
The Conference, held in conjunction with the Delaware State Sportsmen's Association Annual Meeting of Members, will feature special guest speaker NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox, as well as NRA President Sandra Froman, NRA 1st Vice President John Sigler, and NRA 2nd Vice President Ron Schmeits. The conference will be held at Modern Maturity Center, 1121 Forest Ave. (Rt. 8), in Dover. Doors open at 1:00 p.m., and the meeting begins at 2:00 p.m. This event is open to everyone interested in preserving and defending the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.
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http://www.fiftycal.org/events.php
Bluegrass Armory "Viper"
The Fifty Caliber Shooter's Association (FCSA) and the Fifty Caliber Institute (FCI) are jointly hosting a fundraiser to provide financial assistance to Carmen Talbot, Skip Talbot's widow.
The fund raiser will end at the conclusion of the SHOT Show in Las Vegas, NV in February of 2006. A drawing to determine the winner will be held as soon as practical after the conclusion of the SHOT Show for the Bluegrass Armory "Viper".
Skip Talbot was the friend of every .50 caliber shooter in the world. Let's show our appreciation and support for this very worthwhile effort.
This could be your next gun! Enter our drawing to support the Skip Talbot Memorial Fund and win the Bluegrass Armory .50 BMG 'Viper' (Donated by Bluegrass Armory, Richmond KY http://www.bluegrassarmory.com )
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UK: Hand over your guns
THE Home Secretary is to push for a nationwide knives amnesty to be expanded to include guns.
Charles Clarke is making the move in the wake of the horrific death of policewoman Sharon Beshenivsky and the shooting of her colleague Teresa Milburn.
Mr Clarke says he believes it is the Government's duty to get as many weapons off the streets as possible.
Ministers were already planning a six-month knives amnesty in February or March to coincide with the Violent Crime Reduction Bill becoming law.
They will now hold talks with the Association of Chief Police Officers on extending the campaign to include the handing in of other weapons.
A Home Office source said: "We are going to hold a nationwide knife amnesty early in the New Year. We are keen to extend it to include other weapons such as airguns. We will also be taking advice from police chiefs to see whether the amnesty could cover imitation and other guns." . . .
Mr Clarke also raised serious doubts about arming all cops. He said: "I remain skeptical that arming all police officers all of the time would make them safer."
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2005540089,00.html
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(From the National Shooting Sports Foundation)
Judge Denies Firearms Industry Motion to Dismiss New York City Case
Decision Will Be Appealed Immediately
A federal judge in New York City today ruled that the city may ignore federal law and proceed with its frivolous lawsuit against firearms companies.
Industry defendants had filed a motion to dismiss the suit after Congress passed the “Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act” in October. While the new law was intended to protect firearms industry companies from lawsuits like New York’s, Eastern District Judge Jack B. Weinstein opted to deny the motion and side with the city.
Firearms industry defendants plan to appeal the decision immediately.
“Judge Weinstein’s decision was not only predictable, but intellectually dishonest and blatantly biased, given his decade-long track record of aiming to derail the firearms industry,” said Lawrence G. Keane, senior vice president and general counsel for the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade organization for the firearms industry.
“New York City’s lawsuit is precisely the type of suit the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act was designed to prevent. During debate in each chamber of Congress, Sen. Larry Craig and Rep. Cliff Sterns—the sponsors of the bill—both referenced the city’s case as a quintessential example of a lawsuit the act would prevent,” Keane said.
The “Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act,” signed into law in October, was created to prevent lawsuits attempting to hold firearms industry companies liable for the actions of criminals who misuse the industry’s lawful products. The law prevents wrongful civil liability lawsuits against law-abiding companies.
*** *** AND HOLIDAY REFRESHMENTS *** ***
MCSM is proud to announce that our December guest will be Jennifer Palmer, NRA-ILA's State Liaison to Maryland!
MCSM -- Montgomery Citizens for a Safer Maryland -- www.mcsm.org
Greetings - We hope you will attend the next meeting of MCSM!
MEETING AGENDA
---> Tuesday, December 13th, 2005 <---
7:00 - 9:00 PM AMERICAN LEGION POST # 268
11225 FERN ST. WHEATON, MD 20902
(Directions are below for those attending for the first time)
Agenda -
1) Welcome and Pledge of Allegiance.
2) Introduction of any new guests or prospective members (brief).
3) Jennifer Palmer will review the situation and the hopes of the Second Amendment effort in Maryland, and welcomes topics from all in what promises to be an excellent and wide-ranging discussion of politics, legislation, approaching elections, and ideas!
4) Next gun show is Feb 18-19, 2006 -- Silverado's Upper Marlboro show at the P.G. Equestrian Center http://www.silveradogunshow.com/silver.html
5) MCSM membership renewal season has arrived; annual dues are $20. Thank you for your support!
We hope to see you at the meeting, Tuesday, December 13th!
www.mcsm.org PO Box 2563, Silver Spring MD 20915-2563
DIRECTIONS >>>> For those new to MCSM meetings <<<< DIRECTIONS
MCSM meetings are always meet in the downstairs room of American Legion Post 268, at 11225 Fern St., Wheaton MD 20902. This American Legion post is on the street that is in back of the Safeway that looks out on Georgia Avenue, in downtown Wheaton. We usually meet on the second Tuesday of the month. A map of our meeting location is at:
www.mcsm.org/location.html
Once you have parked, please go to the side of the Post that faces its parking lot, and go in the door that has the awning over it. Ring the buzzer, and, when you are buzzed in, please jot your name in the little guest book that is just on your right. Please put "Doug Gross MCSM" in the "Sponsor" column. Then go through the food-service area, and go on through to the door at the far right corner of the pool-tables area; go down the stairs, and that's where we meet.
We hope to see you there!
Gun-rights information web sites of note:
www.nraila.org www.myguns.net www.2asisters.org
www.gunsaint.com www.silveradogunshow.com ammoguide.com
www.blackmanwithagun.com www.mcrkba.org
----------------------------------------------------
January 8, 2006 "Concealed Carry Conference and Second Amendment Rally"
The Conference, held in conjunction with the Delaware State Sportsmen's Association Annual Meeting of Members, will feature special guest speaker NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox, as well as NRA President Sandra Froman, NRA 1st Vice President John Sigler, and NRA 2nd Vice President Ron Schmeits. The conference will be held at Modern Maturity Center, 1121 Forest Ave. (Rt. 8), in Dover. Doors open at 1:00 p.m., and the meeting begins at 2:00 p.m. This event is open to everyone interested in preserving and defending the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.
----------------------------------------------------
http://www.fiftycal.org/events.php
Bluegrass Armory "Viper"
The Fifty Caliber Shooter's Association (FCSA) and the Fifty Caliber Institute (FCI) are jointly hosting a fundraiser to provide financial assistance to Carmen Talbot, Skip Talbot's widow.
The fund raiser will end at the conclusion of the SHOT Show in Las Vegas, NV in February of 2006. A drawing to determine the winner will be held as soon as practical after the conclusion of the SHOT Show for the Bluegrass Armory "Viper".
Skip Talbot was the friend of every .50 caliber shooter in the world. Let's show our appreciation and support for this very worthwhile effort.
This could be your next gun! Enter our drawing to support the Skip Talbot Memorial Fund and win the Bluegrass Armory .50 BMG 'Viper' (Donated by Bluegrass Armory, Richmond KY http://www.bluegrassarmory.com )
----------------------------------------------------
UK: Hand over your guns
THE Home Secretary is to push for a nationwide knives amnesty to be expanded to include guns.
Charles Clarke is making the move in the wake of the horrific death of policewoman Sharon Beshenivsky and the shooting of her colleague Teresa Milburn.
Mr Clarke says he believes it is the Government's duty to get as many weapons off the streets as possible.
Ministers were already planning a six-month knives amnesty in February or March to coincide with the Violent Crime Reduction Bill becoming law.
They will now hold talks with the Association of Chief Police Officers on extending the campaign to include the handing in of other weapons.
A Home Office source said: "We are going to hold a nationwide knife amnesty early in the New Year. We are keen to extend it to include other weapons such as airguns. We will also be taking advice from police chiefs to see whether the amnesty could cover imitation and other guns." . . .
Mr Clarke also raised serious doubts about arming all cops. He said: "I remain skeptical that arming all police officers all of the time would make them safer."
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2005540089,00.html
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(From the National Shooting Sports Foundation)
Judge Denies Firearms Industry Motion to Dismiss New York City Case
Decision Will Be Appealed Immediately
A federal judge in New York City today ruled that the city may ignore federal law and proceed with its frivolous lawsuit against firearms companies.
Industry defendants had filed a motion to dismiss the suit after Congress passed the “Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act” in October. While the new law was intended to protect firearms industry companies from lawsuits like New York’s, Eastern District Judge Jack B. Weinstein opted to deny the motion and side with the city.
Firearms industry defendants plan to appeal the decision immediately.
“Judge Weinstein’s decision was not only predictable, but intellectually dishonest and blatantly biased, given his decade-long track record of aiming to derail the firearms industry,” said Lawrence G. Keane, senior vice president and general counsel for the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade organization for the firearms industry.
“New York City’s lawsuit is precisely the type of suit the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act was designed to prevent. During debate in each chamber of Congress, Sen. Larry Craig and Rep. Cliff Sterns—the sponsors of the bill—both referenced the city’s case as a quintessential example of a lawsuit the act would prevent,” Keane said.
The “Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act,” signed into law in October, was created to prevent lawsuits attempting to hold firearms industry companies liable for the actions of criminals who misuse the industry’s lawful products. The law prevents wrongful civil liability lawsuits against law-abiding companies.
