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Official journal of the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association,
the state’s official NRA affiliate
Vol. 58 No. 5 USPS 996-700 October 2019
Merry Christmas and
Happy Hanukkah
Your Board of Directors
President Junior Chairperson Maria Mann
Port Jervis
Chairman of Cowboy Action
Tom King Jennifer Schmitt Thegunlady92@gmail.com Shooting Committee
713 Columbia Turnpike 713 Columbia Turnpike Dave Meyer
PO Box 278 PO Box 278
Brian Olesen 70 Rosemont Drive
East Greenbush, NY 12061 East Greenbush, NY 12061
1702 Central Ave. Amherst, NY 14226
Phone: (518) 272-2654 Phone: (716) 397-4378
Albany, NY 12205 Phone: (716) 838-4286
Fax: (518) 274-4972 jschmitt1452@yahoo.com
Phone: (518) 817-2223
tking@nysrpa.org
Women in the Brian Pemberton Advertising Sales Manager
Treasurer Shooting Sports 24 Circle Drive Carl Gottstein
Glen Cove, NY 11542 713 Columbia Turnpike
Brenda Leder
PO Box 278
Chairperson Phone: (516) 330-3281 PO Box 278
b.pembo@verizon.net East Greenbush, NY 12061
East Greenbush, NY 12061 Jackie Emslie
Phone: (518) 470-7874
Phone: (518) 272-2654 17 Corlies Ave.
J. Scott Sommavilla Fax: (518) 274-4972
nysrpa@albany.twcbc.com Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Westchester, NY carl@nysrpa.org
Phone: (914) 475-4901
jslie@earthlink.net (914) 747-5001
Secretary jssomavilla@gmail.com
General Information
Stephen D. Kraynak
Directors (518) 272-2654
1120 7th Ave.
Charlie Beers III
Past Presidents info@nysrpa.org
Watervliet NY 12189
Robert Kamholtz www.nysrpa.org
steve.kraynak@juno.com Glenville, NY
Phone: (518) 469-5312 4123 Osage Lane
charlie.beers@me.com Ormond Beach, FL 32174
Industry Relations
John Butcher Tory Brainard
George K. Kollitides II
Lockport, NY 3105 Schindler Drive
Aegis Capital Advisors LLC
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299 Park Ave., 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10171
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georgek@acapallc.com Floral Park, NY 11001 Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
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Charles J. Meyer
Smallbore John Cushman 158 Willow Lane
Charles J. Meyer 107 Truberg Ave. Scotia, NY 12302
158 Willow Lane Patchogue, NY 11772
Scotia, NY 12302 Phone: (631) 475-8125 Willard E. Doughty
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Marie D’Amico
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Pistol mcdesq@rochester.rr.com
Stephen D. Kraynak
1120 7th Ave. John Greene
Watervliet NY 12189 PO Box 278
steve.kraynak@juno.com East Greenbush, NY 12061
(914) 804-0158
Johnagreene1979@gmail.com
High Power Chairperson
George W. Kline Glenn Hancock
6 Carrie Lane 57 Wardell St.
Nanuet, NY 10954 Adams, NY 13605
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Contents December 2019 Vol. 58 No. 6
Your Board of Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
President’s Message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Collectors Corner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
The Madness Continues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Can We Get Practical?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Five Senators Threaten the High Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
7th Annual NRA Women on target Clinic Held at Marbletown . . . . . . . . . 10
Pistol Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Can Ammunition Go Bad?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Stolen Rifle Returned after 20 Years in Washington Town’s
Police Evidence Storage, Long Waits Typical Nationwide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
The Divine Source of American Freedom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
The Truth About Good Guys with Guns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Be Mindful of Serial Numbers when Posting Your Gun Photos Online. . . . . 20
Long Island Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Gun Shows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Notes from Brenda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Member Clubs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
NYSRPA Individual Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Deadline for submissions for the February issue of
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President’s Message by Tom King
Open your eyes! murder rates soaring, gang violence
I hope you’re watching and I hope escalating, municipalities on the
you’re getting just as mad as I am. verge of bankruptcy, schools teaching
Impeachment of a president of the socialism and a lack of respect for
United States for negotiating with authority and the final nail in the
another country’s leader, are you coffin, legalization of drugs. Who’s
kidding me? Why wasn’t Franklin responsible for these travesties? You
Roosevelt impeached for negotiating and I. We the people have let this
with Russia at Malta? I’ll tell you happen on our watch! Our laisse-faire
why, the politicians, at that time apathetic attitude toward politics and
believed in America more than they voting has put us in this dire situation.
did in their parties. The survival of Dit ... dit ... dit... dit dit ...
America depended on a united fight BREAKING NEWS! The socialist to confuse you and influence you to
against the Axis and the coming Democrats are coming for your support their socialist agenda. Don’t
Communist threat. What’s the word shotguns, hand guns and hunting allow it!
I’m looking for (oh, yeah) they were rifles. They do not care about your Bloomberg promised to spend
Patriots not politicians. That is not the safety, social mores or traditions that whatever it took to destroy the NRA
case today. Most of our politicians put have been with us since the birth of and he’s attempting to follow through
themselves, special interests, and their the nation. Actually, those are the on that threat by attacking Wayne,
party ahead of the best interests of the values they most want to destroy. the institution and board members
U.S. Look what has happened since Destroy those values and you destroy through myriad sources—some of
the Democrats took control of the the nation. WE MUST NOT whom are supposedly our friends.
New York State Senate—12 anti-gun LET THIS HAPPEN ON OUR Don’t believe these lies! If you have
bills were passed and signed into law. WATCH!! a question, call your local board
Watch what’s going on in the House of 2020 is going to be the most important of directors. Our names are in the
Representatives since the Democrats election in your lifetime. If we don’t magazine.
have taken over … Nothing to make retake the House, hold the Senate and People, we are the NRA and
our country better; only an endless re-elect President Trump, America NYSRPA; we’ve been around since
investigation of the best president as we know it will cease to exist. 1871, educating and protecting the
I have supported in my entire life, That’s right will cease to exist. Don’t Second Amendment. Be proud of that
President Donald Trump. Now let that happen on your watch. The heritage! Wear a hat, shirt or patch;
impeachment, this must be stopped. Democrats started their re-election let them know who you are and how
The swamp is deep, getting deeper, push the day President Trump was proud we are of our traditions.
and we the people are the only sworn into office. Since that day there Most importantly, let them know we
force able to stop this country from has been an effort to embarrass and are here to protect our country and our
drowning in the political morass we remove the president from office. And president. Get out and vote.
allowed to be created. Look what is now we have the impeachment scam.
transpiring: Mayhem in our major Don’t let this happen!
cities, cops being murdered, homeless TRUMP 2020
During the coming years there will be
living and crapping in the streets, the trolls, bots and other seditious agents
complete loss of respect for human life, on all of social media attempting
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Collectors Corner by David Bock
For nearly 2,000 years, the Basque manufacturer would
region of Spain has been known for do—it subcontracted
its metalworking. Once firearms came the order.
about, this region also became known After some negotiations,
as the center of a cottage industry for Gabilondo contracted
small-firearm manufacturers. with four of the
Shortly after the turn of the century, other manufacturers in
the predecessor of Llama, a company Eibar. Specifically: Armeria
then called Gabilondo y Urresti, Elgobaressa; Echealasa y Vincinai;
utilized an aspect of Spanish patent Hijos de Angel Echeverria; and
law to manufacture a simplified copy Iraola Salaverria.
of the Colt 1903, designed by John By August of 1915, the French
Browning. Its version was named government had upped its order to initially the French tested every pistol,
the Ruby. 30,000 pistols a month. At that time, this was time consuming, and batch
At that time, Spanish law only allowed the agreement between the Spanish testing—when a few samples out of a
for patent enforcement on products companies was that each of the production batch are randomly selected
made in Spain within three years of subcontractors would produce 5,000 for testing—was used instead.
a patent being granted. None of the pistols per month with Gabilondo
The other major issue was the lack
major-firearms manufacturers had making up the difference, as well as
of interchangeable parts between
factories in Spain, so their patents were overseeing quality control and delivery
the guns produced by the different
not protected under Spanish law and of the orders to France.
companies. This extended to
could be copied without legal concern. Later, France, once again, increased its magazines. Magazines made by some
Chambered in .32 ACP (or 7.65 mm order, this time to 50,000 pistols per manufacturers would not fit in pistols
Browning, as it’s known in Europe) month. This was a potential gold mine made by other manufactures. Or they
the Ruby lacked the original design’s for the Spanish manufacturers. But would be so loose that they would drop
grip safety and the magazine held to extend the analogy, there also was out when the pistol was fired.
nine rounds. great risk of cave-ins.
As a short-term solution to this
At this point, as Othias of C&Rsenal As all this was going on, French problem, the French insisted that
would say, “War were declared,” purchasing agents were combing the manufacturers mark their magazines,
and France, with the world’s largest Eibar area for any other handgun so they could more easily be matched
military, was facing a severe shortage manufacturers to help with production. to the pistols.
of sidearms. Seeing an opportunity, When all was said and done, it had
Even with these manufacturing issues,
Gabilondo submitted an example of signed contracts with around 50
the Ruby served the French military
the Ruby to the French government companies.
well and also was adopted after World
for consideration. The French liked the As you might expect, one of the first War I by other European nations.
design, and in May of 1915, placed an things to slip was quality control—
order for 10,000 per month. Close to three quarters of a million
some pistols were high quality, others
Ruby pistols were accepted into French
There was one small problem. At that less so, and some were unsafe to fire.
service during World War I, and by
time, Gabilondo only had about 10 The quality issue got so bad that
1920, over half a million were still
employees and there was no way it some documents reported fewer than
in use by French forces. The Ruby
could produce anything close to the 500 rounds to failure in pistols from
remained in French service until it
order amount. So, it did what any some of the manufacturers. While
The official journal of the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association 5
was decommissioned in 1958 after the modification made by the French after
adoption of the MAS Modele 1950 it was found that the safety could be
service pistol. disengaged when the gun was removed
For the collector, there are a good from a tight-fitting holster. It was
variety of makers, variants and added after manufacture and often
markings. While many were adopted will obscure some of the markings. As
into French (or other) military service, usual, watch out for fakes.
there were also a large number made The company that started all of this,
for the civilian market. Gabilondo, ended production of the
If a Ruby was a French contract pistol, Ruby pistol in 1919 and moved on
it usually will have a one or two letter to other, more modern products.
mark in an oval on the rear of the However, other Spanish manufacturers
frame on the left side. This was to continued production of their own
identify the manufacturer and has no versions of the Ruby into the late
connection to any trademark name. 1920s.
After formal acceptance, pistols were The only reference book I was able to
supposed to be marked with one or find for these pistols is contained in
two stars on the bottom of the frame Spanish Handguns: The History of
to either or both sides of the magazine Spanish Pistols & Revolvers by Gene
well. Needless to say, even if they Gangarosa Jr., and it seems to be out
did go through formal adoption into of print.
French service, not all Ruby pistols As usual, if you have an idea for future
received these markings. articles, please send an email to info@
If your Ruby pistol has a lug or rivet nysrpa.org with “Collectors Corner”
on the left side of the slide above the in the subject line and make sure to
safety, that’s a good sign it was in include your name for proper credit.
French military service. This was a
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The Madness Continues by Jim Collins
The madness continues on Long missed a chance to prevent the chief I cannot help but believe that they will
Island, in the belly of the beast. Four executive from doing his job. They reject the outrageous conduct of the
members of Congress represent us: have encouraged harassment of cabinet left wing Trump haters and return this
Two are for inquiry for impeachment members and demonstrating at their president to office.
of the president of the United States homes! Apparently, they think this As always, may God watch over and
and two say the inquiry is rubbish! low-class conduct is acceptable. I think protect the brave men and women
Need I say that the two Democrats are they are sadly mistaken. serving us, at war, in our patriot armed
for inquiry and the two Republicans The American people will have their forces and may God bless America!
are opposed? Funny how things change say in the matter in just over one year.
over time and whose ox is being gored!
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Pelosi said the following:
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Can We Get Practical? by Charlie Beers
Over the four decades I have walked went as expected; the shotgun scores shootists to leave the bench and hone
the ranges of shooting clubs near and were higher than I expected. The 100- some faded skill sets. Gather up some
far, I have seen an amazing increase in yard rifle scores from a prone rest were friends and pool $5 for an afternoon
the number of shooting benches. My delivered with gusto. The score sheets skills test, winner takes all.
home club has minimal space to fire began to fall apart when people shot Wouldn’t it be great to even dust off
from position or shoot in any sort of the sitting and offhand portions of a few iron sight rifles and spend some
practical fashion. At different times in the course. Looking around, many of time without optics? It is great fun
my life, I have enjoyed some benchrest these folks were hunters with decades to shoot an old sporterized Krag or
shooting. Lately, I strive to use a bench of experience. What can we change to Springfield well, right next to a 6.5
only for getting a zero and working up increase a club’s level of skill? mm wonder rifle with a moonscope.
loads. My goal for the next year is to Even two-day high-power shoots Some of the best field shots I have
break more rifle shooters away from have provided data points between ever hunted or shot with are men and
the bench and get them looped up in a a Saturday NRA course of fire and women who never shot groups from
sling or other practical position. Sunday’s CMP course of fire. The the bench or cared how small of a
The NRA was founded in 1871 CMP shoots start from a standing three-shot group they could deliver.
for the purpose of advancing rifle position and require fast and clean I have a friend who, after leaving the
marksmanship. There were significant acquisition of a prone position looped Marine Corps in the 1960s, carried
writings and film development up and settled in. I always can tell a Winchester Model 71 and seldom
dedicated to sling and position who has spent time practicing in the missed. He could pivot and shoot
shooting up through the mid-20th kitchen or dry firing in the basement. running game with ease just as easily
century. Personal favorite writings Many good shooters struggle to get as looping up for a precise seated shot
by Richard Mann and Col. Jeff their rifles into a sling and start the at 200 yards. Well into his 80s now,
Cooper also have educated the relay behind the proverbial 8 ball. this friend recently burned a few boxes
younger generations. The information If you have no idea what to do with a of shells with me as he rolled from
is available for folks who have a desire sling, I would first read The Art of The seated to prone and back again. I hope
to learn. Rifle; next, find a Marine. My first to be half as capable and still burning
As a casual sporting clay shooter, I find Marlin 336 became a platform for my powder in my eighth decade.
great pleasure in applying a shotgun father to teach me proper use of a loop Two years before his passing, Col.
to solve simulated field problems. sling. As a Marine who cut his teeth Cooper challenged his devotees to:
Different target presentations have on the M14, the loop sling techniques A 1,000 yard 20/20/20 contest for an
frequently mimicked real-life birds were nearly part of my father’s DNA. individual rifle shooter to fire 20 shots
later in the season. The world of “Run Prior to my first African hunt, I spent into a 20” circle in 20 seconds (no
and Gun,” Three Gun and IPSC seem months practicing getting on and off benchrest). My best internet sleuthing
in my opinion to have wavered from of shooting sticks set at all different says that the 1,000 yard 20/20/20 was
their roots of teaching practical skills. heights. My most memorable shots broken in 2007.
This is why I will spend the next 12 from Africa involved no shooting
I will start with the bar much lower
months trying to get folks off the sticks, just a sling or a tree.
on a local level this year. What will it
bench and back to shooting rifles in It is a learned skill to quickly see or take to get 10 or 20 friends to build
field conditions. invent a field rest using a backpack, skill and put five shots into six inches
I competed in a three-gun shoot tree, window sill, rock or brush pile. from a field position at 100 yards in
that saw friends and club members Many days on my personal range are 30 seconds? If you have a different
expending lead from rifles, pistols and spent working from position and with challenge, please share it with me.
shotguns in July. The pistol portion my nondominate side. I encourage all
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Five Senators Threaten the High Court
Never before has a group of U.S. even though they could still re-enact politically expedient, even if he clearly
Senators so lost their minds that they similar or worse regulations if left to contradicts his previous positions.
openly threatened the U.S. Supreme their own devices. These Democratic senators also
Court with being “restructured” These senators obviously fear the wrote: “The lead petitioner’s parent
if they dared to rule in favor of Supreme Court will faithfully organization, the National Rifle
the individual’s right to keep and apply its Heller precedent, thereby Association (NRA), promoted the
bear arms. condemning the contested regulation confirmation (and perhaps selection)
In a “friend-of-the-court” brief The and perhaps establishing a standard of nominees to this Court who, it
Wall Street Journal called an “enemy- of review that would threaten is believed, would ‘break the tie’ in
of-the-court brief,” five U.S. senators, other egregious regulations now Second Amendment cases.”
all Democrats, wrote: “The Supreme preventing millions of law-abiding The First Amendment, as the
Court is not well. And the people Americans from utilizing their Second Democratic senators must be aware,
know it. Perhaps the Court can heal Amendment-protected right to keep protects the “freedom of speech” and
itself before the public demands it and bear (as in carry) arms. the right to “petition the government.”
be ‘restructured in order to reduce The threat was so outrageous that This latter part, of course, protects a
the influence of politics.’ Particularly all 53 Republican Senators signed a right to lobby.
on the urgent issue of gun control, a letter encouraging the U.S. Supreme It is hardly uncommon—today and
nation desperately needs it to heal.” Court to ignore the threat. After throughout American history—
The senators are Sheldon Whitehouse quoting Alexander Hamilton, from for American citizens and their
(D-R.I.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Federalist No. 78, that “[t]he complete associations of all ideological
Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), independence of the courts of justice persuasions to point out that justices of
Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) and Kirsten is peculiarly essential in a limited the U.S. Supreme Court have judicial
Gillibrand (D-N.Y.). They demanded Constitution,” the Republican senators philosophies that affect how they vote.
that the high court drop the NRA- write: “And history has proven the Doing so is an important check on
supported case New York State Rifle wisdom of this design. Time and democratically elected representatives
and Pistol Association v. City of New again, our independent federal courts in government—men and women who
York, a case that, at press time, was have protected the constitutional nominate, vet and vote on Supreme
challenging a New York City gun- rights of Americans from government Court justices.
control law. overreach even when that overreach
The brief from these senators is further
This case involves a challenge to a was politically popular.”
evidence of an increasingly radicalized
New York City law that prevented These five Democratic senators are and confrontational left-wing fringe
gun owners—residents who have even out of step with what Senate that refuses to recognize the legitimacy
“premises” permits—from taking their Minority Leader Charles Schumer of any opposition to its agenda.
firearms outside the city even if the (D-N.Y.) said in 2017. Schumer had
This article was first published by Frank
guns were unloaded and in a locked accused President Donald J. Trump of
Miniter on Monday, November 4,
container separate from ammunition. having “a disdain for an independent
2019 and is re-published here with
After the court accepted the case last judiciary that doesn’t always bend to
the permission of NRA’s America’s 1st
January, New York City tweaked the his wishes” after Trump criticized a
Freedom.
restrictions in an attempt to squash the federal judge who ruled against his
Supreme Court case. New York City administration. But then, Schumer has
then argued that because they altered a habit of saying whatever he thinks is
the law, the case is moot. They say this
The official journal of the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association 9
7Th Annual NRA Women on Target Clinic Held At Marbletown Sportsmen’s Club By Carol Wills Laurito The Marbletown Sportsmen’s Club safety, NY Article 35 Defense of “goodie” tote bag with an NRA WOT hosted its 7th Annual NRA Women on Justification, rules of range safety keychain flashlight, a copy of gun Target Instructional Shooting Clinic and more, plus a manual of relevant safety rules from the NRA, as well as Oct. 5, at its club grounds on Scarawan information for them to keep. After donated items from Topricin Natural Road in Stone Ridge. This all-day lunch, each participant received one- Pain Relief Creams and the Henry event is specifically geared for ladies on-one instruction on how to handle Repeating Arms Co. with no or limited firearm experience. a firearm and how to shoot safely, For more information on the next Under the direction of Ken conducted on the club’s firing range. NRA WOT Clinic event, and Cooper, head instructor; his assistant, At the conclusion of this event, each other upcoming events, contact John Jenerose; along with assistance of the women received a NRA Women the MSC Clinic Director at (845) of the MSC NRA certified safety on Target Certificate of Recognition 687-7735, email ckf3@msn.com, or range officers and instructors who for completing the firearm education visit the MSC website at www. volunteered to help with this event, class and marksmanship orientation marbletownsportsmensclub.com. these women received extensive required during this clinic, along with classroom instruction on firearm a red canvas NRA Women on Target 10 Bullet magazine
Vote Cushman NRA Board
John Cushman
While others run away from NRA controversy, I am running to support them.
Nominated by Member Petition
John Cushman is a former NRA board member, hunter, target shooter and
founder, creator of Sportsmen’s Association for Firearms Education.
A strong advocate for firearms rights, he defeated a recent legislative proposal that
would have allowed authorities to enter a home without a warrant to see if the
homeowners were storing their firearms safely.
John is a member of the Military & Veterans Affairs; Vice Chair Grassroots
Development, Public Affairs; and NRA Whittington Center. He is an active fighter
for the Second Amendment and NRA benefactor member.
He is a life member and board member of the New York State Rifle & Pistol
Association.
John is a veteran of the U.S. Marines. He created Legal Defense Fund to fight
handgun licensing abuses. He organizes and runs largest yearly Second Amendment
Firearms Civil Rights Conference in the Northeast, which defends individual firearms
civil rights against anti-gunners. He also has defended individual firearms rights on
radio, television and print.
The official journal of the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association 11Pistol Director by Steve Kraynak
The results of the 2019 New York The “1st Sharpshooter” was Thomas Congratulations to all these winners!
State Outdoor Precision Pistol Martindale who posted 2354-40x. As always, thanks go out to the match
Championship are now in the Arthur Terwilliger, Kerhonkson, N.Y., directors along with their kitchen and
books. The match was held in three won his first “Marksman” title putting range personnel who worked so hard
locations this year, which included a 2272-31x on the scoreboard. to make this match a success. The
Castleton, DCPA and Niagara County composite Match results were sent out
The “High Grand Senior” honors went
Sportsman’s Association. And, the electronically (via email) to each of
to Gary P. Peterson, Levittown, N.Y.,
winners are: match directors or their (designated
firing 2559-70x.
The “Open Winner” was Shane staff member), at each of the locations
The “High Senior” was Jim Hitt,
Murphy, New Hartford, Conn., firing that held the championship match.
Stamford, N.Y., posting 2519-71x.
a 2604-98x to take top honors. They were directed to forward those
The “High Junior” title went to results to each of the competitors who
The “New York State Champion”
Giancarlo Scolaro, Fishkill, N.Y., attended the match at their locations.
winning the “Wukovits award” was
firing 1813-19x also for his first win as
Paul Agneta, Troy, N.Y., who fired All competitors were asked to submit
“High Junior.”
2573-80x to win his first New York their email addresses when signing up
State Championship title. The “High Service/Police” winner was for the match on their Competitor Fact
Reginald Thomas of Brooklyn, N.Y., Sheets.
“1st Master” honors went to Clifford
firing a 2273-36x.
White, Pittsfield, Mass., firing a score As always I encourage each and all
of 2598-98x. Winning the “Martinez Award” to get others involved in the shooting
(High NYS Hard Ball shooter) for the sports, which will hopefully translate
Top “Expert” honors were earned by
first time was Bruce Martindale, of to greater match participation.
Konstantin Pitsoulis, Brooklyn, N.Y.,
Charlton, N.Y., posting a 274-10x.
who fired a 2506-61x. Good shootin’!
Tom King, the Board of Directors and the staff at NYSRPA would like to wish everyone
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah
and a Happy and Healthy New Year.
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The official journal of the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association 13Can Ammunition “Go Bad”?
We know you love to stash ammo, So why, then, do ammo companies tell push a conservative message, likely
because no gun owner wants to be us the shelf life of their ammo is 10 because they don’t want the liability
without a few rounds when they need years? if it fails to fire (and, hey, they’d like
it most. But does it have a shelf-life? Fact is, the life of ammo is relative to sell more ammo...fair enough).
When does it go bad, if ever? In this and unpredictable. It’s based on the Still, however, you should practice the
article we’ll examine what causes quality of the manufacturer’s loading following tips to make sure your ammo
ammo to peter-out, and what you can techniques and its components, is in tip-top shape when it’s finally
do to prolong its life. including powder and primer type loaded into the breech.
I remember the day I asked my father and their proper sealing. But after Store your ammo in a climate-
if we could shoot “the old .303.” To my manufacturing, a round’s life comes controlled place that seldom to never
delight, he said yes. (I guess he’d had down to the conditions under which fluctuates higher or lower than a
a good day at work, because I’d been it lives. 20-degree temperature change.
asking him for years!) He’d bought the Ammo, like good wine, should be “Around 70 degrees with 50%
Lee Enfield WWI-era bolt-action at stored in a cool, dry place without humidity is ideal,” said Wicklund.
a pawn shop for $5 when he was 18, sunlight. It should have no drastic This rules out attics and non-climate-
and he used it to take his first buck. temperature changes and shouldn’t be controlled garages.
He’d bought several boxes of military jostled a bunch. You should never store If the area where you must store
surplus .303 British ball ammo to go it with or near oils or solvents. That’s ammo is humid, store it in an
with it. because both can eventually infiltrate air-tight canister or o-ring sealed
Thirty-some-odd years later--with his the cartridge and void the powder. plastic container. Throw a silicon
gun cabinet now flush with modern Ammo should never be stored in anti-humidity pack in there as
.308s, .243s and .30-06s--we dusted super-high temperatures, like in a car well. Consider purchasing a dedicated
off the old rifle off and marched out trunk in the summertime where temps dehumidifier that’s powerful enough
of the house with two stripper clips can exceed 135. Over time, doing so for the size of the area where the
full of greenish-colored .303 ammo to can break down the chemical structure ammo is stored. Depending on the size
shoot. I raised the rifle to my shoulder, of the powder and lead to degraded of the area, one can be purchased for
aimed through the peep sights and performance, if not outright failure around $150.
Blam! The rifle fired as if the year were to fire. Practice the milk-at-the-supermarket
1925 and the ammo was shiny-new. Will it fire if it’s been stored in a technique wherein the first ammo you
Twenty-five years later, I was asked to dank basement? Probably, but maybe place in storage is the first to be fired.
write this story. I trekked back to my not. Will it fire after 50 years if it’s This way you’ll keep all of your ammo
now-departed father’s gun cabinet, been stored in a cool, dark, airtight as fresh as possible.
grabbed the .303 and a few cartridges container? Again, probably, but If you must get rid of ammo that just
and marched down to the pond-dam maybe not. The point is, you should looks too corroded to use, call your
range. Blam! The gun fired! The ammo do what you can to make sure the local shooting range to see if they can
is at least 75 years old, if not 100. odds are in your favor that it fires. accept it for disposal. If not, you can
“I’ve shot factory loads from the 1870s, And if it’s ammo that you may trust call the non-emergency police line
and they went bang and hit the target your life upon--such as rounds for to inquire if you can bring it in for
accurately,” said NRA Museums your concealed carry gun--shoot it for disposal.
Senior Curator Doug Wicklund, practice after three to five years and
This article was first published by Jeff
affirming that ammo can indeed last a buy more. It’s just smart policy.
Johnston on Monday, October 28, 2019
long, long time, and the .303 wasn’t a Fact is, all modern ammo will last and is republished here with permission
fluke. more than 10 years if it’s been stored from the NRA
reasonably well. Ammo companies
14 Bullet magazineStolen Rifle Returned after 20 Years in
Washington Town’s Police Evidence Storage,
Long Waits Typical Nationwide
Twenty years after a Stevens .22 “Federal laws should be put in place returned, retained, or disposed of, so
caliber rifle was stolen from an area to require prosecutors and police to it’s left up to prosecutors and police.
resident, police in Kelso, Wash., return private property faster,” Paul Many prosecutors and police also have
discovered the owner had been Paradis said in a phone interview with few guidelines in place.
deceased for three years. They returned America’s 1st Freedom. Paradis is a 28- Many police departments prefer to
the rifle to the next of kin, the owner’s year retired ballistic forensics expert hold onto evidence for later legal
eldest son who “had no idea” the gun and criminologist with the Colorado challenges, particularly now that DNA
even existed. State Public Defenders’ Office, which testing can influence closed cases.
It took 10 years for the prosecuting has 21 regional offices. He also owns a
Even if the evidence can be returned
attorney to give permission to release gun shop that was once burglarized, so
for other reasons, low staffing may
the rifle and another 10 years for the he feels he has experienced the issues
prevent police from following through.
police to do so. surrounding evidence retention from
both sides. In a detailed investigation of police’s
“Around 2009, KPD received a retention of personal property, several
property release from the [prosecuting Paradis noted that a judge can order
district attorneys told reporters the
attorney’s] office for this case, meaning officials to conduct their evidence
system to return property is “chaotic
the property could go back to its testing and return evidence to its
[and] ‘ridiculous.’” They also said “none
original owner,” the Kelso Police owner immediately, but few people can
of the parties involved in property
Department said in a Facebook post afford the attorneys’ fees that method
seizures communicate effectively,
Oct. 2. “For some reason unbeknownst would require and often don’t know it’s
leaving property owners without a
to our current Property and Evidence an option.
way to recover their things even when
Clerk … the rifle was still here at KPD Are firearms returned less often than prosecutors make it clear they no
[in 2019].” other evidence? “Oh, yes,” Paradis longer need the items.”
That the stolen rifle was recovered at responded. “And in some places, like
The Kelso, Wash., police declined an
all seems to be unusual. A Kelso police California, if [police] get their hands
interview request for this story; they
captain told a news reporter: “It’s not on a gun, they look for any reason to
also did not respond to a request for a
very common for stolen property to destroy it.”
copy of their evidence procedures in
be found and returned to its rightful According to one source, police time for publication.
owner.” departments can hold onto personal
This article was first published by Mel
The 20-year wait for the rifle’s return property in evidence “anywhere from
Dixon - Friday, October 25, 2019 and is
seems to be less unusual. A long delay the closing of the case until the end of
reprinted here with permission from NRA
for personal property kept in evidence time.” That source also notes:
America’s 1st Freedom
to be returned seems common, Few state guidelines exist in the U.S.
particularly for firearms. to determine when evidence should be
The official journal of the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association 15The Divine Source
of American Freedom
by Carl Gottstein
From where do Americans derive our basic of survival. Combining understanding of
rights? Simple answer: GOD. human nature and God’s law with America’s
A divine source of American freedom traditions and circumstances, America’s
empowers, “We The People …” to this day. founders created the most free, most just
government our world has ever seen. The
Thomas Jefferson did not invent the ideas that
benefits of this system based on the laws
he used to justify the American Revolution.
of nature are most felt individually. Our
He, himself, said that he had adopted
basic individual rights being timeless and
the “harmonizing sentiments of the day.”
unalienable is among our most important
These ideas were, so to speak, “in the air,”
and valued American traditions. States can
at the time. The Magna Carta also greatly
temporarily restrict rights, but our system is
influenced early American colonists and the
set up to restore federally recognized rights in
formation of the American Constitution in
court whenever and wherever the case arises.
1787, which then became the supreme law of
The restoration of these rights is not without
the land in the new republic of the U.S.
cost or effort, but fight for our rights we must!
Our nation’s founders intended Americans be Eternal vigilance and a willingness for each
governed for the most part by laws derived of generation to cherish American freedom
nature and of nature’s God: and part of the cost of being an American
All men are created equal, that they are is defending and holding these ideals and
endowed by their Creator with certain principles most dear.
unalienable Rights, that among these “Public sentiment is everything. With
are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of public sentiment, nothing can fail;
Happiness. without it nothing can succeed.” -
Jefferson penned these immortal words Abraham Lincoln
almost 250 years ago and they still resonate (crf-usa.org/foundations-of-our-
through the ages as some of the truest and constitution/natural-rights.html)
most noble words ever written. Our courts
NYSRPA is fighting every day in the courts,
are charged with upholding our laws and we
in Albany’s legislative office building and in
place natural rights at the top of our legal
the streets. By the time you read this, the U.S.
order. America’s founders believed natural,
Supreme Court will have started taking oral
God-given rights of man are fixed and
arguments on NYSRPA v. NYC.
universal. I believe that, too. For instance, the
right to keep and bear arms is an extension of Thank you for all you do to support our
the natural right to defend my life, the right efforts!
The official journal of the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association 17The Truth about Good Guys with Guns While the mainstream media to 2.96 million. In the same “Statistical studies that support and advocate for frequently bends the facts to promote Abstract” table, under “Assault,” there restrictive gun laws.) their propaganda, it’s clear that is a subcategory covering “Threatened That informative Pew Research Center firearms are used many times each day with Weapon.” These numbers also report also provides information on in America to save lives. declined significantly; in 1995, mass shootings. Deaths from mass So how many times a day do firearms 1.52 million were threatened with murders are a very small percentage in the hands of good guys and gals a weapon, but in 2009 only 510,00 of firearm homicides. According to a save lives? Though the data suggests people were, according to this data. Congressional Research Service report, this happens a lot more than the media These crime declines are the opposite 78 public mass murders occurred in will report, it is a difficult thing to of another dramatically rising number: the U.S. from 1983 through 2012, measure. Part of the reason is crimes background checks for firearms claiming 547 lives and injuring 476 that are avoided often go unreported. transfers. Background-check numbers people. (This was the most recent year Also, no law-enforcement agency held steady in the mid-7-million range the numbers were tabulated.) This is tracks the positive uses of firearms or annually from the late-1990s, but then far less than numbers reported by most attempts to calculate the number of jumped significantly to 9.9 million in of the media. lives saved. Part of the reason for this 2008 and on up to 10.76 million in Another Pew Research Center 2017 is that it’s difficult to calculate what 2009. The National Instant Criminal report on reasons why people chose might have happened. Another is that Background Check System (NICS) to own a firearm found that 67% of police departments are tasked with has raw data with slightly higher firearms owners say protection is a solving crimes, not with doing research numbers. It begins at approximately major reason for owning a firearm. In a on what actually prevents crimes. 8.5 million transfer checks in 2000 14-year span, the emphasis for owning Many law-enforcement agencies do, and ends with more than 14 million a firearm in America had shifted from of course, track the use of firearms requests in 2009. These numbers signal hunting to self-protection. The report in crimes, as these are much more a sharp rise in the number of firearms also notes that 75% of gun owners say measurable statistics. The FBI, for being purchased. having a gun in the home makes them example, provides numbers on crimes These rising gun sales, meanwhile, feel safer. Another PEW report notes and firearms. Mostly, it has data on coincide with a sharp decline in that 42% of U.S. households have background checks—on those who crime. To put this plainly, as gun sales firearms in them. have purchased or attempted to buy rose significantly, crimes and attacks a firearm. The report also covers declined. How Often Do Good Guys statistics on homicides and murders. Another report by the Washington, Save Lives? “The gun homicide rate in 2010 was D.C., based Pew Research Center, Good guys with guns do save lives. the lowest it had been since CDC “Gun Homicide Rate Down 49% An often-cited study was done in began publishing data in 1981.” The Since 1993 Peak; Public Unaware,” 1995 by Gary Kleck and Marc Gertz. U.S. Census Bureau’s 2012 “Statistical confirms that as firearms sales have It was titled, “Armed Resistance to Abstract” report, however (Section 5, increased, crime rates have gone down. Crime: The Prevalence and Nature of Table 315, “Criminal Victimization This report notes: “The gun homicide Self-Defense with a Gun.” It found Rates: 1995 to 2009”), is an average of rate in 2010 was the lowest it had been that guns are used for self-defense in attempted crimes. In 1995, according since CDC began publishing data America about 2.1 to 2.5 million times to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, in 1981.” (The CDC is the Center per year. In contrast, in 1997, David attempted or threatened crimes for Disease Control and Prevention, Hemenway, director of the Harvard averaged about 7.06 million. By 2009, a federal agency that has conducted Injury Control Research Center the number had dropped significantly and the Harvard Youth Violence 18 Bullet magazine
Prevention Center, determined that mainstream media apathy for this
Americans use guns defensively about topic, you’d think the fact that good
55,000–80,000 times per year. guys with guns save lives is a new
Those numbers are wildly different, concept. It’s not. Twenty years ago,
but like many such studies, they John Lott, author of More Guns, Less
used different methods to measure Crime, and his research partner wrote:
self-defense gun use. But then, even “We find that allowing citizens to
if the lowest number here (55,000) carry concealed weapons deters violent
crimes and it appears to produce no Stephen Willeford, a former NRA firearms instructor, grabbed
is the most-accurate, this would his rifle, ran to the scene and confronted the Sutherland
mean that Americans use guns to increase in accidental deaths. If those
Springs attacker.
defend themselves at more than four states which did not have right-to-
times the homicide rate (there were carry concealed gun provisions had soon found the attacker had wrecked
13,252 homicides in the U.S. in 1997, adopted them in 1992, approximately his vehicle and was dead.
according to FBI data). This begs the 1,570 murders; 4,177 rapes; and over Numerous outlets reported this attack,
question: How many more murders 60,000 aggravated assaults would have but unsurprisingly, many of those
would there be if more law-abiding been avoided yearly.” focused on the attack, the firearms
Americans were prevented from and the victims, but never—or only
defending themselves?
The Media Ignores So Many passingly—mentioned how a good
American gun owners also clearly Good Guys with Guns guy with a gun stopped a bad guy
aren’t shooting first and asking Even when good guys with guns save with a gun. A CNN online report,
questions later, as many in the lives—many lives—the mainstream for example, had 30-plus, highly
mainstream media claim. According media focuses almost exclusively on detailed paragraphs about the attack,
to the FBI, there were 299 “justifiable the criminals. They seem to purposely the killer and the firearms, but in only
homicides” with a firearm in the U.S. ignore the good guy or gal who saved one buried sentence gave some scant
in 2017. Whichever number regarding lives. details on the action by Willeford
self-defense is the most accurate, that stopped the attack. This is typical
The mainstream media quickly ignored
justifiable homicides are clearly a very mainstream-media reporting of guns
parts of the story, for example, after
small portion of self-defense gun uses used by citizens to save lives.
a murderer killed 26 worshippers
by legal gun owners in America. in November 2017 at a Sutherland Uses of firearms to save lives, however,
Some media members have looked Springs, Texas, church. A neighbor (a does garner the attention of law
into this; for example, in an April good guy with a gun) heard the shots enforcement.
2019 article, “How Many Lives and screams. That neighbor, former A couple in Sharon, Pa., for example,
Are Saved by Guns—and Why NRA firearms instructor Stephen received awards from the local
Don’t Gun Controllers Care?” at Willeford, grabbed a rifle, ran to the Fraternal Order of Police for stopping
CapitalismMagazine.com, Larry Elder scene, confronted the attacker and shot an attack in a public park near their
writes: “Almost all national survey him several times. The murderer, who home. The couple was home when they
estimates indicate that defensive gun was hit in the upper torso, dropped heard screams, so they retrieved two
uses by victims are at least as common his rifle and began shooting back pistols and went to investigate. They
as offensive uses by criminals, with at Willeford with a pistol. The now discovered several young men who
estimates of annual uses ranging seriously injured attacker then fled the had been stabbed and were now being
from about 500,000 to more than church, jumped into his vehicle and beaten with baseball bats by a group
3 million per year, in the context of sped away from the scene. Willeford of attackers. When the attackers saw
about 300,000 violent crimes involving and another citizen gave chase, but continued on page 20
firearms in 2008.” But, given the
The official journal of the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association 19Be Mindful of Serial Numbers When Posting
Your Gun Photos Online
Because of data-mining abilities in The premise was that optical-character this publicly available data mine is
this digital age, you may want to be recognition—a process used to allow unsettling.”
mindful of posting photos of your pictures showing license plates to be That said, it is best to not have legible
firearms online with visible serial read and sorted—could be applied as serial numbers on any firearms-related
numbers to deter the creation of a well to photos of guns, provided the photos you post on the internet or in
firearms database. serial number shows on the photo. The social media images.
Technology advances may enable Blog writer extended the search to
You may want to take the extra time
your gun photos to be archived and suppressors and got hits on those and
to make sure that the serial numbers
aggregated online for searching. firearms.
aren’t readable. This simple step
While it is unknown if anyone is doing According to the Blog, “It’s clear could deter having your information
such tracking, it may be wise to ensure that the firearms community is compiled in a firearms database that
your serial numbers don’t show up in not being singled out by this data could be used by anti-gunners.
your firearms photos. mining operation. And no, you as
This article was first published by L.A.
an individual cannot readily lookup
Recently, The Firearm Blog did an Luebbert - Monday, October 28, 2019
someone’s personal information
experiment on firearm photos after and is re-printed here with permission
with only firearm serial numbers.
reading an article called “Google and from NRA America’s 1st Freedom
… Regardless…the knowledge of
Facebook Are Reading Your License
Plates.”
continued from page 19
the good guys (well, one lady and one even save police officers. The pages of This article was first published by Michael
man) coming to the aid with firearms, NRA publications report these heroic D. Faw on Sunday, October 27, 2019
they stopped their assault and fled deeds monthly in our “The Armed and is reprinted here with permission
the scene. Citizen” column. from the NRA
Actually, it’s well-documented Spread the word: Good guys with guns
that average citizens with firearms do save lives many times each day.
frequently save lives—sometimes they
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