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Updated 11/13/2007
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In my opinion:
On October 13, 2007 Governor Arnold Shwarzeneggar signed AB 821 LEAD AMMO BAN/CONDOR BILL with no signing statement.
This bill will enact the Ridley-Tree Condor Preservation Act to require the use of nonlead centerfire rifle and pistol ammunition when taking big game and coyote within specified areas as I discussed in last months newsletter “those areas being hunting zone A South, excluding Santa Cruz, Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, and San Joaquin Counties, areas west of Highway 101 within Santa Clara County, and areas between Highway 5 and Highway 99 within Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare and Kern Counties, and within zones D7, D8, D9, D10, D11, and D13.”
So as the bill/Act reads will the State provide bullets for hunters at a reduced charge? Will the State choose to fund the program because remember the provision in the bill/Act reads “to the extent funding is available.” With our current State fiscal predicament you would think that our Governor would have embraced a money saving simple solution. A voluntary hunting practice would achieve the same goal and cost the State almost nothing. Have hunters remove the carcasses from the field and bury the "gut piles."
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He also signed AB 1471 MICROSTAMPING with this signing statement.
“I am signing Assembly Bill 1471.
While I appreciate and understand that this technology is not without limitations, I am signing this bill to provide law enforcement with an additional tool for solving crimes committed with semi-automatic handguns in California.
Public safety is one of the most important roles of government and I encourage all stakeholders to work on improving this technology so that it may become an even more effective crime fighting tool.
Sincerely,
Arnold Schwarzenegger”
So with a stroke of a pen Governor Schwarzenegger signed into law two of the most nonsensical bills a politician could come up with. I guess I should be grateful that the legislation session has come to an end for this year.
I hope that a challenge to the Microstamping bill comes about because this bill is screaming to be heard in the count of law. How do you sign into law a bill where your own studies show that the technology isn’t ready and may never be ready.
In May of 2007 a study reports serious reliability problems with ID Dynamics' technology, concluding that Microstamping "...does not work well for all guns and ammunition tested in a pilot study by researchers from the forensic science program at UC Davis..." Tests were performed with ".22, .380 and .40-caliber handguns, two semi-automatic rifles and a pump-action shotgun." The study reports "a wide range of results depending on the weapon, the ammunition used and the type of code examined."
We now have a law that requires a technology that isn’t ready and won’t be any time soon. Not to mention how easy it will be to defeat and another law that just creates another level of government intrusion on law-abiding citizens supported by junk science. Just great...
Just my opinion… Rob Charny
| Please plan on attending our next general meeting, Monday November 5, 2007 General Meetings are held at 7pm, El Dorado County Senior Center, 937 Spring St., Placerville. |
Annual Banquet January 2008!
Mark your calendars now! The annual banquet and fund raiser is coming up fast … Tuesday January 22, 2008.
We will be holding the dinner at the
Cold Springs Country Club. The main prizes are selected and I guarantee that you will be very impressed with the selection this year.
We’ll have many great prizes at the dinner that you must be present to win so be sure to get you dinner tickets soon. Dinner will be $25.00 per person and we only have room for
200 people.
Tickets for the dinner and the prizes will be available at our December general meeting and from any officer or director of the club. They will be available on our web site using PayPal, there is a small handling charge when you purchase tickets online but it sure is easier. They can also be purchased from Larry Ward at Wards Automotive in Diamond Springs.
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| Beretta 3901 Target Comp Shotgun - 12ga ~ Just one of our prizes for the banquet. |
Donations for raffle prizes, small and large, would be greatly appreciated. El Dorado Rod & Gun Club provides the citizens of El Dorado County, with the only shooting range in the County open to the public.
Funds generated at our dinner and auctions provide additional funds for the operation of our facilities. Community sponsors and donations help make this fundraiser a continuing success.
We would like to thank you in advance for any donation to help make this fundraising effort a success.
We are actively seeking prize sponsors for this dinner so if you or your company would like to sponsor a gun or other prize please let me know.
The range provides firearm safety training for youth and adults, as well as controlled shooting opportunities and competitive shooting.
 And the nomination goes too? Would you like to be an officer or director of the El Dorado Rod & Gun Club? Nominations are now open for the up coming election in December. Anyone wishing to run may write up a 75 word statement that will be published in the next 3 newsletters. You may send me your statement at: president@eldoradorodandgun.com
Make sure you look over the club calendar for a current listing of club activities, date and times of events and contact information.
Where were you?
We missed you at our last general meeting. Why don't you plan on joining us on November 5, 7pm for our next general meeting? Our general membership meeting is held at 7pm, at the Senior Center (937 Spring St.), in Placerville.
Contribute to your newsletter:
We are in need of articles from our members to fill our newsletter with news that we can all enjoy or relate to. If you have any suggestions or comments on our newsletter we would love to hear from you. Articles can be submitted by eMail to news@edrgc.org or lettyb@megapathdsl.net or by mailing to the club at P.O. Box 99, Placerville, CA. 95667.
Notice Trap Shooters:
Due to the changes at the trap range we have to change the way we park our vehicles. Parking at the top of the trap range will be for HANDICAP ONLY! Please park at the lower parking areas. Thank you! WWW...
Have you visited our club web site? you can see everything printed in the newsletter plus more information at the club web site 7 to 10 days before you receive it in the mail.
Quote:
The mistakes made by Congress wouldn't be so bad if the next Congress didn't keep trying to correct them.
~ Cullen Hightower
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Stay Strong, Stay Vigilant, God Bless America.
Rob Charny, President |
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Highlighted shoot for November: |
Range Calendar |
Up coming turkey/meat shoots at the trap range.
Thanksgiving meat shoot November 10 & 11, 2007
Christmas meat shoot December 15 & 16, 2007
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| Memberships Available On Our WEB Site! |
Club Phone Numbers: |
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Memberships are due in January, we will be sending out statements but why not renew now via our web page using your credit card. Don't forget we have a price increase starting January 1, 2008. Beat the price increase, renew today!
We have the ability for you to pay for your membership with a credit card via our web site. Click here for details.
When you send in your dues please remember to send in your membership application too. This helps us to keep all contact information current. You can find applications on our web site and at the range. Please fill out the membership application (in full) and return to us ASAP so you won’t miss out on all the exciting information you get from "The Powder Keg!" |
Rifle/Pistol Range:
(530) 651-3012
Trap Range:
(530) 651-3017
Club Message Number:
(530) 672-3330 |
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Time Change |
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General Meeting Dates:
• November 5, 2007 - Nominations Open.
• December 3, 2007 - Elections / Annual Club Meeting
General Meetings are held at 7pm, El Dorado County Senior Center, 937 Spring St., Placerville.
Board of Directors Meeting
Our monthly board meetings are held on the third Monday of each month, club house at the trap range 6pm.
To be placed on the agenda for either of these meetings, or for further information, call (530) 672-3330 or Email: news@edrgc.org
Do you know a speaker that would like to speak at our next general meeting? Let us know at least a month before the next meeting.
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Spring forward, Fall Back
At 2 a.m. on November 4, Americans will turn their clocks back one hour, marking the end of Daylight Saving Time (DST).
Starting in 2007 DST is observed from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November, adding about a month to daylight saving time |
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A cooperative project of the El Dorado NRA ILA Members Council, the El Dorado Rod & Gun Club, the National Rifle Association, and the US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service.
DOUG BECKER PLINK HI SCORER AGAIN!
Please Leave It NRA Klean loyalists hauled two giant loads of illegal dumping out of Your Eldorado National Forest again on Sat. Oct. 20, 2007. About one tenth of this filth was littered by shooters.
 Taking the twisted up old car on Doug’s trailer may not have been a violation of the Historical Preservation Act, but driving around with a complete china toilet in the back of my truck was defiantly hysterical, although my wife did not think it was funny that I brought it home.
We had a great campfire from (mostly unpainted) target wood that Jim Holtzman cut up. Stan Cartwright, Marian Garrio, and Simon Russell stayed in that place to shoot and make sure the fire was safe. Jim went on to shoot at a 100 Yard place.
The Forest Service issued Gary Stone a back pack pump to make our demolition generator legal, and MRE’s (Meals Rejected by Everyone) for our emergency use. Ray Engler took a mess of cardboard boxes to the recycle bin from the same place we picked them up from before in the middle of nowhere. Donn Nibblett explained where the old gold mine was. Al Morrow hinted at how much he invested in the El Dorado Hills Friends of NRA Dinner. Richard Maynard and everybody pitched in and got ‘er done without any fuss except for two slightly cut hands loading that smashed up car. Not satisfied with the above Phil Weideman, Ed Dunn, David Hawkins and I drug another abandoned car down a recently reopened road. We could not tell why this was not done when the heavy equipment was in there, but we did recruit some new help by explaining to a group that hanging targets on a tree will cost them one trip to The U.S. Magistrate in Lake Tahoe to pay a hefty fine, or two trips if they would like to come back for a trial.
If you see any of these hero’s – thank them. If you do some of this yourself to preserve our shooting areas – let us thank you.
Steve Morgan ~ nraplink@comcast.net
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General Meeting October 2007
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Candidates for Supervisor District II spoke to a group of club members at our October 2007 general meeting. It was a good way for members and candidates to get to know each other and to discuss issues concerning the club and operation of the county. Harry Dean, George Turnboo & Ray Nutting (Kevin Brown was invited, he accepted the invitation but did not attend) addressed the members and answered some difficult question. We look forward to having another candidate’s night in 2008. Remember that sportsmen represent one of America's most powerful voting blocks. Vote your Sport and support the candidate that most represents your views.
The El Dorado Rod & Gun Club. Inc., does not endorse any candidate running for public office.
Click Here for more information.
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Ray Nutting |
George Turnboo |
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Help Clean Up the Range |
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In order to keep our costs down many of you are getting the newsletter via eMail. I encourage you to use this way of receiving the newsletter and calendar to help make sure that we keep the cost of running the club as low as possible. If you change your eMail address please let us know so that there won’t be any disruption in receiving the eNews. Please feel free to send this eNews to friends and family, just click on the link forward at the bottom of the page. |
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Please save those pellet stove plastic bags for raking up spent cartridges and shot shells at PLINK areas, and Gun Club shooting ranges. They fit perfectly in 5 gallon paint buckets, and are easier to lift than big black trash bags that usually burst open.
Just leave them at the range, or email NRAPLINK@COMCAST.NET FOR PICK UP.
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Just in time for Thanksgiving…
Browning Gold 
