Saturday, February 27, 2010

Mt Lion Skull for SCOPEny.org


Here is another Lion skull being offered as a fund raiser for SCOPEny.org.

This is a adult male , he does have a broken canine , its the top tooth closest in the picture.

Note that is a 30-06 cartridge so you can get a size comparison.


The purchaser will also recieve a 1yr membership in SCOPE & SCOPE will recieve the remainder of the cash less shipping fees.


A $150.00 Payment USPO money order made out to BlackPowderBill


Thursday, February 25, 2010

Wayne County Federation-SCOPE banquet

I use to be the Presidnet of this Federation!

Wayne County Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs and Wayne County Chapter of SCOPE
Annual Banquet and Auction

WHERE: Lyons VFW
Route 14 South
Lyons

WHEN: Saturday March 6, 2010
Doors Open at 5PM, Dinner Starts at 6PM

Tickets are $20 per person

This is the biggest fund raiser of the year for both organizations. Please come out and have a good time with fellow hunters and shooters. Bring your spouse, family and friends.

Call Dan Gilmore at (315) 597-4184

Coming Events we should all get involved in:
Statewide SCOPE Members Meeting Saturday April 10
Annual SCOPE Rally bus trip to Albany for “Gun Rights Day” Tuesday April 13
Friends of NRA Dinner in Rochester Saturday April 17

Wayne County SCOPE meetings at American Legion Post in Marion
4141 Witherden Road, Marion, NY 14505-9348, (315) 926-5571We meet every second Wednesday (except July, August and September) at 7PM

March 10 – candidates running for US Congressional 25th District will attend
April 14
May 12
June 9 final meeting picnic- Radio Talk Show host and fellow SCOPE member Bill Nojay will attend

Come and meet your fellow county SCOPE members! We have good conversation, free food, 50/50 raffle. Come and share your thoughts on current events and discuss our favorite pastime.

Any questions, call Dan Gilmore at (315) 597-4184 or John Piczkur at (315) 597-2198

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Federal Racketeering Lawsuit Stuns HSUS

Sent to me by a close friend, who like me, has been waiting for years for someone to take the HSUS to task. I really hope that Feld does not settle out of court and takes the antis into a court decission that will shut them down.
bpb

NOTE: The text of the lawsuit can be read at:http://humanewatch.org/index.php/documents/detail/racketeering_lawsuit_filed_against_hsus_and_its_lawyers/
Center for Consumer Freedom

Federal Racketeering Lawsuit Stuns HSUS

February 22, 2010http://www.consumerfreedom.com/news_detail.cfm/h/4111-federal-racketeering-lawsuit-stuns-hsus

You may have missed our New Year’s Eve exposé covering the dismissalof a federal lawsuit pushed by a consortium of animal rights groupsthat included the deceptive Humane Society of the United States(HSUS). The groups alleged that Feld Entertainment (the parent companyof the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus) mistreated elephantsin violation of the Endangered Species Act, but in December a judgetossed out the lawsuit. Now the plot thickens: The circus is suingHSUS, two HSUS lawyers, and a number of other animal rightsorganizations under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations(RICO) Act. (The lawsuit is exclusively available at HumaneWatch.org.)

The original animal rights lawsuit, filed more than nine years ago,was based on information provided by a former Ringling elephant “barnhelper” named Tom Rider. After Rider left his circus job, he was paidby animal rights groups to testify about the supposedly “bad”treatment of elephants there. In all, the original lawsuit’splaintiffs paid Rider more than $190,000—his sole source of income foryears—while the litigation made its way through the court system.
Sound a bit like pay-for-play? As Judge Emmet Sullivan noted in hisDecember ruling that dismissed the animal rights groups’ lawsuit: “TheCourt finds that Mr. Rider is essentially a paid plaintiff and factwitness who is not credible, and therefore affords no weight to histestimony…. [T]he primary purpose [for the payments] is to keep Mr.Rider involved with the litigation…”
Based on Judge Sullivan’s finding, Feld is suing everyone who played apart in this collaborative scheme (hence the “racketeering” aspect).This includes Rider and a nonprofit “Wildlife Advocacy Project”charity that the Washington, DC law firm of Meyer Glitzenstein &Crystal allegedly used to launder money between their plaintiffclients and Rider.

One of these clients putting up dough to support Rider was the Fundfor Animals, which merged with HSUS in 2004.

Feld is leveling bribery, fraud, obstruction of justice, and moneylaundering charges against HSUS and two of its corporate attorneys,three other animal rights groups, Meyer Glitzenstein & Crystal, andall three of that firm’s named partners. It’s an earth-shatteringlawsuit. Today we’re telling the media:
America’s farmers, ranchers, hunters, fishermen, research scientists,fashion designers, and restaurateurs have seen for decades how theanimal rights movement can behave like a mobbed-up racket. But it’sstill shocking to see the evidence laid out on paper. In atreble-damage lawsuit like this, a jury could actually do the humanething and finally put HSUS out of business completely.
You can read the full, 135-page lawsuit over at HumaneWatch. It’sworth more than a glance. If these allegations are proven true, HSUSemployees might be finding themselves walking the same breadlinethey’ve tried to put so many others in.------------------------------------------------
Humane WatchPress release: “Racketeering Lawsuit Fingers Humane Society of theUnited States”FEB 22 2010

http://humanewatch.org/index.php/site/post/press_release_racketeering_lawsuit_fingers_humane_society_of_the_unite/
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

RACKETEERING LAWSUIT FINGERS HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES

Multi-Million Dollar Animal Rights Group Accused of Corruption;Lawsuit Available at http://www.humanewatch.org/

Washington – In a landmark RICO (Racketeer Influenced and CorruptOrganizations Act) lawsuit certain to have far-reaching implicationsfor the animal rights movement, Feld Entertainment and the RinglingBrothers circus sued the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS),its lawyers, and several other animal rights groups last week. Thenonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) unearthed the lawsuit infederal court records today. CCF is making the lawsuit availableonline at its newest website, http://www.humanewatch.org/.
“America’s farmers, ranchers, hunters, fishermen, research scientists,fashion designers, and restaurateurs have seen for decades how theanimal rights movement can behave like a mobbed-up racket,” said CCFDirector of Research David Martosko. “But it’s still shocking to seethe evidence laid out on paper. In a treble-damage lawsuit like this,a jury could actually do the humane thing and finally put HSUS out ofbusiness completely.”

In its February 16 lawsuit, Feld leveled bribery, fraud, obstructionof justice, and money laundering charges against HSUS and two of itscorporate attorneys; three other animal rights groups; the Washington,DC law firm of Meyer Glitzenstein & Crystal; and all three of thatfirm’s named partners.
On December 30, 2009, Federal Judge Emmitt Sullivan ruled that thesedefendants collaborated to pay more than $190,000 to Mr. Tom Rider, aformer Feld employee who was an elephant “barn helper” for two yearsin the late 1990s, in exchange for his impeached testimony againstFeld in an earlier lawsuit—testimony Judge Sullivan declared “notcredible” and disregarded in its entirety. That lawsuit was dismissed.

Feld is also suing Mr. Rider, and a nonprofit “Wildlife AdvocacyProject” charity, claiming that Meyer Glitzenstein & Crystal used itto funnel money from their plaintiff clients to Mr. Rider. These clients included the Fund for Animals, which merged with HSUS in 2004.
“The new HumaneWatch website is the only place the public will be ableto read this lawsuit,” Martosko added. “We’re publishing a treasuretrove of information about the Humane Society of the United States,including lots of surprising documents that HSUS would rather remainhidden from its contributors.”

Last week CCF launched http://www.humanewatch.org/, an online watchdog projectdedicated to analyzing HSUS’s activities and keeping the group honest.It includes a blog, an interactive document library, and a growingbody of information about HSUS-related organizations and staff.
To read this explosive federal racketeering lawsuit, visithttp://www.humanewatch.org.to/ arrange an interview, call Allison Miller at202-463-7112
The Center for Consumer Freedom is a nonprofit watchdog organizationthat informs the public about the activities of tax-exempt activistgroups. It is supported by American consumers, business organizations,and foundations.

Related Documents
--Memorandum Opinion, ASPCA et al v. Feld Entertainment, 30 December 2009http://humanewatch.org/index.php/documents/detail/memorandum_opinion_aspca_et_al_v._feld_entertainment_30_december_2009/
--Racketeering Lawsuit Filed against HSUS and its Lawyers by FeldEntertainment, 16 February 2010http://humanewatch.org/index.php/documents/detail/racketeering_lawsuit_filed_against_hsus_and_its_lawyers/

Monday, February 15, 2010

The NRA Horns in on Supreme Court Gun Case

The NRA Horns in on Supreme Court Gun Case

Posted By admin On February 13, 2010 @ 3:05 pm In Constitution 62 Comments
Illinois Gun Armed Females of AmericaFebruary 13, 2010

The NRA Horns in on Supreme Court Gun Case and Hires Attorney that Argued in Favor of DC Gun Ban.

On January 25, the Supreme Court granted the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) motion for a divided argument in the McDonald v. City of Chicago gun rights case.
Justices will consider for the first time whether the Second Amendment is an individual right that applies against state and local restrictions.
The NRA is not one of the petitioners in the case and was opposed by Alan Gura attorney for the petitioners.
McDonald v. City of Chicago has been supported by the Illinois State Rifle Association and the Second Amendment Foundation which are part of the petitioners to the court.
By granting the NRA’s motion to split the oral argument before the court, Alan Gura will only be given 20 minutes of the normally allotted 30 minutes to present his case.
A d v e r t i s e m e n t
Alan Gura is the attorney that successfully argued before the court last year in the Heller case that overturned the hand gun ban in Washington DC.
Gura’s brief for McDonald emphasizes the “privileges or immunities clause” argument in favor of applying the Second Amendment to the states, whereas the NRA in their brief wants to advance a more traditional “due process clause” argument for incorporation.
The NRA’s involvement in the case has rubbed some gun owners the wrong way. They say that the NRA is trying to benefit from someone else’s sweat and money.
The NRA has hired former U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement to present their arguments before the court.
In 2007 as solicitor general, Paul Clement filed a brief in the Heller case arguing that the D.C. handgun ban warranted heightened scrutiny but was not necessarily unconstitutional.
Faced with a motion for a divided argument Gura preferred Texas attorney General Greg Abbott to speak in place of the NRA’s Paul Clement.
Texas had filed one amicus brief on behalf of thirty-three states urging the Court to uphold the Second Amendment as binding on state and local governments. Even California filed a separate amicus brief urging the same.
The NRA has a long and well documented history of compromise and concessions; the question before American gun owners is will the NRA compromise on McDonald v. City of Chicago?
For those wanting to keep up with the events involving the McDonald v. City of Chicago case, the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) has an excellent web site with current updates.
Links of interest:
http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2010/01/26/nra-cares-more-about-nra-than-gun-rights-liberty-professional-courtesy
http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2010/01/nra-will-argue-in-second-amendment-case.html
http://www.nraila.org/News/Read/NewsReleases.aspx?ID=13337
http://www.jpfo.org/kirby/kirby-nra-elbows-way.htm
http://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/us-heller-brief-1-11-08.pdf
http://www.slate.com/id/2185927
http://joshblogs.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/gura-files-petitioners-brief-in-mcdonald-spends-7-pages-on-due-process-the-rest-on-privileges-or-immunities
http://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/McDonald-brief-11-16-09.pdf
http://www.armedfemalesofamerica.com/takingaim/betrayal_trust.htm
http://www.chicagoguncase.com
Article printed from Infowars: http://www.infowars.com
URL to article: http://www.infowars.com/the-nra-horns-in-on-supreme-court-gun-case/

Sunday, February 7, 2010

SCOPE Legislative Report

SCOPE Legislative Report
The full SCOPE Legislative Report has been posted to our website at
Report


Ken Mathison, President
SCOPE, Inc.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Frugal savings Cereal Boxes=Shotshell cards

If you reload shotshells or straight walled cartridge cases it also makes great over powder cards for lead bullets.You can also wax it for a bit of water proofing.

Budd Schroder Albany report Feb. 3, 2010

Albany report Feb. 3, 2010
by Budd Schroder
SCOPEny.org Board Chariman
and NRA Director

I spent two days at the CPAC meeting in Albany and talked to several members of the WNY delegation. Volker, Stachowski, Young, Maziarz, Gabryzak, Hawley, Ranzenhoffer, Schimminger Bacalles, and Corwin. All said they will be sticking hard with us. I spoke to Mark Schroeder earlier in the week and he is getting geared up to fight against the bad bills on the floor of the Assembly when the bills come up. I will be meeting with Francine DelMonte in two weeks and am having lunch with Lisa Yeager (Sen Thompson's legal counsel) tomorrow. The general feeling I got from the speeches and the politicians is that there can be a big upset next year and could be a really good year for Republicans. We can be a big help.

While it will be difficult to beat Shumer (but several said it could happen with the right candidate) we have a good shot of ousting Gillibrand. This is true if Ford enters a primary and he can cause some serious damage. I spoke to Bruce Blakeman for a few minutes and he told me he is pro-gun. From his presentation, he could be a good candidate and would have a good chance to get rid of Gillibrand. I think if we could get a group to work together and set up a means to get the word out, something like SASAG (Sportsmen Against Schumer And Gillibrand) and get our own email list to keep people informed and share ideas that could be used by activists to write letters to the editor and county chairmen for all parties, get on talk radio shows and to visit gun clubs, or at least, speak regularly at the monthly meetings, we could have a great impact on the election results.

I give a monthly report to both of the gun clubs where I am a member. We could get a sign up sheet at the gun clubs and ask for interested members to give us their name and email address. It could also be used at gun shows. It could also give us access to people on the list for members. With each message we send, we could attach a SCOPE application for them to join, or if they are a member, make it easy to sign up another member.

Doug Hoffman spoke about his almost win for Gillibrand's congressional seat. His is an NRA member and didn't get endorsed by NRA because his Republican opponent had a good pro-gun record as an assemblywoman. I think that we can be a great help in that race because with only the Conservative line he lost by only two points. They believe he would have won if Scozzafava had not endorsed the Democrat the week before the election. Personally, I think we should make a concerted effort to get involved in that race and get a better congressman in that district.
There are only two Republican Congressmen in NY, Peter King, who is not a pro-gun legislator, and Chris Lee who is.
I spoke to Chris and we will be meeting in his office in the very near future. His is one of the good guys.

Daniel Donovan, a DA from NYC spoke about the aftermath of 911 and I asked him what was his definition of an illegal gun. He said it was a gun smuggled in from VA and used in a crime or one that is outside the parameters of the NY State laws. I couldn't pin him down any finer because of time constraints, but I think he includes registration in his definition although he "believes in the Second Amendment.

I think we should be pushing hard the pro-gun bills like hands on training and no restrictions and push them hard. This could be the proper year to get them through because of the scare in MA when a Republican took the Kennedy seat. That gave the Republicans and Conservatives in NY a lot of optimism for winning in NY.

The Conservative Party Platform has four pro-gun statements in it. I will copy them and put them on the message board later.
Please give some thoughts and input to the idea of SASAG to use as an election tool. If we do this, I think we can help not only New York, but SCOPE as well.

Budd
I spent two days at the CPAC meeting in Albany and talked to several members of the WNY delegation. Volker, Stachowski, Young, Maziarz, Gabryzak, Hawley, Ranzenhoffer, Schimminger Bacalles, and Corwin. All said they will be sticking hard with us. I spoke to Mark Schroeder earlier in the week and he is getting geared up to fight against the bad bills on the floor of the Assembly when the bills come up. I will be meeting with Francine DelMonte in two weeks and am having lunch with Lisa Yeager (Sen Thompson's legal counsel) tomorrow. The general feeling I got from the speeches and the politicians is that there can be a big upset next year and could be a really good year for Republicans. We can be a big help.
While it will be difficult to beat Shumer (but several said it could happen with the right candidate) we have a good shot of ousting Gillibrand. This is true if Ford enters a primary and he can cause some serious damage. I spoke to Bruce Blakeman for a few minutes and he told me he is pro-gun. From his presentation, he could be a good candidate and would have a good chance to get rid of Gillibrand. I think if we could get a group to work together and set up a means to get the word out, something like SASAG (Sportsmen Against Schumer And Gillibrand) and get our own email list to keep people informed and share ideas that could be used by activists to write letters to the editor and county chairmen for all parties, get on talk radio shows and to visit gun clubs, or at least, speak regularly at the monthly meetings, we could have a great impact on the election results.
I give a monthly report to both of the gun clubs where I am a member. We could get a sign up sheet at the gun clubs and ask for interested members to give us their name and email address. It could also be used at gun shows. It could also give us access to people on the list for members. With each message we send, we could attach a SCOPE application for them to join, or if they are a member, make it easy to sign up another member.
Doug Hoffman spoke about his almost win for Gillibrand's congressional seat. His is an NRA member and didn't get endorsed by NRA because his Republican opponent had a good pro-gun record as an assemblywoman. I think that we can be a great help in that race because with only the Conservative line he lost by only two points. They believe he would have won if Scozzafava had not endorsed the Democrat the week before the election. Personally, I think we should make a concerted effort to get involved in that race and get a better congressman in that district. There are only two Republican Congressmen in NY, Peter King, who is not a pro-gun legislator, and Chris Lee who is.
I spoke to Chris and we will be meeting in his office in the very near future. His is one of the good guys.
Daniel Donovan, a DA from NYC spoke about the aftermath of 911 and I asked him what was his definition of an illegal gun. He said it was a gun smuggled in from VA and used in a crime or one that is outside the parameters of the NY State laws. I couldn't pin him down any finer because of time constraints, but I think he includes registration in his definition although he "believes in the Second Amendment.

I think we should be pushing hard the pro-gun bills like hands on training and no restrictions and push them hard. This could be the proper year to get them through because of the scare in MA when a Republican took the Kennedy seat. That gave the Republicans and Conservatives in NY a lot of optimism for winning in NY.

The Conservative Party Platform has four pro-gun statements in it. I will copy them and put them on the message board later.

Please give some thoughts and input to the idea of SASAG to use as an election tool. If we do this, I think we can help not only New York, but SCOPE as well.

Budd

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

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