Poly Technologies to supply SMEO machinery manufacture cases for the 5.56 mm ammunition.

China Poly Tech Signs MoU With SME Ordnance for 5.56

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA — Malaysia-based SME Ordnance (SMEO) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Beijing-based Poly Technologies to supply SMEO with machinery to manufacture cases for the 5.56 mm ammunition.
The MoU was signed at the Defence Service Asia exhibition being held in Kuala Lumpur on April 16.
It will allow SMEO to build the cases with better efficiency, said a SMEO source. Poly Technologies represents Chinese companies that produce components for small arms ammunition and components for various calibers.
Each party to the MoU will cooperate and explore opportunities in “future enhancement or upgrading of the manufacturing processes at SEMO’s premise to include machines, equipment and knowledge base,” stated a press release. It also includes the “joint evaluation for potential business of products required by various users,” and “human resources development for SMEO personnel in various fields of manufacturing.”
Poly Technologies has a history of nefarious activities. In 2008, it was accused of trying to ship weapons to the Zimbabwe government during the election crisis, but the South African government refused to allow the Chinese ship carrying the cargo to unload the arms.

The M1 Garand Williamson NY rifle course

WCSC FIRST STEPS RIFLE COURSE:         

The M1 Garand

Williamson Conservation and Sporting Club is offering the NRA First Steps Rifle Course focused on using the M1 Garand. The course will be Saturday, June 7, from 8:00 AM until 1 PM.

The Club has 6 M1 rifles for use with the course, although anyone with an M1 in safe condition is encouraged to bring and use it.  Students are requested to bring appropriate eye and hearing protection, although we will have some available.  Students are also encouraged to bring mats, slings, spotting scopes, cleaning supplies, and 30-06 dummy rounds if they have them.  Also, please let us know if you are bringing your own M1.

Cost of the course will be $75 payable to WCSC and will include all ammunition needed to complete the course. The class size will be limited by the number of club rifles needed by students. Following classroom instruction, the students will shoot the CMP national match course of fire. For those wishing to sign up, please contact Rick Benton at 585-370-5442 or via e-mail at: rbenton1@rochester.rr.com. All fees are to be paid by Monday, May 17th.

 Topics covered include:

A.   Firearms safety

B.   Fundamentals of loading, shooting, and unloading the M1 Garand rifle

C.   Ammunition selection

D.   Cleaning of the rifle

E.    Safe storage of firearms

F.    Opportunities to enhance shooting skills

 Students should also bring appropriate refreshments.  Please bring appropriate attire for the weather conditions as shooting will be done outdoors.

Don Rimai, certified NRA rifle instructor

Preliminary Injunction could be granted ~scopeny.org

April 14th 2014  www.scopeny.org for updates and membership info.
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      A Preliminary Injunction could be granted on the eve of when NY SAFE would have turned anyone owning a previously legal rifle into a criminal by not registering that rifle with the state by April 15^th.
   In a suit brought by La Reddola, Lester & Associates, LLP under Razzano v Cuomo. Plaintiff alleged that the NY S.A.F.E. Act Violates the Fifth Amendment as it compels individuals to provide information which may incriminate themselves and criminalizes both Failing to Register a Firearm and Possessing an Unregistered Firearm. Violation of the Second Amendment upon Failure to Register or an Unchallengeable Determination of “Ineligibility” The Fourth Amendment by Mandating Searches and Seizures, without Warrant or Probable Cause as well as the Fourteenth Amendment by Failing to Provide for Notice and Pre-Deprivation Hearing, a Method of Correcting Misinformation in the Database, or a Method of Retrieval for Seized Property in Violation or Due Process of Law.

A decision could be coming as soon as tomorrow. Monday April 14th 2014.
Check with La Reddola, Lester & Associates, LLP under Razzano v Cuomo. or SCOPENY.org for details.
This could happen fast.
Or the court could decide to do nothing.

Be advised that if the court decides to stop the database, we, (SCOPE) will be asking you to email the leadership of the legisltaure to Repeal the NY SAFE Act.

COURAGEOUS CITIZENS ARE FIGHTING BACK by Budd Schroder

THE RIGHT SIDE

BY BUDD SCHROEDER

APRIL 16, 2014

COURAGEOUS CITIZENS ARE FIGHTING BACK

The natives are not only restless, they are fighting back. When in the course of human events a government becomes oppressive, it is not only the right but the obligation of the people to resist the oppression. This is the prime message of our Bill of Rights and our Constitution and we are seeing up close and personal how the government is running amuck with huge infringements on our rights and freedom.

 

For decades this column has repeatedly said that the government has now become all about power and money. The politicians and bureaucrats keep inventing more ways and passing more laws to increase taxes (yes, Nelson Rockefeller, a fee is the same as a tax) and to place more restrictions on our freedoms we have enjoyed for decades. and even centuries.

 

Every time the government raises taxes or increases fees, it lowers the standard of living for taxpayers. More money is taken from wage earners and households when the tax bite provides for more programs that do not benefit the taxpayer. Granted that some taxes are raised to increase the income of government employees, but it still means that those who are not government employees or getting government benefits are doing with less so that the government beneficiaries can have a higher standard of living. The math is undisputable. That is the way government works.

Freedom is another issue. Some laws are beneficial and should be enforced. Speed limits in school zones or where there is high pedestrian activity is a good thing. It saves lives and it is reasonable. People who speed in those areas should be arrested and punished. However all laws are not created equal. In many states the speed limits on interstate highways is 75 miles per hour. In New York the limit is 65 miles per hour. 

 

Either the New York lawmakers believe that their constituents are not as skillful in driving as those in other states or they find the fines given for speeding tickets are an excellent means of increasing revenue. Opinions on this subject may vary depending on whether the person is paying or receiving the fine. However, nobody blames the car if an accident occurs if a speeding car hits a person or causes property damage.

 

We all agree (maybe a few don’t) that drunken driving is an offense that should be enforced to the maximum, yet, we see some people who have been arrested four or more times for the offense. Some get proper penalties to discourage the practice, but obviously the repeat offenders should be treated with more severe punishment to discourage subsequent offenses. If a drunk kills a person, nobody says cars should be banned or have governors on the car to prevent high speeds. Nobody says that alcoholic beverages should be sold in smaller containers or require a permit to buy it.

However when a miscreant, criminal or insane person kills people with a firearm, the media and politicians call for a restriction or ban on guns to “do something about the murders.” They offer draconian laws regarding “mental illness” that can include not allowing a person who may take an antidepressant to help them get past a personal tragedy to be unable to own a firearm. Yet, it is said that a significant number of police officers do use antidepressants on occasion. Enforcement of such laws, it seems, depends on perception and perspective.

 

The SAFE act in New York is experiencing problems in New York already. April 15 was the deadline for registering semi-automatic rifles with certain cosmetic features that have no effect on the functionality of the gun. It would seem that compliance of this law is problematic for the state. State Police won’t release any numbers when asked how many have registered any guns. The people are not only speaking, they are shouting.

 

Gun owners in Connecticut have a similar law and the police are finding an overwhelming non-compliance of registration in that state. Their State Police are in a quandary on how to react to that disobedience. Where will they find room in the prisons to put taxpaying citizens who refuse to obey a stupid, unnecessary and unjust law?

 

Even in Nevada the people are objecting to what they consider to be an unjust action against a rancher and grazing cattle. When the federal government stole his cattle (oops! With government it isn’t stealing. It is confiscation) they found a huge crowd to protest the action. The citizens, some being armed, “persuaded” the government police, to reconsider, return the cattle, and leave.

Perhaps people are beginning to wake up and realize that freedom isn’t free and they have to assert themselves to make the politicians and bureaucrats realize that in a republic the people are more powerful than the politicians. This may be the twenty-first century version of the tea party.

-30-

NYS Budget items of interest Via Don Sage

Budget Items of Interest.

S-6350E/A-8550E, Chapter 50.

APA Funds                                         $5.0 Million.

Dept. Agriculture                             $119.7 Million

Alcohol, ABC                                     $18.0 Million

Economic Development                 $14.2 Million

DEC                                                     $609.8 Million

               Admin                                  $25.1 Million

               Personal Service $7.7 Million

               Non Personal Service       $1.7 Million

               Operations                         $9.3 Million

               Conservation Fund (Account 21150)

                              Personal Service $17.1 Million

                              Non Personal Service       $15.8 Million

                              Contractual Service

                                             Gift to Wildlife   $1.0 Million

                                             Computer License            $4.0 Million

                                             Duck Stamp         $480,000

                              Non Personal Service       $315,000

                              Fish, Wildlife, Marine       $77.8 Million

Federal Fish, Wildlife, Marine (Account 25334)      $26.0 Million

               Conservation Fund Guide License (Account 21153)

                              Personal Service $59,000

                              Non Personal Service       $62,000

               Habitat (Account 21156)

                              Non Personal Service       $166,000

               Marine Resources (Account 21151)

                              Personal Service $1.3 Million

                              Non Personal Service       $3.0 Million

               Clam/ Quahog (Account 21155)  

                              Personal Service $66,000

                              Non Personal Service       $150,000

               Venison Donation (Account 21157)

                              Non Personal Service       $116,000

Forest & Land (Account 10050)                   $56.4 Million

Great Lakes Restore (Account 25334)        $59.0 Million

Great Lakes Restore (Account 21087)

               Contractual Service                         $1.0 Million

Great Lakes Protection (Account 22851)   $907,000

Lake Champlain (Account 25334)

                              Personal Service $9.1 Million

                              Non Personal Service       $11.5 Million

                              Fringe Benefits                  $5.3 Million

Office of General Services

               Internal Service Funds                                   $828.5 Million

Homeland Security                                                        $67.0 Million

                              Admin                                                 $20.9 Million

                              Personal Service               $2.8 Million

               Public Safety (Account 22123)

                              Personal Service               $6.4 Million

                              Non Personal Service                      $18.1 Million

               Cyber Security Program                                $13.3 Million

               Emergency Management                             $19.7 Million

Office of Information Technology                             $799.7 Million

                              Personal Service               $12.7 Million

                              Non Personal Service                      $10.5 Million

               Data Center

                              Personal Service               $37.4 Million

                              Non Personal Service                      $49.2 Million

               Programs

                              Personal Service               $32.4 Million

                              Non Personal Service                      $52.8 Million

               Computers

                              Personal Service               $178.9 Million

                              Non Personal Service                      $10.4 Million

               Security

                              Personal Service               $1.7 Million

                              Non Personal Service                      $4.9 Million

               Networks

                              Personal Service               $13.6 Million

                              Non Personal Service                      $14.0 Million

               Centralized Technology (Account 55069)

                              Contractual Service                         $122.0 Million

State Police                                                                     $675.6 Million

                              Admin                                                 $15.2 Million

               Purposes (Account 10050)

                              Personal Service               $14.7 Million

                              Non Personal Service                      $207,000

               Criminal Investigation                                   $174.1 Million

                              Personal Service               $153.4 Million

                              Non Personal Service                      $7.2 Million

               Patrol Activities                                               $397.4 Million

               Technical Police                                              $89.0 Million

Veterans                                                                          $8.5 Million

                              Admin                                                 $730,000

                              Personal Service               $367,000

                              Non Personal Service                      $363,000

                              Counseling                                        $5.8 Million

                              Education                                          $2.0 Million

Nevada the Turtle's battle craws to a close.....like in DEATH

BUT they have the funds for what they are doing in Nevada?????  Time for some soup!

 

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_DESERT_TORTOISE_THREAT?SITE=NDWIL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

 

Aug 25, 9:55 AM EDT   Desert tortoise faces threat from its own refuge By HANNAH DREIER Associated Press

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- For decades, the vulnerable desert tortoise has led a sheltered existence. Developers have taken pains to keep the animal safe. It's been protected from meddlesome hikers by the threat of prison time. And wildlife officials have set the species up on a sprawling conservation reserve outside Las Vegas. But the pampered desert dweller now faces a threat from the very people who have nurtured it. Federal funds are running out at the Desert Tortoise Conservation Center and officials plan to close the site and euthanize hundreds of the tortoises they've been caring for since the animals were added to the endangered species list in 1990. "It's the lesser of two evils, but it's still evil," said U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service desert tortoise recovery coordinator Roy Averill-Murray during a visit to the soon-to-be-shuttered reserve at the southern edge of the Las Vegas Valley last week. Biologists went about their work examining tortoises for signs of disease as Averill-Murray walked among the reptile pens. But the scrubby 220-acre refuge area will stop taking new animals in the coming months. Most that arrive in the fall will simply be put down, late-emerging victims of budget problems that came from the same housing bubble that put a neighborhood of McMansions at the edge of the once-remote site.   The Bureau of Land Management has paid for the holding and research facility with fees imposed on developers who disturb tortoise habitat on public land. As the housing boom swept through southern Nevada in the 2000s, the tortoise budget swelled. But when the recession hit, the housing market contracted, and the bureau and its local government partners began struggling to meet the center's $1 million annual budget.   Housing never fully recovered, and the federal mitigation fee that developers pay has brought in just $290,000 during the past 11 months. Local partners, which collect their own tortoise fees, have pulled out of the project. "With the money going down and more and more tortoises coming in, it never would have added up," said BLM spokeswoman Hillerie Patton. Back at the conservation center, a large refrigerator labeled "carcass freezer" hummed in the desert sun as scientists examined the facility's 1,400 inhabitants to find those hearty enough to release into the wild. Officials expect to euthanize more than half the animals in the coming months in preparation for closure at the end of 2014. The desert tortoise is a survivor that has toddled around the Southwest for 200 million years. But ecologists say the loss of the conservation center represents a harmful blow in southern Nevada for an animal that has held onto some unfortunate evolutionary quirks that impede its coexistence with strip malls, new homes and solar plants.   Laws to protect the panicky plodders ban hikers from picking them up, since the animals are likely dehydrate themselves by voiding a year's worth of stored water when handled. When they're moved, they nearly always attempt to trudge back to their burrows, foiling attempts to keep them out of harm's way. They're also beset by respiratory infections and other illnesses.   No more than 100,000 tortoises are thought to survive in the habitat where millions once burrowed across parts of Utah, California, Arizona and Nevada. The animals were once so abundant that tourists would scoop them up as souvenirs. Many quickly realized the shy grass-eaters don't make ideal pets. (For one thing, they can live for 100 years.) And once the species was classified as threatened on the endangered species list, people rushed to give them back.   Former pets make up the majority of the tortoises at the conservation center, where they spend their days staring down jackrabbits and ducking out of the sun into protective PVC piping tucked into the rocky desert floor. Most of these animals are not suitable for release, either infected with disease or otherwise too feeble to survive.   Averill-Murray looks as world-weary as the animals he studies. He wants to save at least the research function of the center and is looking for alternative funding sources. "It's not the most desirable model to fund recovery - on the back of tortoise habitat," he said. --- Hannah Dreier can be reached at http://twitter.com/hannahdreier

Dozens Arrested In Albany Protest

  APRILS FOOLS!