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That's a wrap! Thanks for a great season. See you all next year!
We should be shooting 2nd Saturday and 4th Sunday again next year.
Final schedule to be finalized in February.
We should be shooting 2nd Saturday and 4th Sunday again next year.
Final schedule to be finalized in February.
Public service announcement:
shamrock
Not Enough Free Time
[font="Verdana"][size="2"][color="black"]I got this from one of the Troops in the GAF-Grand Army of the Frontier<br />
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This is from the Houston Gun collector's Assn. <br />
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Public service announcement:<br />
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While I was in a Denver gun store today, my car was tagged on the wheel in the parking lot. The gangs do this on wheels or bumpers at gun stores, shooting ranges, gun shows etc. Later when you are parked at a restaurant, hotel, or other location thats less well guarded or under video surveillance, other gang members spot the marker and break into the car for a quick gun grab. This is so RAMPANT in San Antonio where we were for a National shoot this summer, the police chief of that county came out to brief the 400 participants of our competition. Too bad three teams had already been victimized the first day. This is the first Ive heard of this in Denver . Please pass this info along to your 2nd amendment list.<br />
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This next comment from a Gunsite instructor: <br />
I dont know how widespread this is becoming, but the info regarding the NSCA Nationals in San Antonio is correct, as all of us who compete in sporting clays know. Competitors there were having their vehicles marked with a small adhesive dot on the rear license plate or rear bumper, then followed for miles and having their vehicles quickly and efficiently broken in to when parked for lunch etc. <br />
Some crews were working the parking lot at the Nationals itself. 27 high end shotguns were taken there recently. They know when 1400 shooters with high $$ competition guns are in town. <br />
I shot with a young man who was trying out a new gun at the Nationals. He and his father lost all their guns and equipment while making a quick stop for lunch at a BBQ place in Corpus Christi the month before.<br />
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Regards,<br />
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This is from the Houston Gun collector's Assn. <br />
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Public service announcement:<br />
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While I was in a Denver gun store today, my car was tagged on the wheel in the parking lot. The gangs do this on wheels or bumpers at gun stores, shooting ranges, gun shows etc. Later when you are parked at a restaurant, hotel, or other location thats less well guarded or under video surveillance, other gang members spot the marker and break into the car for a quick gun grab. This is so RAMPANT in San Antonio where we were for a National shoot this summer, the police chief of that county came out to brief the 400 participants of our competition. Too bad three teams had already been victimized the first day. This is the first Ive heard of this in Denver . Please pass this info along to your 2nd amendment list.<br />
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This next comment from a Gunsite instructor: <br />
I dont know how widespread this is becoming, but the info regarding the NSCA Nationals in San Antonio is correct, as all of us who compete in sporting clays know. Competitors there were having their vehicles marked with a small adhesive dot on the rear license plate or rear bumper, then followed for miles and having their vehicles quickly and efficiently broken in to when parked for lunch etc. <br />
Some crews were working the parking lot at the Nationals itself. 27 high end shotguns were taken there recently. They know when 1400 shooters with high $$ competition guns are in town. <br />
I shot with a young man who was trying out a new gun at the Nationals. He and his father lost all their guns and equipment while making a quick stop for lunch at a BBQ place in Corpus Christi the month before.<br />
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Regards,<br />
Pat "Shamrock" Gannon[/color][/size][/font]<br />
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Sorry Shamrock, but this rumor was covered on the News Feeds bulletin list a few days ago:<br />
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http://www.goodguysposse.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=9154<br />
http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Read.aspx?ID=7264<br />
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start of NRA bulletin
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Friday, January 20, 2012<br />
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Long before Al Gore created the Internet, gun owners were busy perfecting grassroots networking. Today, gun owners have an almost unlimited number of ways to spread information crucial to our community. And, while the Internet is certainly an indispensible tool for protecting our rights, an unfortunate side effect has been the fast and easy spread of rumors.<br />
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The latest of these, appearing on Internet message boards and in emails, warns of a growing trend of gangsters marking the license plates or wheels of vehicles parked at shooting clubs, gun stores, ranges and gun shows. According to the rumor, the thieves later spot or follow the marked vehicles and break into them to steal guns while their owners are elsewhere.<br />
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The reports go on to claim that the tactic has reached epidemic proportions in San Antonio, Texas, and specifically, at the National Skeet Shooting Association and National Sporting Clays Associations National Shooting Complex. Naturally, the NSC investigated the matter thoroughly. They concluded that the rumor is false on several counts.<br />
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First, all of the suspicious vehicle markings reported to the NSC turned out to be routineplaced there by those who manufactured, owned or serviced the vehicles. The online reports also suggest that the NSCA National Championship was a particular target of gun thieves. In reality, there were no reported gun thefts at the 2011 event. A claim that a police chief in San Antonio met with 400 shooters to discuss the trend is also false. (To read the NSCs full statement, go to http://www.nssa-nsca.org/index.php/2012/01/nsc-response-to-rumors-about-gun-thefts/.) <br />
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Gun theft is a serious concern for all gun owners, who should certainly take reasonable precautions to protect their firearms from criminals. But the truth of this story should also remind us that theres no need to panicand that its always worth taking a few moments to check out tales like this before passing them on. After all, it would be a tragedy if shooters were discouraged from pursuing the activities they love and exercising their Second Amendment rights due to rampant urban legends.<br />
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end of NRA bulletin
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Please send the GAF troop the link to the NRA bulletin so he can update everyone with the facts.<br />
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Thanks,<br />
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Snidely