Steel Action 9/17

Cold muscles and hot lead... Cool 30 degrees warmed quickly as about 15 shooters began throwing lead downrange at the season's final Steel Action match October 17. There was lots of shoot-n-scoot action as the day progressed and cold muscles got warmed fast.

New shooters were greeted with a warm welcome and some unusual events as Claude spent a nightmarish nite dreaming up high-volume shooting scenarios to close out the year, crossing lines between Steel and IDPA scenarios.Brian, new to the range and HP-LEO, was pleased with the distance and quality of the program as he shot using his duty rig and scoring some good times. He was pleased to see the distances were more than he was used to and trained at-- one target being set to the 50 yard line (but only 25 yards or so from the shooters). Of course, blind men can't see is a fallacy the steel action shooters know well. Bob turned in impressive times even though his scoped pistol lost a screw during his round. Also first time shooting for score, Jason gave a fine demonstration of how practice pays off. At 10 years of age, his gun handling was superb, and Dad anxiously observed for technique pointers.

Every stage required reloads. Stage Four was wildly expensive in the number of rounds expended and the number of magazine changes required-- one shooter going through 55 rounds and five mag changes (we won't tell who).


The idea that 'old style' weapons can't compete was once again put to rest as even the wheel gunners scored well, albeit expending less heavy metal toward the targets.

Ringing steel ended its season amid laughter and good friendship and lots of potluck food provided by the shooters.

"Thank you, Shooters, for a fine and wonderful learning experience throughout the summer. See you next year." Be sure to tell your friends about the fun you have and invite them out next year to learn about and enjoy our club and sport.

Have a safe and rewarding winter, fill your freezer and don't forget: rifle sight-in days begin October 21-22 and Oct 31- Nov 1. Bring your deer rifle and your friends.

And remember: check the chamber and be sure of your target.

Lautenberg Gun Ban

Alert: 75% Of America Rejects
Lautenberg Gun Ban

Rasmussen Poll Says A Majority of Democrats and Repulicans Believe The Constitution Guarantees The Right To Own A Gun.

Only days after the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge to one of the nation's most egregious gun laws, a new Rasmussen poll shows waning support for stricter gun laws.

Among Americans polled, 75% said the Constitution guaranteed the right to own a gun. The percentage of "yes" answers was higher among Republicans (92%) and lower among Democrats (64%). Among others, 71% answered yes. And, 57% of those polled cited fear of increased government restrictions as the reason for a spike in gun sales.

Gun Hater Lautenberg Proposes "Extraordinary Powers" Be Given To the U.S. Attorney General To Limit Gun Sales.

Obama and the White House are looking the other way as Lautenberg seeks to ban guns from 1,000,000 US citizens on a secret FBI terrorist watch list. Obama has deliberately and repeatedly lied to America's 90 million gun owners across the country when he insisted that he would not try to take away anyone's firearms. Now Obama's silence endorses Lautenberg's latest attempt at banning guns.

Lautenberg has now been introduced bill S.1317 that would give the attorney general the discretion to block gun sales to people on terror watch lists. We must defeat this bill from giving extraordinary powers to limit gun sales to the Attorney General.

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Lautenberg To Reveal Names on Secret List

The names of the people on the watch list are secret, and Lautenberg said he was frustrated by the F.B.I.'s refusal to disclose to investigators details and specific cases of gun purchases beyond the aggregate data.

Gun hater Lautenberg requested the gun grab study from the Government Accountability Office. He is using statistics, compiled in the report that is scheduled for public release next week to invade US citizen's privacy and put more restrictions on the Second Amendment.

Lautenberg said he wanted a better understanding of who is being allowed to buy guns.

How you ask? Trial by innuendo and misinformation that has put 1,000,000 Americans and maybe even you on a terrorist watch list without your knowledge by saying: people placed on this government's terrorist watch list can be stopped from getting on a plane or getting a visa, and will also be stopped from buying a gun.

Lautenberg wants gun purchases stopped for just being on the list. Current law states federal officials must find some other disqualification of a would-be gun buyer, like being a felon, an illegal alien or a drug addict.

Is your name on the list and can you get it removed?

The government's consolidated watch list, used to identify people suspected of links to terrorists, has grown to more than one million names since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. It also has drawn widespread criticism over the prevalence of mistaken identities and unclear links to terrorism.

A CNN story raises questions about mistaken identities on the list - James Robinson is a retired Air National Guard brigadier general and a commercial pilot for a major airline who flies passenger planes around the country.

James Robinson is a retired brigadier general and a commercial pilot. His name is on the terrorist "watch list."

He has even been certified by the Transportation Security Administration to carry a weapon into the cockpit as part of the government's defense program should a terrorist try to commandeer a plane.

But there's one problem: James Robinson, the pilot, has difficulty even getting to his plane because his name is on the government's terrorist "watch list."

That means he can't use an airport kiosk to check in; he can't do it online; he can't do it curbside. Instead, like thousands of Americans whose names match a name or alias used by a suspected terrorist on the list, he must go to the ticket counter and have an agent verify that he is James Robinson, the pilot, and not James Robinson, the terrorist.

"Shocking's a good word; frustrating," Robinson -- the pilot -- said. "I'm carrying a weapon, flying a multimillion-dollar jet with passengers, but I'm still screened as, you know, on the terrorist watch list."

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History Repeating Itself?

The 1938 German Weapons Act, the precursor of the current weapons law, superseded the 1928 law. As under the 1928 law, citizens were required to have a permit to carry a firearm and a separate permit to acquire a firearm. Furthermore, the law restricted ownership of firearms to "...persons whose trustworthiness is not in question and who can show a need for a (gun) permit."

Lautenberg Must be Stopped

Recently Sens. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ), Jack Reed (D-RI) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) have joined Paul Helmke, President of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and victims and family members of the Virginia Tech tragedy, to introduce legislation to eliminate the private transfers of firearms and close the nation's "gun show loophole."

This Senate bill is in the Judiciary Committee, chaired by anti-gun liberal Democrat Leahy. Lautenberg's gun hate is well documented and he says you are irrational if you support private gun sales.

"There is no rational reason to oppose closing the loophole. The reason it's still not closed is simple: the continuing power of the special interest gun lobby in Washington" Sen. Lautenberg said ignoring the Constitution.

LAUTENBERG'S MOTIVES

Motives for his latest gun ban to are twofold:

• First, he is taking small steps to enact gun control legislation this is just one step.
  
  
• Second, eradicate the gun culture altogether.

All that seems to be on the minds of the Anti-Gun Senators and at the offices of gun control extremists is figuring out how to invade your privacy to erode and eventually destroy the right, and the means, of self-defense.

Now the Anti-Gun Coalitions are trying to use a self supporting GAO study to destroy the right of all Americans to keep and bear arms to protect themselves under the law. They are attacking and hiding behind an Anti-Terrorist Agenda while getting political and financial support from:

George Soros a Hungarian-born billionaire bank rolling efforts with his check book and spending more that $100 million to destroy the Constitution.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (CA) admitted that "guns would be banned and confiscated" if she could have her way.

The United Nations actively pushes globalism seeking to disarm all Americans.

We must Stop the Anti-Gun Coalition and get ready for the biggest gun control fight of the year from coast to coast. We can not do that without your support.

Stand up against this attack! Stand up for the right to not only defend yourself, but to defend your family, your children, your friends, and your classmates!

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Shooting problems

Sometimes we shooters have accuracy problems (I know: don't divulge our secrets!) and we get into a rut trying to discover the cause and a solution. In keeping with the club's goal of aiding better, more accurate shooters, here's a little aide for those who are having some pistol accuracy problems. (Like I know someone who's already discovered a problem solution.) These can be downloaded and carried in the shooting bag or printed into target form. To enlarge, click the picture. Right click the picture, scroll down to SAVE PICTURE and left click, save to file.

October calendar of events

Welcome to the newest shooter information site on the web- our Virginia Rifle and Pistol Club blog. We are here at the request of membership during the meeting October 2 and hopefully will meet your needs as an interested shooter, or one just getting started with firearms.

Old members and friends- welcome. It's a pleasure to see you here. New friends and prospective members- a hearty welcome to you! Hopefully the VRPC can answer all your needs as a gun enthusiast.

A couple of notes about the club.

Membership is based on an NRA membership and approval of the active membership of the club. If you would like an application to join, please let us know and we can mail an application, or you can find them at local gunshops and shooting areas. In the works is an on-line application you should be able to download, print and mail to the club secretary.

Regular meetings are held where business is conducted and new members approved- and it never hurts to be there to be welcomed into the fold or just to learn what we're about.

Located on the Laurentian Divide, two miles north of Virginia, we have three kinds of ranges: a one hundred yard small bore/pistol range; a five hundred yard large caliber rifle range; and a shotgun area. When arriving, be sure to obey the signs, be aware of shooters in the area and never carry loaded firearms off the firing line.

ABSOLUTELY NO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ON THE GROUNDS!

The calendar for October follows...

October 17: Steel Action Match (last of the season) 10 a.m.

The next scheduled CCW class is set for October 20-21 Contact Dan for more info.

October 24/25, 31 and November 1: Sight-in days, open to the public to get their deer rifle sighted in. 0900 to 1600+/-

Thank you for visiting. Come back soon. Till then, be sure of your backstop and shoot straight.

SW