Monday, February 18, 2013

Club Update

February has been an active month in wake of the recent changes to the gun laws here in New York State. 
 
Ulster County, NY has drafted a resolution, stating that they will not enforce the NYS SAFE Act; an e-mail was sent out to club members with this resolution

 
Rich Othmer, Chairman of our Putnam County Legislature, sponsored and passed a resolution last Wednesday night which was sent to Albany opposing the new gun law.  Rich stated that he opposed it for 2nd Amendment reasons; it also brings with it several UN-funded mandates from our State Government. He also stated that the new law will financially affect the NYS county government budgets since Putnam County is the administrating agency. At this time, there is no need for individual towns to do the same. Rich Othmer has been working on this with the DA, Putnam County Executive, Clerk & Attorney and club member, Rob Firriolo, has also been guiding our county officials for the past several weeks.  Rich Othmer's letter was also sent out in an e-mail.



Several club members attended the Gun Rights Rally Day in Albany on February 12th; the estimated number of gun rights advocates ranged from "several hundred" to approximately two thousand. 

 
Going forward, the law-abiding gun community has to do better than this and the next opportunity to make ourselves heard will be on.... Thursday, February 28th, “Unite for Our Rights Day” in Albany.    
 
Club members are asked to make every effort and attend this event; support each other, support the cause, support the efforts of those who are challenging Cuomo's gun laws on our behalf!
 
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Now that The Journal News wisely backed down and removed gun owner data from their website, the FOIL exemption form has been made available to license holders wishing to have their personal information kept private.  The links are attached to download both the form and instructions.
 
NYSP FAQ and Instructions:


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The Kent Rod & Gun Club's Annual Corned Beef Dinner will take place on Saturday, March 9th at 7.p.m.  The price remains $20.00 for Adults and $5.00 for children 12 and under.  Payment for reservations can be made at our next General Membership Meeting on Friday, March 1st.  Members, family and friends are all welcome!


Our own "Iron Chef McTaro" is already gearing up for the evening.   Chef McT has his chosen kitchen staff all picked out so the club is in great shape, ready to cook and serve…Corned Beef, Cabbage, Potatoes, Carrots plus…Colcannon (for those liking Mashed Potatoes ) and loaves of homemade Irish Soda Bread.  Hot Dogs will be available for the kids.

Desserts are more than welcome!  If you have an item that you would like to contribute to our dessert table, please bring it along for everyone to enjoy!

We'll be setting up tables for the dinner,  the night before, Friday, March 8th; if anyone wants to stop by and lend a hand with that, along with helping to give our clubhouse a once-over before the event, please be there by 7 p.m.

We also need a few volunteers for cleanup duty on Sunday. This is a chance to get in some work hours.

Seating will be limited for this event...please respond, via e-mail, as soon as possible if you plan on attending; we need an accurate head count to properly plan our shopping.