Hunter Safety Course Dates

Upcoming Hunter Safety Courses at the Kent Rod & Gun Club:



Pre-registration is required - Contact Course Instructor Jerry Meenan at 914-552-0323

• Bow Hunter:

Saturday, September 28th, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• Gun Hunter:  TWO DATES-MUST ATTEND BOTH COURSES!

Thursday, October 10th from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Saturday, October 12th from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.


All that's needed to bring along is a pen....Coffee, Refreshments, Snacks and Lunch items will be available for purchases on these dates.  

Club Event Update - March

Members of the Kent Rod & Gun Club proudly participated in the Unite for Our Rights Rally in Albany on February 28th.  As much as various media sources attempted to downplay the event, some reporting that only several hundred were in attendance, the truth was that over 12,000 law-abiding, legal gun owners made their voices heard!  Clicking on the highlighted link above,  to view some great photos, honestly demonstrates the support working to repeal the New York Safe Act.

On a local level, here in Putnam County, several club members also attended the National Day of Resistance rally at the County Courthouse on February 23rd...one more event not given any coverage from publications such as The Journal News, a liberal, biased, media source who looks only to denigrate legal gun ownership along with recent actions which compromised the personal safety of law abiding pistol license holders.

Keep in mind that these massive efforts don't stop here!  Going forward, we must remain vigilant and ready to keep the pressure applied on our elected officials.  Get the message out and remind each of them how much our votes on their behalf won't be in their favor... when time comes for re-election.

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PISTOL SAFETY COURSE  -  SUNDAY, APRIL 21ST at 8 a.m.

The Kent Rod & Gun Club will be holding a Pistol Safety Course on Sunday, April 21, 2013,  at our clubhouse.

Start time is 8 a.m. and the course fee is $95.00.

This, 8 hour, not condensed, intensive course of instruction with the emphasis on SAFETY,  is necessary for those seeking to obtain a first-time pistol permit or an upgrade to an existing permit.

  
Students learn:
NRA's Rules for Safe Gun Handling
Pistol Parts and Operation
Ammunition
Shooting Fundamentals
Range Rules
Shooting from the bench rest position and two handed standing positions
Cleaning the Pistol
Continued Opportunities for Skill Development.

Students will receive the NRA Guide to the Basics of Pistol Shooting handbook, NRA Gun Safety Rules brochure, Winchester/NRA Marksmanship Qualification booklet.

Upon completion, and passing, a Basics of Pistol Shooting Student Examination, a course completion certificate will be given to each student.
 

Our courses fill-up quickly so please sign-up as soon as possible.  We are also very pleased at the number of ladies who have been attending and doing extremely well on all levels of instruction!

Coffee, beverages, snacks and lunch items will be available for purchase.  Attendees are welcome to bring along their own lunch if they prefer.

Please contact John Sparano at....kentrodandgunclub@gmail.com for information and in order to be added to the class.  

Reservations will close on April 15, 2013.

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Check out our "Random Shots" page for new pics of our recent Ice Fishing Party and the good time that was had by all!

 

Our "Member Links" page is up and running...a good way to support club members and their businesses!

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 28^th, “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.

 

 

Pistol licensee FOIL Exemption form:

http://www.troopers.ny.gov/Firearms/Public_Records_Exemption/FOIL_Exemption_Form.pdf

 

NYSP FAQ and Instructions:

http://www.troopers.ny.gov/Firearms/Public_Records_Exemption/

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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.