Say "NO" to H.314

H.314 is a bad bill

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Bernard - Yesterday, the VTFSC noticed that H.314 (An act relating to prohibiting firearms and deadly weapons in schools and on school property) was on the agenda in House Education, and as initially scheduled it was a walk-thru and possible vote.  This would mean that without taking any testimony, this committee was poised to pass the bill. Let me repeat that, they were preparing to pass this bill without ANY testimony whatsoever, and this bill effects not only hunting, but also the lawful carrying of firearms. We already have a statute that covers firearms in schools and on school busses, and it is working and working well. While the VTFSC was able to get on the schedule, it appears that GoVT will not be allowed to give testimony, and while VTC has theoretically been allowed to speak, they are not yet on the schedule. There are two major problems with this bill:  1) Schools in Vermont own a lot of land, UVM in particular, but virtually all schools own land that would be affected, and right now - it is permissible to hunt on those lands.  This bill would stop that, and this committee has no idea of the amount of land this bill would actually affect. 2) When parents go to pick up their kids at school, or have to drive across school property, they would become criminals if they inadvertently had a firearm in their car or on their person for self-defense. The current law protects our schools in a manner that does not infringe on hunting or self-defense, and it is working well.  Please send an email to the following list of people (you can simply cut and paste them into an email) and use a subject line of: "NO" to H.314 jkrowinski@leg.state.vt.us; elong@leg.state.vt.us; pconlon@leg.state.vt.us; ebrady@leg.state.vt.us; ctoof@leg.state.vt.us; saustin@leg.state.vt.us; jbrown@leg.state.vt.us; nbrownell@leg.state.vt.us; tbuss@leg.state.vt.us; kmccann@leg.state.vt.us; bminier@leg.state.vt.us; mstone@leg.state.vt.us; cataylor@leg.state.vt.us; twilliams@leg.state.vt.us Once you have done that, please consider calling the Sgt at Arms at (802) 828-2228) and have them send a note to Speaker Krowinski and Chair of House Education Conlon and say: "NO" to H.314. In regards to other bills in play, the VTFSC maintains a listing of bills we are watching on our website, or you can see that list here. Thank you for your continued support of the VTFSC and our member clubs; please consider a donation to help us help you defend our rights. Best Regards, Vermont Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs http://www.vtfsc.com/ VT Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs · 454 S Main St, Northfield, VT 05663, United States This email was sent to sportsmanscluboffranklincounty.clubnews@blogger.com. To stop receiving emails, click here. You can also keep up with Vermont Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs on Facebook. Created with NationBuilder, software for leaders.

Presentation by John Lott, Mar 4th @ 6PM

Why Some Gun Laws Make Vermont Less Safe

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Bernard - The Vermont Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs, working alongside Gun Owners of Vermont, is exceptionally pleased to announce that we have arranged for Dr. John Lott to visit Montpelier to give interested Vermonters a presentation on Why Some Gun Laws Will Make Vermont Less Safe. This FREE presentation will occur at the Pavilion Auditorium in Montpelier on March 4th, 2023, starting 6PM and will require attendees to RSVP in advance as this is a one evening event and seating is limited to 190 attendees. Please RSVP as soon as possible to attend this event by using this link, or by visiting the VTFSC website's home page and clicking on the Dr. John Lott Presentation link. This event will be Free to the public and will start at 6PM with a Meet & Greet with Dr. Lott.  Light refreshments will be served.  Dr. Lott's presentation will then begin at 7PM, and will go for about an hour.  Copies of several of Dr. Lott's books will be available for purchase and signing immediately after the event at the Capitol Plaza, which is right across the street from the Pavilion Auditorium. If you are not aware of who Dr. John R. Lott is:  He is an economist and a world-recognized expert on guns and crime, and he is the president and founder of the Crime Prevention Research Center. Most recently he served as the Senior Advisor for Research and Statistics in the Office of Justice Programs and then the Office of Legal Policy in the U.S. Department of Justice. Lott has held research or teaching positions at various academic institutions including the University of Chicago, Yale University, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Stanford University, UCLA, and Rice University, and was the chief economist at the United States Sentencing Commission during 1988-1989. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from UCLA. Nobel laureate Milton Friedman noted: "John Lott has few equals as a perceptive analyst of controversial public policy issues." Lott is also a prolific author for both academic and popular publications. He has published over 100 articles in peer-reviewed academic journals and written ten books, including "More Guns, Less Crime," "The Bias Against Guns," and "Freedomnomics." His most recent books are "Dumbing Down the Courts: How politics keeps the smartest judges off the bench" and "Gun Control Myths." He has been one of the most productive and cited economists in the world (from 1969 to 2000 he ranked 26th worldwide in terms of quality-adjusted total academic journal output, 4th in terms of total research output, and 86th in terms of citations). Among economics, business, and law professors his research is currently the 14th most downloaded in the world. He is also a frequent writer of op-eds. This venue is a new for the VTFSC, and we hope to make it a success with your involvement. In regards to other bills in play, the VTFSC maintains a listing of bills we are watching on our website, or you can see that list here. Thank you for your continued support of the VTFSC and our member clubs; please consider a donation to help us help you defend our rights. Best Regards, Vermont Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs http://www.vtfsc.com/ VT Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs · 454 S Main St, Northfield, VT 05663, United States This email was sent to sportsmanscluboffranklincounty.clubnews@blogger.com. To stop receiving emails, click here. You can also keep up with Vermont Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs on Facebook. Created with NationBuilder, software for leaders.

Huge win for 2A in VT, Update on Bills in play

News from the VTFSC you'll want to know about

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Bernard - We had previously warned you about S4, a bill which contained a section that would prohibit those under 21 from possessing an "Assault Weapon", with that section providing definitions of what makes a pistol, rifle or shotgun into an "Assault Weapon". As of yesterday, and after intense lobbying by the VTFSC, as well as work done by our allies in GOVT, the VTFSC is pleased to report that the Senate Judiciary Committee, on a 5-0 vote, opted to pull that section out of the bill completely.  It's gone (for now). Yes, you read that correctly:  We were able to have a section pertaining to an "Assault Weapon Ban" dropped, due entirely to it's lack of constitutionality under Bruen. This is a huge win for the 2nd Amendment in Vermont, but this is only one battle in the long and protracted fight for our rights, and it occurred only because Senate Judiciary is a very deliberative body who did the right thing when presented with the facts and supporting information. On other fronts:  The VTFSC gave testimony yesterday on H.230 in the House Health Care Committee, which is billed as an anti-suicide bill.  This bill contains a section relating to "Safe Storage" (Lock Up Your Guns) as well as a Waiting Period (either 48 or 72 hours). In the testimony we gave on H.230, and among other concerns, we pointed out that "Safe Storage" as written defies the Heller Decision, and we further stated that a Waiting Period would likely not survive a challenge under Bruen.  We concluded our testimony with a quote from Dr. Martin Luther King:  "A right delayed is a right denied". The House Health Committee however is not really interested in whether things are constitutional or not, which is why this bill - when it passes the Health Care Committee - will be moved into House Judiciary.  THAT is the committee that will have to really listen to our constitutional arguments, and we will be READY. Stay tuned:  There is a huge push to move H.230, and some version WILL be passed by the super-majority, but we will continue to fight that all bills relating to firearms are Constitutional. In regards to other bills in play, the VTFSC maintains a listing of bills we are watching on our website, or you can see that list here. Our calendar of events is also on the website here. Thank you for your continued support of the VTFSC and our member clubs; please consider a donation to help us help you defend our rights. Best Regards, Vermont Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs http://www.vtfsc.com/ VT Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs · 454 S Main St, Northfield, VT 05663, United States This email was sent to sportsmanscluboffranklincounty.clubnews@blogger.com. To stop receiving emails, click here. You can also keep up with Vermont Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs on Facebook. Created with NationBuilder, software for leaders.

Upcoming Federation Events

Upcoming VTFSC Events You Need to Know About

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Bernard - The purpose of this email is to alert you to upcoming events sponsored by the VTFSC.  Tomorrow:  Please expect an update on the bills in play and how we are dealing with them. This coming Tuesday evening (2/21), starting at 5PM, we will host our annual Legislative Mixer in the Cafeteria at the Statehouse.  We will have a couple of guest speakers, we will give you an update on bills in play, and you can meet with like-minded people including interested legislators.  There will be a buffet of finger food as well as a cash bar:  Please come, bring your friends or significant others, and meet like-minded people who support our goals and traditions.  Orange is the color of the evening. Coming up on March 4th, and starting at 7PM, we are exceptionally pleased to announce that we have engaged Dr. John Lott, nationally renowned author and President of the Crime Prevention Research Center to do a presentation on Crime Prevention at the Pavilion Auditorium in Montpelier.  This will be a free event open to the public, so mark your calendars:  More details are coming by Wednesday. Finally:  Please be advised that the VTFSC will be having our annual banquet at the Barre Elks on March 11th.  This promises to be a great evening with an excellent dinner, several games of chance where you can win firearms, and a Calcutta fund-raiser where you can win cash prizes.  This is a major fund-raiser for the VTFSC, so you can support us while having a Great Time:  You can get more details here. In regards to other bills in play, the VTFSC maintains a listing of bills we are watching on our website, or you can see that list here. Our calendar of events is also on the website here. Thank you for your continued support of the VTFSC and our member clubs. Best Regards, Vermont Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs http://www.vtfsc.com/ VT Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs · 454 S Main St, Northfield, VT 05663, United States This email was sent to sportsmanscluboffranklincounty.clubnews@blogger.com. To stop receiving emails, click here. You can also keep up with Vermont Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs on Facebook. Created with NationBuilder, software for leaders.

Alert on S.57

Senate Bill S.7 attacks our ranges

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Bernard - This message is a CALL TO ACTION on S.57 - An act relating to expanding municipal authority over the discharge of firearms - which seeks to alter 24 VSA 2291. Currently, Section (8) of 24 VSA 2291 gives a municipality the authority "To regulate or prohibit the use or discharge, but not possession, of firearms within the municipality or specified portions thereof, provided that an ordinance adopted under this subdivision shall be consistent with 2295 of this title and shall not prohibit, reduce, or limit discharge at any existing sport shooting range..."   What they want to change is to drop the phrase:  "reduce, or limit". Make no mistake:  This bill has the potential to close every club range in Vermont by severely limiting the ability to shoot at a facility designed for that purpose. Back in 1987, the VTFSC worked hard to get 24 VSA 2295 passed, which is commonly referred to as the Sportsman's Bill of Rights, with this statute giving very limited authority to a municipality over firearms and ammunition, as well as activities such as hunting and fishing. In 1991, the VTFSC was again pivotal in getting 10 VSA 5227 passed, commonly referred to as the Range Protection Act, which essentially prevented people who move onto property that abuts a range from being able to argue that noise from the range bothers them. If anything, we want to ENCOURAGE people to use our sport shooting ranges, as the alternative is people shooting in places that may not be as safe. Right now, this bill has been assigned to the Senate Committee on Government Operations, but has not yet begun to move. Before it does start to move, and even after it starts to move, we need to SLAM that committee, as well as the Senate Pro Tem Baruth, about our extreme displeasure that such a bill is even being considered. We politely request that you take 2 minutes to send an email to the following people (you can just copy from the list and then paste into an email address line), with a subject line of "NO TO S.57", and any polite text you wish to include in the body of that email. rhardy@leg.state.vt.us; tvyhovsky@leg.state.vt.us; AClarkson@leg.state.vt.us; rwhite@leg.state.vt.us; rnorris@leg.state.vt.us; awatson@leg.state.vt.us; pbaruth@leg.state.vt.us Once you do that, contact 2 of your friends to have them do the same thing:  We want to kill this before it even starts to move.  Next week, send another email. In regards to other bills in play, the VTFSC maintains a listing of bill we are watching on our website, or you can see that list here. Our calendar ov events is also on the website, or can be seen here. Thank you for your continued support of the VTFSC and our member clubs. Best Regards, Vermont Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs http://www.vtfsc.com/ VT Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs · 454 S Main St, Northfield, VT 05663, United States This email was sent to sportsmanscluboffranklincounty.clubnews@blogger.com. To stop receiving emails, click here. You can also keep up with Vermont Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs on Facebook. Created with NationBuilder, software for leaders.