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The next regularly scheduled meeting of the ACSL will be held at 7:30 PM

The July 11, 2013 ACSL Meeting will be held at

Pitcairn -Monroeville Sportsmen’s Club

 505 Mosside Boulevard [Rt. 48] North Versailles, PA 15137

PHONE: (412) 824-3790

Kim Needs YOUR Help right NOW! 

Kim Stolfer is the Legislative Chairman for the Allegheny County Sportsmen’s League (ACSL), Chairman of Firearm Owners Against Crime (FOAC), Vice chairman of PA Sportsmen’s Association (PSA), Vice President Shooters Active in Firearms Education (S.A.F.E.) along with being a USMC combat veteran and Crew Chief of the last Marine helicopter to leave the American embassy in Saigon at the end of the Vietnam war. 

As many of you know Kim Stolfer has been very active in the defense of PA hunters and gun owner’s rights in the political arena for over 25 years.  

Kim now needs your help. Read more

News

Obama Administration to Sign U.N. Arms Trade Treaty "In the Very Near Future"

As we reported last month, on April 2, the United Nations General Assembly voted 153-4 to pass the Arms Trade Treaty, with the United States voting in favor and several countries abstaining. The vote in the General Assembly pushed the treaty process forward after negotiations twice failed to deliver on the goal of developing the treaty by consensus. The Obama Administration is expected to sign the treaty soon after it is opened for signature on June 3. 

According to a May 16 Amnesty Internationalarticle, a senior US diplomat--Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Countryman--has confirmed the U.S. government will be quick to sign the new treaty.  According to the article, Countryman said on Wednesday that the United States would sign the ATT "in the very near future."  

If the deeply problematic treaty is signed, the fight will move to the U.S. Senate, where the Obama administration would need to find 67 senators to ratify the treaty.  Read more

2013 Pennsylvania State Envirothon

May 21 and 22, 2013

Juniata College, Huntingdon County

Hundreds of teachers and professionals throughout Pennsylvania guide high school students through this natural resource environmental education program that combines classroom learning and outdoor activities.  This exposure to nature and seeing how humans impact the natural world provide invaluable lessons for understanding ecosystems and our environment. 

At the Envirothon, teams of five high school students compete in field testing using their knowledge in five topic areas – Soils and Land Use, Aquatic Ecology, Forestry, Wildlife, and Environmental Issues.  A current environmental issue is chosen each year as the “hot topic” for the focus of this station as well as the oral presentation component.                                                                      Read more

Bloomberg Says Interpretation of Constitution Has to Change

According to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the recent terror bombings in Boston require a new interpretation of the Constitution to give the government greater power to protect citizens.

"The people who are worried about privacy have a legitimate worry," Bloomberg said during a recent press conference. "But we live in a complex world where you're going to have to have a level of security greater than you did back in the olden days, if you will.  And our laws and our interpretation of the Constitution, I think, have to change."

According to a Breitbart.com article, the anti-gun Bloomberg claims that recent attacks on the Second Amendment have left him confident that such re-interpretation is possible.   Read more

Chris W. Cox's Message to Gun Owners on Their Victory in the Senate  

While both sides in the gun control debate regroup after our victory in the Senate earlier this week, I want to give credit where credit is due. The credit for Wednesday’s defeat of gun control goes to the countless gun owners and other Americans who drew a line in the sand—who sent emails and letters and made phone calls to their U.S. senators, urging them to protect private firearm transfers, semi-automatic firearms, and the magazines that millions of Americans own for self-defense.

 
There is no question that you shocked the enemies of liberty two days ago. Going into Wednesday’s votes, they thought victory was within reach. Many in the media had pushed the idea that resistance to the gun control agenda was futile, and some of our more aggressive adversaries may have started to believe their own propaganda Read more

Drama in the Rose Garden: Defying Senate, Obama Vows to Win on Gun Control

On Wednesday, the Senate rejected a gun control agenda that President Obama has adopted as his own over the last few months, but to which other gun control supporters have bitterly clung for years: banning an ever-lengthening list of semi-automatic firearms, banning magazines that hold more than 10 rounds, and expanding background check requirements to require government permission for many transfers of firearms among private citizens.

Within minutes of the Senate’s votes, which one political commentator called the “biggest loss” of Obama’s presidency, our Thespian-in-Chief theatrically stood beside a prominent crime victim and several family members of other victims in the Rose Garden, beginning his comments in a somber tone, so that the anger to which he would dramatically build over the next 13 minutes would, in contrast, appear more sincere. Read more

If you listen to Quinn & Rose,  at the "Warroom", 104,7 FM, 6 - 9 AM, you will have heard the announcement requesting that a live donor donate a portion of their liver to save the life of Kim Stolfer.  Kim Stolfer has unquestionably been the guiding force in advocating for and protecting Constitutional Second Amendment Rights for Pennsylvanians.  

U.S. Marine, Activist and Patriot NEEDS YOUR Gift of Life…

Kim Stolfer is a USMC Combat Veteran and Crew Chief of the last Marine helicopter to leave the American embassy in Saigon at the end of Vietnam War. He is also the Legislative Chairman for the Allegheny County Sportsmen’s League, Chairman of Firearm Owners Against Crime, Vice chairman of the PA Sportsmen’s Association and Vice President of Shooters Active in Firearms Education. Kim is one of the author's of Pennsylvania's "Castle Doctrine"...ensuring every Pennsylvanian's right to protect themselves in their homes or automobiles. Read more  

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Articles of Interest From John C. Street 

Author's Bio - John is an inquisitive contrarian who writes, frequently with humor, about current events in fish and wildlife research as well as the ethical and societal issues that affect the outdoor life.

Basic training by John C. Street 

The basis for a great many of the skills I use today in my soirees into the back-of-beyond came directly from my father, not so much through verbal instruction but through his willing to spend time with me.  Slow learner that I am, I can’t imagine where I’d be today without his patient tutelage.  Read more

John can be contacted at    johnstreet@windstream.net 

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The next regularly scheduled meeting of the ACSL will be held at 7:30 PM.

The ACSL Monthly meeting schedule has changed.

2013 Meetings: Jan. 10, Mar 14, May 9, July 11, Sep. 12, Nov. 14

The July 11, 2013 ACSL Meeting will be held at

Pitcairn -Monroeville Sportsmen’s Club

 505 Mosside Boulevard [Rt. 48] North Versailles, PA 15137

PHONE: (412) 824-3790

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