Friend of the Travelers, Tom Fiumarello is a featured speaker at Pheasant Fest.

Pheasant Fest’s New Addition for the Wingshooter: The Gun Counter Wingshooting experts Patrick Flanigan and Tom Fiumarello are featured speakers Saint Paul, Minn. – January 23, 2013 – Pheasants Forever announces “The Gun Counter” as the newest addition to upcoming National Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic presented by Cabela’s. The event comes to the Minneapolis Convention Center on February 15, 16 and 17th. This portion of the show is an all-encompassing forum to learn more about the tools which bird hunters use in the field. “Most of our members’ commitment to wildlife habitat conservation originates in their passion for bird hunting. The new Gun Counter segment of Pheasant Fest allows avid bird hunters and gear junkies to learn about the wide array of shotguns, ammo and gear from the most well-known manufacturers in the hunting industry,” says Brad Heidel, Pheasants Forever director of corporate sales. New Upland Product Lines: Manufacturers like Browning/Winchester Firearms, Federal Premium Ammunition, and Winchester Ammunition will be giving seminars on the companies’ newest innovations and product lines. Following seminars, audience members will have the opportunity to participate in Q&A with manufacturers. Classic Double Guns: Representing the long history of American double gun manufacturing, the Parker and L.C. Smith Gun Collectors Associations will be present and giving seminars on these two classic American firearms. Improve Your Wingshooting: Throughout the weekend, seminars on how to refine and improve your upland shooting skills will be presented by expert wingshooters Tom Fiumarello & Patrick Flanigan. Patrick Flanigan Flanigan is currently an eight-time world record holder in Xtreme Sport Shooting and at the very top of the exhibition shooting circuit. Patrick performs dozens of live Xtreme Sport Shooting shows a year and is also the star of numerous television programs such as “Hot Shots” on NBC Sports, “Impossible Shots” on the Outdoor Channel, and Patrick Flanigan's own “Shell Shocked” on The Sportsman’s Channel. Patrick has also been featured in hundreds of publications. Tom Fiumarello Fiumarello is a lifelong educator, spending 33 years as a highly successful physical education instructor and coach. His passion for teaching now transcends to the outdoors, and his students find out first-hand how quickly learning takes place when being taught by a man who truly “loves what he does.” Tom is the Director of the Clays and Wing Shooting Academy at Vernon National Shooting Preserve in Vernon, NY, as well as the head shooting instructor at St. Hubert’s Club at Guarino Farms in Marlboro, NY. National Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic is country's largest event for upland hunters, sport dog owners and wildlife habitat conservationists, combining a national outdoor trade show, wildlife habitat seminar series, and family event complete with puppies, tractors, shotguns, and art. The event is presented by Cabela's. For more information, please contact Rehan Nana, Pheasants Forever public relations specialist, at (651) 209-4973 or email Rehan. Pheasants Forever, including its quail conservation division, Quail Forever, is the nation's largest nonprofit organization dedicated to upland habitat conservation. Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever have more than 135,000 members and 700 local chapters across the United States and Canada. Chapters are empowered to determine how 100 percent of their locally raised conservation funds are spent, the only national conservation organization that operates through this truly grassroots structure. -30-

Pheasants Forever is dedicated to the conservation of pheasants, quail and other wildlife through habitat improvements, public awareness, education and land management policies and programs.

NY Members can get the quick and dirty about the new SAFE act.

http://www.governor.ny.gov/2013/gun-reforms-faq

Mid-Hudson

Entry Form attached.

All:

On Saturday January 19th at 12 noon at the state capital in Hartford, there is a gun rights rally.

CONNECTICUT IS GROUND ZERO IN THIS FIGHT FOR OUR RIGHTS!!

We need as many people as possible to come to this event. If the elected officials see thousands of citizens, they will re consider the asinine laws being proposed to trample our constitutional  rights. THIS IS IMPORTANT!

BIG NOTE: while you may carry a firearm on the grounds of the capital, the city of Hartford had deemed Bushnell park a gun free zone and you will be arrested if you enter the park with a firearm. This comes directly from the Capital Police. TGC is recommending EMPTY HOLSTERS AS  a sign of protest.

Please, Please Please  make time for this event.

We need to be courteous, and we need to be civil. I am sure there will be anti-gun protesters there. Don’t let them bait  you. We will be called baby killers, murderers and worse by people who probably could not pass the background checks we have all gone through. We need to show America, yes that’s right, there will be National Press there, how we are the nonviolent sane people and the legislature and protesters are the ones of diminished mental capacity. If you are a pistol team member, wear your team shirt & hat, or wear something that says NRA or America.

NO VIOLENT SHIRTS OR POSTERS! That is what out enemy’s want to see.

You don’t have to respond, just show up. ..Please. And bring a friend even if they don’t own a gun! Bring your spouse & kids as this is a family event. We need numbers!!!!!! 

Please see the links below for detailed information on current events including President Obama's plan and the detail behind the NY law...(you may have to cut and paste into your browser)

Obamas plan - http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-unveils-gun-control-proposals/2013/01/16/58cd70ce-5fed-11e2-9940-6fc488f3fecd_story.html

NY law in detail - http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6jHQzrfKcB8

NY gun law finds support in CT - http://www.ctmirror.org/story/18775/new-ny-gun-law-finds-support-connecticut-capitol

Cuomo exploits Newtown tragedy - http://gunowners.wordpress.com/2013/01/15/new-york-gov-exploits-death-of-20-children-to-pass-worthless-gun-control-measures/
 
Lawmakers/Remington to fight NY ban - http://www.littlefallstimes.com/news/x1146191479/Lawmakers-Remington-employees-vow-to-fight-assault-weapon-ban
 
Feinstein/Schumer have carry permits - http://www.federalobserver.com/archive.php?aid=10104
 
Nationwide gun actions - http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/01/14/state-by-state-gun-report/1834361/

Gun ban that backfired  - http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324081704578235460300469292.html

CT lawmakers - http://www.ctnewsjunkie.com/ctnj.php/archives/entry/top_lawmakers_set_ambitious_deadline_for_bipartisan_super_committee

As we have said over and over again, the best and easiest way in which to contact your Federal and State Representatives is through the NRA-ILA website. www.NRAILA.org

HOW? On the right hand of the page there are tabs. Click on: Write Your Reps. Enter your zip code. Follow the directions in the ACTION ALERT box and voice your opinions and concerns to protect your second amendment rights.

Another option to accomplish the above is through the Ruger website: www.ruger.com

HOW? On the home page there is a blue box that says, Take Action Now! Click on it. You will see another box that says, Take Action Now. Click on it. Enter your contact information where prompted. A form letter is already populated. Change it if you wish to express your own thoughts.The rest is self-explanatory.

ACT NOW if you have not already done so!!.

 As you are probably aware, this fight to protect our right to bear arms is going to take not only strong support, but also donations to fight it effectively. There are ways in which you can help here as well:

• Contribute to the NRA. www.NRA.org  It’s a perfect time to sign up for Life Membership. $300 promotion is in effect or give an NRA Membership to family members.
• Contribute to lobbyist group of your choice.

Senator Kathleen Marchione is leading the fight to repeal the recently enacted gun laws in New York.

Please sign and forward/pass this along to your related mailing lists

http://www.nysenate.gov/webform/stand-second-amendment-standing-new-york-state-senator-kathleen-marchione