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Your Board of DirectorsPresidentTom King 713 Columbia Turnpike PO Box 278 East Greenbush, NY 12061 Phone: (518) 272-2654 Fax: (518) 274-4972 [email protected]

TreasurerBrenda Leder PO Box 278 East Greenbush, NY 12061 Phone: (518) 272-2654 [email protected]

SecretaryStephen D. Kraynak 1120 7th Ave. Watervliet, NY 12189 [email protected]

SmallboreCharles J. Meyer 158 Willow Lane Scotia, NY 12302 Phone: (518) 265-3555 [email protected]

PistolStephen D. Kraynak 1120 7th Ave. Watervliet, NY 12189 [email protected]

High Power ChairpersonGeorge W. Kline 6 Carrie Lane Nanuet, NY 10954 Phone: (917) 709-3691 [email protected]

Junior ChairpersonJennifer Schmitt 713 Columbia Turnpike PO Box 278 East Greenbush, NY 12061 Phone: (716) 397-4378 [email protected]

Women in the Shooting Sports ChairpersonJackie Emslie 17 Corlies Ave. Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 Phone: (914) 475-4901 [email protected]

DirectorsCharlie Beers III Glenville, NY Phone: (518) 469-5312 [email protected]

John Butcher Lockport, NY Phone: (518) 272-2654

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ContentsYour Board of Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2President’s Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Getting to Know Your Shotgun Through Dry Fire and Dummy Rounds . . . . . 5Collector’s Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Top Training Tips from Pro Shooters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Notes from Brenda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12To Purse Pack—Or Not . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14NYSRPA.org: Strategic Email Campaign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 D is for Deluded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Gun Control’s Crisis of Credibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21NRA Files Brief to Supreme Court to Take Concealed Carry Case . . . . . . . 22NYSRPA 2021 Directors Election Ballot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Pistol Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24NYS Pistol Team Application 2021 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Member Clubs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26NYSRPA Individual Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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President’s Message by Tom King

Escape from the Gulag!The picture in this article is the reason America will always be free. A cadre of dedicated, brave and committed individuals still have the cajones to stand up, speak their mind and stick their neck out to protect our U.S. Constitution and American values as we were taught in school. Love of country, love of freedom and respect for each other will carry the day. The same spirit that carried our veterans through our many wars, that is alive in our first responders and that burned brightly in the chests of the founding fathers is still alive in all Americans.Unfortunately, today it is harder to ignite. The mainstream media has clouded the truth more than the fog of war blankets a battlefield. The de-platforming of President Trump, the NYSRPA and many other conservative voices by Facebook and other social-media sites shows the lengths the

progressives will push freedoms boundaries to silence our voices. Thankfully, a few step up!Below you will see a billboard designed and paid for by a member of the NYSRPA board of directors. That man Brian Olesen is a shooter, collector, gun-store owner, range owner and a long-time friend. He has turned down numerous requests for television interviews with the comment that he did this to protect our rights not garner notoriety. People, this is what it will take to win back our freedom. You must stick out your neck, speak your mind and join the peaceful movement to take back our rights through the voting booths and courts. We need to stand up and tell our employees (the politicians) that they work for us, we set the rules not them and the time has come for them to live by the same rules and regulations that we do.

Join the struggle! Join the NRA! Join the NYSRPA! Get involved and work as campaign volunteers, drive elderly people to the polls, contact your elected officials, defend your rights. But it is most important to speak your mind respectfully and intelligently. We will take back America in 2022 with your help.Thank you, Brian Olesen, you are a great American! Please sign up for the NYSRPA email alert list at nysrpa.org.


If you have never fired a shotgun, there are a few things you can practice without setting foot on the range that will help you feel more confident and comfortable. Using inert dummy rounds and working with the shotgun that you will shoot can make your first shotgun shooting experience much more enjoyable.First Things First The very first step, as with any work off the range with a gun, is to make sure that you have an empty gun and no live ammo anywhere near where you will work. Reviewing the rules of firearms safety is always a good way to start a session working with any gun or shooting skills.Why Dry Fire a Shotgun? The idea of dry firing a shotgun may sound unproductive to experienced shotgun shooters. However, for a new shotgun shooter, just familiarizing yourself with how the gun works and understanding how to mount the gun properly is a big deal! Even experienced shooters who compete at the highest levels of shotgun shooting still get “fit” for a shotgun, even though they know some of these basic things that the new gun owner doesn’t. Working with an empty shotgun is going to help the new shooter.Getting to Know Your Shotgun Understanding how your shotgun works is the first step. Every shotgun has a stock, consisting of a buttstock

Getting to Know Your Shotgun Through Dry Fire and Dummy RoundsFor a more enjoyable first shoot, practice mounting and manipulating your new shotgun before your first range session.

Here, the dominant eye of the shooter is looking down the shotgun rib.

that goes into your shoulder, the pistol grip that you wrap your shooting hand around, and the fore-end that your support hand holds onto. You may have a cheek-pad or comb that can be adjusted.Your shotgun may have even come with shims that can adjust how your gun “casts,” which impacts where your eye sits in relation to the rib of your shotgun (you want to be able

to look straight down it). Your comb adjustment can change depending on whether you have a thinner or fuller face and your cheekbones. You are likely going to want to add/subtract a shim or maybe flip it (sometimes shims for cast are ambidextrous). Set up in front of a mirror or camera, and look at how the gun fits you. Is the length of pull too long or too short? Does your eye look straight down the

Shims may come with your shotgun.

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rib? If you see the top of the rib as if looking from above, you need to adjust the drop (this can be done with a shim, if your gun comes with them). If you are too far to one side, you might need to add or flip the shim that adjusts cast. For more on proper shotgun fit, check out these other articles and videos on this site that will help you understand what to look for. How to Hold a Shotgun Properly holding your shotgun will allow you to check if it fits correctly. After checking that your gun is set up as optimal as possible for you, you are going to want to practice mounting it. Your mount will help you get a good sight picture and allow you to manage recoil. It comes down to getting the gun in the right position in your shoulder and placing your face firmly on the stock. The shotgun’s recoil pad needs to fit into the “pocket” of your shoulder. If you bring your dominant arm up and forward, you will see that it creates an indent in your shoulder. You want the gun to sit there, because the closer the gun is to the centerline of your body, the less the recoil will push your body from one side, causing you to twist and take more time to come back on target. Also, having as much of your body mass behind the gun as possible will

Here, the shotgun is too far off the shoulder.

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allow you to effectively control the kickback.The shotgun should not be on your bicep or lower on your arm. If you have to get into some contorted position and your gun is on your bicep or shoulder, odds are that the length of pull is too long for you, and you need a shorter buttstock. By holding the stock out on your arm, or edge of shoulder, you are allowing the recoil to impact a small part of your body without mass behind it. It can be uncomfortable, give you a bruise and cause you to hate shotgun shooting.Next, put your face firmly on the stock. Shotguns recoil like any firearm. The recoil can be short and snappy with lots of muzzle rise, or slower and more of a “push” straight back. The type of gun (gas-operated vs. inertia) can affect what you feel, and so can your ammo. Ammo needs to carry enough power to cycle the bolt and make the shotgun function. If you choose to shoot a pump shotgun, because it’s manually cycled, you can get away with shooting lighter/softer rounds that can feel friendlier to your body. But no matter how your gun recoils or what ammo you shoot, getting your face down on that stock as if it is glued in place will help you recover

from recoil sooner. It will also ensure a consistent sight picture.Basic Manipulations Once you know how your gun fits and how to hold it, you can go over basic manipulations with dummy rounds. This will help you understand the way your particular shotgun works.

• Load and unload• Chamber a round• Clear the chamber• Clear a round off the lifter (if

you load improperly and cause a shell to “ghost load,” which is a way to load one extra round in a semi-automatic shotgun, i.e., one is loaded in the chamber, the

magazine is loaded full and then one more is put on the carrier.)

• Unload a full shotgun magazine tube

• Lock your bolt back• Engage and disengage the safety

every time you pick up the gun or put it down

Wrapping It Up When you spend a little time really getting a feel for your gun and learning more about how it should fit your body and how to use it, you are going to enjoy your time on the range with confidence. This article is reprinted with permission and written by Beck Yackley.

Soarness from the effects of recoil.

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Collector’s Corner by David Bock

Over the years I’ve had people ask me where I got some esoteric piece of technical firearms knowledge or where I learned about some unusual aspect of firearms history.In this column, I’ll try to answer both those questions as well as provide resources for those who would like to expand their knowledge in these subjects.First off, I’ve been studying firearms and firearms history for over 30 years. Not in any professional capacity, but as a hobby. It’s a topic that’s always fascinated me. For most of that time, my references were print sources and to a large degree they still are. The photo accompanying this article is one of my shelves of reference books. The left-hand side is taken up almost entirely by a nearly complete set of Shooter’s Bibles dating back to the 1930s. The right-hand side is more eclectic with the bottom shelf containing a number of old issues of American Rifleman magazine—some dating back to the 1920s. Note: This picture does not include my reloading books or most of my books on gunsmithing.As you can see, I have shelves full of reference material, some of which have been out of print since before I was born. These books are out there and are worth looking for if they fit your interest. In addition, there are new books coming out every year.Case in point, Ian McCollum recently released a book on the history of French long arms called Chassepot to Famas: French Military Rifles, 1866–2016, and is a must-have for any collector of French long arms.

Speaking of McCollum, you may know him better from the Forgotten Weapons YouTube channel. Another

military small arms, Hatcher’s Notebook by Gen. Julian Hatcher is an excellent choice. W. W. Greener’s book, The Gun and Its Development—while occasionally self-serving—is another great resource for early firearms development history.If your collection is more specific, you may want books that focus on a certain brand or period. I have a particular fondness for Smith & Wesson Revolvers, so I have a copy of the Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson by Jim Supica and Richard Nahas. In addition, I have another book on the general history of Smith & Wesson from 1857 to 1945. As a companion book, I have the Standard Catalog of Colt Firearms by Rick Sapp. These are excellent books for identifying your particular firearm, but less so for determining a value. While these books have had several editions, they’re not published frequently enough to be up to date in that regard.If you want to figure out values, the best options at this time are The Blue Book of Gun Values or final sale prices from closed online auctions.A few things to keep in mind with these sources, a new edition of the blue book is released every year, usually in April. Make sure you have the newest printing for the most up to date information. There also are regional variations in values that the book cannot attempt to cover.With the auction sites, you’ll sometimes see an excellent example of a firearm go for a surprisingly low price and the next week a mediocre example go for a shockingly high price.

excellent YouTube channel is C&Rsenal, where Othais and Mae dive into the history, design, and use of (primarily) World War I firearms. On a related channel, Mark Novak talks about conservancy and restoration.Even though there are more, these are my current top online sources for historic firearm information.While discussion boards and Facebook pages can have some good information, you have to be able to sift it out from the mass of opinions and repeated anecdotes that make up most of their content.Since it makes up the majority of my reference library, let’s go back to print.Primary sources always are better. For example, if your interest is U.S. (continued on page 13.)


Top Training Tips from Pro Shooters

I recently participated in a Ladies Day shoot at a nearby range, which included several professional female shooters, and boy, was I impressed! Their focus on technique, concentration and skill was fascinating. By the end of the morning I had picked up a few tips, especially about how to handle a higher-caliber handgun (as I am currently in the market for a .45-cal. 1911). I’ve played various sports over the years, and if there’s one thing I’ve noticed, it’s that when you compete with better athletes, it has a positive impact on your game. Not only can you pick up tips from watching them, but they can give you constructive criticism after watching you.Ready to up your game? Check out these tips from some of the country’s top female competitive shooters.Start with a plan. “This tip may seem obvious but many people don’t create a training plan,” says Gabby Franco, Olympian, former Top Shot Competitive Shooter, and Walther Arms brand ambassador. “Most of the time people just go to the range and shoot and that’s it. But especially now with the ammo shortage it’s more important than ever to value your time and your resources.”Gabby suggests that you train for at least one hour a week at the gun range, and focus on one technique at a time. For instance, if you’re practicing your draw, dedicate that training session to practicing your draw quickly and shooting accurately.

Ready to up your game? Check out these tips from some of the country’s top female competitive shooters.

repetitions, a particular technique gets embedded in your long-term memory. Ideally, she says, you should focus on one technique during your practice, repeating it several times for 30 minutes to one hour each session. “That constant repetition is going to

Gabby Franco

“Your training plan should act like a road map and take you where you want to go,” says Gabby, explaining that the difference between “working memory” and “long-term memory.” For example, during training you employ your working memory, and after several

Dakota Overland

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help your brain transfer this knowledge from the working memory to the long-term memory.”Franco notes that it is all right to work on several techniques at one time, but it will take you longer to master each skill. “Once a skill is embedded in your long-term memory, you will perform that action faster and efficiently. Your brain will know exactly how to do it,” she says, adding that this recollection time is critical if you’re in shooting competitions, where seconds can make the difference between a podium finish or finishing lower.You can use your phone or a notebook, but I like the Shooting Journal offered by A Girl & A Gun Women’s Shooting League.Change your focus. Franco says she sometimes sees people focusing so much on trying to hit the bullseye that they forget about the technique. “I see shooting as a mathematical equation,” she says. “When you have a problem in math, you don’t focus on the result. You need to solve the problem

first, then, you can make necessary adjustments.” Franco suggests instead of focusing so much on hitting the bullseye, you should focus on the steps you are taking to accomplish that goal. “You will learn what you are doing right and wrong when you follow this principle.”Franco recommends asking yourself the following questions: What steps are you taking in your technique? How well are you applying the shooting fundamentals? Examining all the details of your technique will give you a lot more information. “If you focus on how you are working through the equation, which is your technique, this will result in much better results and improvement.”Prioritize your weak areas. “For me, I started becoming a lot more successful when I started to focus on practicing the areas that I wasn’t nearly as good at,” says 17-year-old Dakota Overland, USPSA Multi-Gun Ladies Champion, and brand ambassador for Benelli and Federal Premium Ammunition. “Everybody enjoys

practicing the things that they’re good at,” says Overland. “It’s more fun doing things that way, and less work.” But she’s quick to add, “You’re not really going to see a whole lot of improvement if you just continue to practice the things that you’re good at because you’re still going to fall off in those weak areas.”Overland says that last year she was trying to work on her movement and transitions between guns, because once you figure out the shooting it’s not too hard to keep up with that. “Movement was a weak area for me,” she admits. “I noticed that I was losing time in competitions, so I spent a lot of time practicing my movement so I can decrease my time.”Overland suggests you keep track of the areas of your shooting with which you’re not happy, and then take a class, hire an instructor, watch pro shooters who instruct, or watch videos that will help you achieve your shooting goals. “If your budget is tight, sometimes just asking another shooter to meet you at the range to watch you shoot can yield helpful information. Ask if they see anything they do that you are not doing, in order to be successful,” she says.“I also recommend recording yourself while you’re shooting or practicing, and going back and watching that video,” says Overland. “You will probably see things about your stance, for instance, or your grip, that you might not notice while you’re shooting.”Practice quality over quantity. According to Overland, practicing by sheer volume is not the answer. “I noticed a huge difference in my shooting and my success once I started to become more consistent with my practicing,” she says. “Before that, I


would practice without any real plan, and end up wasting time and ammo. But now every time I practice I make sure I have a plan that works towards my skill-specific goals. Everyone is built differently physically and mentally, so you have to figure out what works for you in order to get the most out of practice.”Overland also suggests you look at the big picture for higher-quality practices. “For example, with long-range shooting, I am now focusing on making the shot. Hitting the target is much more important than just trying to go fast. I had to learn to take the time to breathe, pull the trigger correctly, and make sure that the sights are on. If I did all that before, my times would have been a whole lot faster.”Change your mindset. “I feel that changing my mental game to one of more confidence has made the biggest difference for me in my competitions,” reflects Overland. “Confidence is

everything when it comes to shooting. Confidence doesn’t have to mean that you go out thinking you’re definitely going to win. It means that you know that you’re capable of it. Confidence means doing as well as you want to and meeting the goals that you set for yourself.”Overland says she firmly believes that you can’t have a losing mentality and be surprised when you lose. “If that’s the case, you really need to change your mental game. As long as you don’t shoot worse than you usually shoot and put what you can forward it will be good,” she says. “I started winning when I started to train my shooting and I stopped losing when I started to train my mental game. I came to the conclusion that proper, confident mindset is probably one of the most important if not the most important factors in my success.”While preparing for an international competition in France, Overland

practiced for several hours a day for four months. She placed third in the ladies division, but was very disappointed. “Looking back, I realize now I had very little confidence. I had no sense of mental game and how to handle myself,” she says. “I placed third in the ladies division, which was a podium finish, but I was still disappointed because I felt I could have done better.”Then she read the book, With Winning in Mind and says it changed her life. “Now, I repeat over and over that I am capable of winning. I feel that now that I have more confidence in my shooting ability, I have won all of my competitions lately. I would dedicate all of my success last season to my mental game.” Maureen P. Sangiorgio is an NRA-Certified Firearms Instructor/Range Safety Officer and an award-winning writer. This article was first published by Maureen Sangiorgio on February 26, 2021.

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Notes from BrendaThankfully, we are starting to experience signs of spring. It’s been an exceptionally long winter especially since everyone has been confined from socializing. I have missed seeing lots of members at the gun shows. Your NYSRPA turn 150 years old this year! I’d like to offer a special thank you to everyone who has sent in donations. It truly helps our cause. It seems like everything we do costs money. We really appreciate our generous members.With the Biden Administration we will be under constant attack. We need to stick together and recruit. There are an estimated 4-6 million gun owners in New York state. These people must believe in our Second Amendment, so why aren’t they all members? Only a few of us are fighting for gun owner’s rights here in New York. Why aren’t the other gun owners helping us fight?I have been getting calls about the ammunition shortage. This shortage is because there are so many

new gun owners across the whole country. Ammunition companies are desperately trying to keep up with the demand. Why isn’t our association and the NRA flooded with new memberships because of all these new gun owners? Good question. We should be.I also have been getting quite a few calls from members who are being contacted by an insurance company regarding their $4,000 accidental death and dismemberment insurance policies. If you receive a phone call about your policy, ask which company the person represents. If he or she replies, National Income Life it should be on the up and up. Always ask the person for his or her name and get their phone number. Sometimes members make appointments to meet with an agent, and then they need to change their appointment and they call me at the office. I will not have the agent’s information. Over the years, we have had a good working relationship with National Income Life. Many of

our members’ families have benefited from this insurance policy. Since we started this program, over $450,000 in claims has been paid to our members.You may be surprised to learn that we have members in most states across the county. Many people maintain their memberships even though they move out of state. They know that many times what happens in New York and/or California has a way of spreading across the country. We even have a member who lives in Hawaii. If you are planning a move out of state, please consider maintaining your state membership. Don’t forget that Father’s Day will be coming up in June. Consider getting a membership for that special guy for Father’s Day, visit the website (NYSRPA.org) for an application form.Our Facebook page has been de-platformed, so we have started an email alert list to keep members updated on the latest information. If


by Brenda Leder

the Reynolds Building in Winston-Salem, N.C. John Raskob was the lead developer and financier of the building. The Empire State Building project created jobs for 3,400 workers at the start of the Great Depression. Many of the pieces, like the steel beams and outer limestone, were manufactured off-site to precise measurements, so they could be easily and quickly put into place as they arrived. The building used some 200,000 cubic feet of limestone and granite from Indiana as well as 730 tons of steel and aluminum. Over 100,000 rivets were used in the building to fasten the steel beams together.Today the Empire State Building is an office building for many companies. It contains 2.7 million square feet of office space. It is owned by the Empire State Realty Trust. In 1986, it was designated a National Historic Landmark, and has been renovated to be one of the most environmentally efficient skyscrapers in the world.Around 3.5 million people visit the observations decks each year. The

building makes over $80 million a year off tourism—of course, that was before the COVID-19 pandemic, which we all know has changed many things throughout the world.The style of the Empire State Building is called Art Deco. There are 1,860 steps from the street level to the top floor. Fortunately, for people like me, there also are high-speed elevators.It is considered by many to be America’s favorite building. It certainly is one of my favorites!

you are not receiving our emails, please go to our website and sign up to get these alerts. Since New York is known as the Empire State, I thought I would give you some interesting facts about the Empire State Building. The Empire State Building is one of the most famous skyscrapers in the world. It’s on Fifth Avenue in New York City. It was completed in 1931, and at that time it was the tallest skyscraper in the world. It held this title for more than 40 years, until the World Trade Center was built in 1972. It took just over one year to build—construction began in March of 1930, and it opened on April 11, 1931. It was a model of efficiency and modern construction techniques. The roof height of the Empire State Building is 1,250 feet. If you include the antenna on top, it is 1,454 feet tall. There are 102 stories and two observation decks—one on the 86th floor and one on the 102nd floor.The architect who designed the building was William F. Lamb, it took him two weeks to complete the plans. His inspiration for the building was

Welcome to the vagaries of online auctions.My primary resource for Colt semi-automatic pistol development is Colt Automatic Pistols by Donald Bady. In regards to the AR platform, nothing comes close to The Black Rifle by Blake Stevens and Edward Ezell. Small Arms of the World and Handguns of the World by Ezell, while currently out of print, are must haves for those interested

in the development of military small arms. I also was lucky enough to come across an early edition of Sixguns by Elmer Keith. Pretty much anything by Ian Hogg (no relation to David Hogg) is worth adding to your library, though some of the information is dated.There are many more books in my reference library, but I think you get the idea. And, I didn’t even get into the books on gunsmithing,

ammunition development and manufacturing, or political resources.Of course, once you’ve added these books to your reference library, it’s essential to read them. Sometimes more than once.As usual, if you have an idea for future articles, please send an email to [email protected] with “Collectors Corner” in the subject line and make sure to include your name for proper credit.

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I can remember when the first purses with pistol pockets came out. I really felt sorry for the ladies because they looked more like something you’d carry carpenter tools in than female stuff. Fortunately, manufacturers got serious about the project and quickly came up with more fashionable bags that might actually appeal to a lady.Since those days, men’s shoulder bags have also made an appearance. And, while they might not be all the style in Horsethief, N.M., the cosmopolitan gentleman has the same option as the ladies for carrying his defensive handgun.Bags with a designated pistol pocket are most valuable because they allow a person to carry a larger, service-size handgun when he/she might not otherwise be able to. Just about everyone does his best shooting with a larger handgun but, especially in warmer climates, there may be quite a number of months when it is simply not practical to try to conceal it on the person.In addition, the defensive bag makes carrying extra ammunition extremely easy. And the defensive shooter also has room to carry some sort of less-than-lethal defensive tool if so inclined. With the variety of bags available today, the defensive shooter can pick and choose to find one that is serviceable as well as fashionable.One of the real advantages to carrying in a bag or purse is the fact that it completely conceals the defensive

handgun. One doesn’t have to worry about someone seeing the firearm and getting all upset. It virtually eliminates the question of brandishment in those states where that is part of the concealed carry law.

Always keep in mind that it is really not a bag; it is another kind of holster with a loaded gun in it.However, as with any other carry mode, there are drawbacks to carrying the defensive handgun in a purse or bag. The first is that a person might be the victim of a purse snatcher instead of an armed attacker. When one of these crafty folks makes off with your

bag, he becomes armed and you aren’t. One might argue that this is the reason for carrying the bag with the strap in the across-body mode because it makes it more difficult for someone to grab. People who adhere to this theory have simply never seen a purse snatcher at work. Ask any veteran big-city cop about purse snatchers and you’ll soon realize that if the purse snatcher can see the bag, he can get it. And he’ll get it quicker than you can stop him.Another problem with purse/bag carry is the tendency for a person to lay it down while tending to other business. At the point that you lay the bag down and are no longer able to reach out and touch it, you have lost control of your defensive handgun. And, of course, the problem is compounded when you get forgetful and walk off and leave it.The final issue that I find with bag carry is that a proper pistol

As with any other carry mode, there are drawbacks to carrying the defensive handgun in a purse or bag.

To Purse Pack—Or Not


presentation takes much longer than if the gun were secured in a waistband holster and it takes two hands to access the firearm. When time is of the essence—and, believe me, when you are being attacked, time is critical—the presentation will be slow and especially so if you only have one hand to use while you fight the attacker off with the other. Getting a gun out of something that is swinging from your

shoulder is not conducive to a quick draw by any stretch of the imagination.In the final analysis, I can’t tell you if purse/bag carry is good or bad. That is something that you have to decide for yourself. It is my hope you will do that after making an honest assessment of your own personal defensive needs. Be conscious of its advantages and its shortcomings. And always keep in mind that it is really not a bag; it is

another kind of holster with a loaded gun in it. With that mind set, decide if it will work for you. This article was first published by Jim Wilson on March 31, 2020.

by Carl Gottstein

When Twitter censored a U.S. president, we all just carried on business as usual. After all President Trump was not the first person to see his posts “fact checked” or “disappeared” after he crossed tech tzars shifting an irrationally policed “line” in the sand, but I believe he should be the last. These invisible tyrants censored and then silenced a leader of the free world and we all just carried on in America like it was OK. Spoiler: It is not OK!I remember when noble men in opposition to my thoughts would proudly state: “I may not agree with you Carl, but I would fight

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to the death for your right to say it.” This is not true anymore, now the left slams all doors shut on debate or discussion, leaving American freedoms locked behind them, disenfranchising millions of voices that vehemently oppose the left’s communistic ideas. It is a precursor, an eerily similar modern adaptation of Rome’s fall. All the while, Nancy and Chuck are completely self-absorbed and yet thoroughly without self-awareness, and do not get me started on Sleepy Joe. The Emperor, Senate and Congress have no clothes. They know not what they do.

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History’s most valuable lessons have been irretrievably lost on all who irrationally hate their fellow Americans and would happily deconstruct the greatest republic of states ever to freely self-assemble on this earth. America’s staggering debt and Washington, D.C.’s irrational spending may well and truly ensure our rapid fall from global economic leadership—it will if our competitors in China and Russia have anything to say about it. The recent shift in power to leftist hands has enemy nations salivating for our downfall. A downward trajectory is now well underway, led and controlled by the same scheming hands whose

Machiavellian efforts ensured the left’s current, unexpected, and tentative grip on U.S. national power. All because one side will not hear the cries and howls of warning from the other. Divided we fall.Will our Second Amendment protections be lost as quietly and uncontested as the First Amendment protections seem to have been? With barely a whimper? American legacy media’s reconstruction of reality is always favoring the left. Couple that with cowardly—and some would say borderline traitorous—U.S.-based global corporations bowing and echoing the left’s public shaming of anyone who disagrees. In addition, add irrational, abusive and incredibly

destructive harassment of individuals and businesses by a hateful cancel-culture, and of course the piece de resistance: The permanently aggrieved left’s favorite night out, looting and mob violence. Culminating in successful social-media de-platforming of opposition voices, we are left with a recipe for left leaning lop-sided outcomes of present-day political battles and all future culture wars—unless we form an action plan and make it work. We must create an unbreakable network. How will America’s freedoms and her bedrock conservative values survive the current state of open hostilities? The solution starts with you. Sign up for our emails at


nysrpa.org. Only if we are united, motivated and well-informed can we counter the left’s propaganda and resulting disunity.Do not get me started on our public school system, or should I say the left’s indoctrination stations that teach everything but critical thinking. Critical Race Theory, it all adds up to serious problems for America. The short-term result is ignorance of our essential freedoms and an ill-fated and irrational expectation of unequal and elevated liberties for everyone not born of the same skin color as our founding fathers. Do you want to be part of the solution? Sign up for our emails. So long as Americans are being censored based on personal beliefs and purveyors of conservative values are effectively silenced on social media platforms, our only real hope for continued growing influence is going old school. Email alerts will evolve during election season into direct action. We must include plans and put mechanisms in place to circumvent censors and continue communicating with each other. Censorship of voices in opposition to the left is happening in America’s social-media town halls, too. We must counter this with dedicated efforts. Maybe we will billboard our thoughts. People who refuse to pander or bow down to the ideas of the cancel-culture lynch mob are targeted for network destruction, and no one dares question the lynch mob in today’s America, not unless you want to be next. We will not bow down or submit. We must unite and hang close together or as someone once said, we shall surely hang alone.

How do I know this? How do I come to this place? The left already has taken NYSRPA CEO Tom King and me off Facebook without cause or warning. Facebook has prevented the highest profile Second Amendment advocates in New York state from owning and administering Facebook pages, and so now we are forced to deal with this problem firsthand. Help us fight back. Sign up for our emails to help us defeat the left’s Orwellian controls. “It’s a republic, if we can keep it.” So please, support our efforts. Share this message. We are not willing to bend a knee to the anti-gun and free speech cancel-culture mob, and we will not go silently into the night. It is important that all people have a right to speak up and state their point of view. It is the American way! We will continue to speak up and make our voices heard with all the strength and unity we can muster. There is might in our numbers. Do you want to help fight back? Will you share this article and help grow our underground network’s reach and influence? Please do, and ask your gun-owning friends to sign up for our emails, too.Since when have ideas reflecting the founding father’s vision of America become so alien to some people living in America? Why must people who believe “shall not be infringed,” now be purged from social-media platforms in today’s America? You know why. The powers that be at Facebook felt it necessary to remove NYSRPA CEO Tom King and NYSRPA advocate Carl Gottstein because the only way our rights can be stripped from all of us is if our most vociferous,

trustworthy, and reliable advocates are first silenced. Only in a vacuum of silence can their lies prevail. Deceitful politicians often direct misinformation to the masses unchallenged. This resulting in the left’s disheartening and some would say undeserved victories at the polls. Will you help spread the truth and work with NYSRPA to make a difference? Ask yourself, where are the media’s questions and outrage about all the hundreds of recent riots? The BLM and Antifa’s social unrest agitation that was once again conveniently and with precision timing ramped up then spontaneously combusted! Hundreds of millions of dollars in property damage has led to media silence. Democrats just laugh out loud. Our mainstream media is obviously part of the left’s disinformation machine that must be checked in real time and countered with facts that are clear and present. Help us do that. Sign up for our emails, go to nysrpa.org and sign up. P.S. Remember when President Obama was re-elected doing the same thing? He always was gaslighting, race baiting to insight the Black community to riot. Terrifying the American electorate. It worked then too. Happy coincidence? Want to be ready next time? Sign up for our emails at nysrpa.org.

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D is for DeludedLast June, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) and his wife shared their vision for police reform. The mayor spoke of the need to fundamentally change the nature of policing, including reallocating “functions within policing right now that [could] be done better by civilians.” His wife, Chirlane McCray, told the interviewer that a society without police officers patrolling the streets “would be like a nirvana, a utopia that we are nowhere close to getting to.”At the same time, Mayor de Blasio slashed $1 billion from the city’s police budget and diverted the monies to youth groups and social services programs. He assured residents that the funding reallocation would not jeopardize public safety and effective policing. The City’s Police Commissioner called the cuts – which included a hiring freeze, a $352 million reduction in overtime, and a cancellation of recruit and cadet classes – “a recipe for disaster.”Consistent with the beliefs espoused by NYC’s First Couple, a recent tweet by the Ms. McCray urged residents to become their own neighborhood first responders and “intervene when witnessing hateful violence and harassment.”Her tips, summarized as Distract, Delegate, Document, Delay and Direct, include interrupting and “engaging directly” with the victim, “supporting the person in crisis” by taking notes or a video during the incident, asking for help from someone in a “position of authority,” and checking in afterwards with “the survivor” to show them “they are

valued.” “Most importantly, keep a safe distance!”She may as well have added, “Project a giant bat symbol onto the night sky.”One of the “D” words missing from the tweet is “Disarmed.” New York City’s weapon laws make it all but impossible for a person to defend themselves or others against “hateful violence and harassment.”It is unlawful for any person to carry or possess, in any public place, street, or park, a knife with a blade length of four inches or more. The City’s gun laws are very restrictive and complex. Permits are required for the possession and purchase of long guns. To lawfully possess a handgun in the city, a substantial investment of time and money is required to get a license – even those with a valid New York State pistol permit must apply for and obtain a separate “special permit.” The license application fee for a handgun is $340 ($140 for a rifle or shotgun), plus $88.25 for the mandatory fingerprint cards. Carrying is generally forbidden unless the person has a license of a class that specifically authorizes concealed carry. Reciprocity doesn’t exist as the city does not honor any other states’ permits to carry. It is a crime for any person authorized to possess a handgun of a particular caliber to possess handgun ammunition of a different caliber within the city. As we reported earlier this year, the processing of license applications by the NYPD has essentially stalled. To top it all off, New York City makes it a crime “to fire or discharge any gun, pistol, rifle,

fowling-piece or other firearms in the city.”Residents who opt to seek help from someone in a “position of authority” and call the police may find that the criminal is done and well away before help arrives. The most current data indicates that on average, NYPD officers responding to a 911 call about a “crime in progress” are on the scene in just under eight minutes on the highest priority (“critical”) call – burglaries, robberies, armed violent assaults, and “shots fired.” Callers for the next highest priority, “serious” crimes in progress (auto theft, other larceny, other assault), can expect to wait almost ten minutes, on average, and other “crime in progress” calls have an average response time of 17.26 minutes.The incredulous responses to Ms. McCray’s tweet ranged from, “This is just replacing policing with untrained interventions and it’s insane on the face of it,” to “What have you been drinking[,] woman?”As NYC politicians continue to work their way through the fundamental reform of the police service to the nirvana that lies beyond, disarmed and defenseless citizens in the Big Apple can hardly be blamed for choosing the only “D” word tip in Ms. McCray’s advice that makes any sense: “keep a safe distance!” This article is reprinted with permission from NRA-ILA.


Gun Control’s Crisis of CredibilityWho can you trust? We live in the era of fake news, spin, and shifting narratives. Everything seems to be political. Maybe that’s the wrong question. Maybe we should be asking, “who do you trust?” Recently published research has the answers.Anti-gun activists want you to trust doctors with no constitutional law or law enforcement expertise. They also want you to trust celebrities, people famous not for their ability to craft policy but their ability to entertain the masses – or at least some segment of the masses. Social media has given celebrities a platform that amplifies their opinions and importance based not on merit but popularity.A paper published in the journal Preventive Medicine examined who the American public trusted most as messengers on firearm safety. The authors asked respondents to rank 14 types of people and organizations in terms of credibility to discuss firearm safety. The authors focus on suicide prevention, but the messengers were also ranked on credibility for homicide prevention and accident prevention. The results?Doctors and celebrities were last. That isn’t possible – they can’t both be last. Doctors were ranked 12th out of 14 and celebrities were actually last. “Casual acquaintances” were 13th. This infographic provides a very useful breakdown of the study findings across racial and gender groups. Celebrities and doctors or medical professionals were consistently rated as the least

credible messengers for suicide, homicide, and accident prevention.The most credible sources were, in order, law enforcement, current military personnel, veterans, and the National Rifle Association. Even respondents who did not own a firearm or otherwise have a firearm in their home rated the NRA fourth – well above medical professionals and celebrities.Celebrities are used – willingly, perhaps as true believers or as fans of the attention – to attract attention to the cause. Doctors and medical professionals are used because they supposedly lend an air of authority and credibility to the issue…except that they do not, as this survey confirms. No one would mistake the paper’s authors for being pro-gun activists. The lead author, Doctor Michael D. Anestis, runs the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center at Rutgers University.NRA’s high ranking as a credible messenger on these issues should carry some weight, but we are often vilified and used as a foil by gun control activists. Their general strategy has been to use the NRA as a boogeyman, an unreasonable obstacle to enacting their “common sense” efforts to strip the gun rights of millions of Americans. Recognizing that the NRA is both a leader in actual gun safety – with millions of Americans trained by NRA-certified instructors – and a beacon of credibility on the issue should cool these efforts, but we won’t hold our breath.

Instead, let’s discuss another finding from a different survey. This study on “Medical Students’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs towards Firearm Ownership and Reporting” was conducted by doctors – medical and PhDs – and a medical student, and was published in the Journal of Education & Social Policy. From the abstract “In this study, medical students were queried on their knowledge, attitudes, and actions surrounding firearm ownership using a short survey. Results found that students overwhelmingly believe gun control is an important issue and the majority support gun control. However, less than 40% of students were able to pass a 10-question quiz on current gun laws.”That is a…generous explanation of the findings. On average, students who took the quiz on gun laws got 5.9 out of 10 questions correct. Only 36% got at least seven of ten questions correct. The medical students – primarily studying at George Washington University (20%), Georgetown University School of Medicine (80%), and Howard University (6%) – know virtually nothing about gun laws.More than 90% said gun control is important to them and that their attitudes on gun ownership are unlikely to change. Eighty-four percent (84%) said gun control would reduce crime, yet a sizeable majority couldn’t pass a quiz on gun laws. How can they credibly estimate the impact of gun control

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NRA Files Reply Brief Urging Supreme Court to Take Conceled Carry Case

if they don’t know the existing laws? How can doctors advise patients on firearms or related topics if they can’t pass a simple quiz on gun laws?To reduce this ignorance of gun laws, the authors advocate to “increase gun safety training and interventions during medical school.”

How will that “gun safety training” be developed? We have no expectations that NRA, or any other pro-gun point of view will be used when future generations of doctors are indoctrinated into the anti-gun agenda, BUT…the doctors who conducted this study used

the publicly available resources on the NRA-ILA website. It seems some doctors know where to turn to find a credible source for firearms policy information. So do the American people. This article is reprinted with permission from NRA-ILA.

Today the NRA-ILA and the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association filed a reply brief asking the Supreme Court to hear a case challenging New York’s restrictive concealed-carry-licensing regime.This case challenges New York’s requirement for applicants to demonstrate “proper cause” to carry a firearm. New York regularly uses this requirement to deny applicants. New York’s practice is unconstitutional because the Second Amendment “guarantees rights to ‘keep and bear arms’ to all ‘the people,’” the brief argues, not just to the select few that the state deems worthy.The NRA and its allies petitioned the Supreme Court to hear this case on December 17, 2020. The NRA received amicus support from 23 state Attorneys General seeking to “safeguard their citizens’ fundamental rights, including the right to bear arms in self-defense outside the home.” New York filed a Brief in Opposition on February 22, 2021. This is the final step in the petition process.

The NRA is dedicated to protecting the Second Amendment rights of its members, and this action is just the latest in the NRA’s fight to protect and expand the ability of all Americans to exercise those rights. This is the fifth time that the NRA has asked the Supreme Court to hear a Second Amendment case in the last three years.The case is called New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen. The

case was previously called New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Corlett. The change in names is due to the Superintendent of the New York State Police having changed since the lawsuit began. Please stay tuned to www.nraila.org for future updates on this and all of ILA’s efforts to defend your constitutional rights.This article is reprinted with permission from NRA-ILA.

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This issue of the Bullet will contain the 2021 Camp Perry Pistol Team application. Please take note of the mailing deadline of Saturday, May 15, 2021. It would be helpful to apply ahead of the mailing deadline. If you are applying for a slot on the New York state teams please take the time to complete all of the questions that are asked on the application—in the past applicants leave certain questions blank. This is not helpful! If you are uncertain about any of the questions, please contact me and I will help you in any way I can.

Pistol Director by Steve Kraynak

It also would be helpful if you sent me an email to state your intention to shoot on the team or not, ahead of the deadline. It is recognized that many of the team applicants may not have the opportunity to fire in any outdoor matches prior to the mailing deadline, but keep in mind it is important to get your application mailed in on or before the mailing deadline, so I can start setting up the team roster. Applicants may submit scores to me as they are able to attend competitions prior to Camp Perry. I can then consider these scores and make adjustments to the team alignments, if needed.

Regrettably, there will be no New York State Indoor Precision Pistol Championship this spring due to the COVID-restrictions, and the problems that it creates for the indoor ranges. We can only hope that things will improve going forward. If you have access to email, please make inquires with regards to joining the NYS Camp Perry team to me at [email protected]. I hope to hear from you and look forward to seeing you all on the firing line. Good shootin’!


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110 Rod & Gun Club 275 Gidley Road Pleasant Valley, NY 12569 3rd Sun. 3 Gun Shoot 4th Sun. Sporting Clays M. Rossi (845) 471-7497

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