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GOAL C.M.
Merry Christmas and Thank you from GOAL
For many, the holiday season is a time for reflection. As Christmas and the New Year draw near, we would like to take a minute to reflect upon the past year and thank our members for all of the hard work and support that was offered in 2010.
During this past year we fought hard and well, defeating Governor Patrick’s H. 4102 “Lawful Citizens Imprisonment” Act, and for the passing of our own H.2259 “Civil Rights and Public Safety” bill. For most of the legislative season our lawmakers were tied up with the Casino Bill. This worked both for and against us, for, because this in conjunction with our members efforts played a major part in their not being able to pass H.4102, and against because we were not able to get H.2259 out of committee.
One thing is for certain though, Governor Patrick constantly blamed the efforts of our members for ensuring that his misguided legislation would not become law in 2010, and for that we say thank you!
On the good news front, we rejoiced at the great news from our Supreme Court with the McDonald decision in which the Second Amendment was finally recognized as a civil right. This will lead to many more court battles at all levels, and is the beginning of the end for those that would strip us of our most cherished civil right.
We had some great times with our Crushing Clays Junior Trap Championship, our GOAL Cup events, the first annual GOAL “Shoot-B-Q” and thoroughly enjoyed hosting many classes and events at our office!
Some friends passed that we would also be remiss not to mention, John Kelly friend of many competitors, Mickey Emery who worked tirelessly with disabled veterans, and Donn DiBiasio who was a former NRA board member that worked for over 50 years protecting our civil rights.
2011 looks to be busier than ever. We will be filing the revised version of our Civil Rights and Public Safety bill along with many other pieces of legislation. We will also wind up playing defense at some point or another, but are confident that with your help we will be able to overcome any future anti civil rights legislation. We also look forward to re-visiting our events, competitions, and hosting a new slew of classes for the experienced and new gun owner alike.
Without you, our members, none of what we do would be possible. We would like to once again extend a heartfelt thank you to each and every one of you for the support, activism, and awareness that you all display, time and time again.
Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year all!
The GOAL Staff. Jim, Jon, Angi, Michelle, Tara, and Mike
For many, the holiday season is a time for reflection. As Christmas and the New Year draw near, we would like to take a minute to reflect upon the past year and thank our members for all of the hard work and support that was offered in 2010.
During this past year we fought hard and well, defeating Governor Patrick’s H. 4102 “Lawful Citizens Imprisonment” Act, and for the passing of our own H.2259 “Civil Rights and Public Safety” bill. For most of the legislative season our lawmakers were tied up with the Casino Bill. This worked both for and against us, for, because this in conjunction with our members efforts played a major part in their not being able to pass H.4102, and against because we were not able to get H.2259 out of committee.
One thing is for certain though, Governor Patrick constantly blamed the efforts of our members for ensuring that his misguided legislation would not become law in 2010, and for that we say thank you!
On the good news front, we rejoiced at the great news from our Supreme Court with the McDonald decision in which the Second Amendment was finally recognized as a civil right. This will lead to many more court battles at all levels, and is the beginning of the end for those that would strip us of our most cherished civil right.
We had some great times with our Crushing Clays Junior Trap Championship, our GOAL Cup events, the first annual GOAL “Shoot-B-Q” and thoroughly enjoyed hosting many classes and events at our office!
Some friends passed that we would also be remiss not to mention, John Kelly friend of many competitors, Mickey Emery who worked tirelessly with disabled veterans, and Donn DiBiasio who was a former NRA board member that worked for over 50 years protecting our civil rights.
2011 looks to be busier than ever. We will be filing the revised version of our Civil Rights and Public Safety bill along with many other pieces of legislation. We will also wind up playing defense at some point or another, but are confident that with your help we will be able to overcome any future anti civil rights legislation. We also look forward to re-visiting our events, competitions, and hosting a new slew of classes for the experienced and new gun owner alike.
Without you, our members, none of what we do would be possible. We would like to once again extend a heartfelt thank you to each and every one of you for the support, activism, and awareness that you all display, time and time again.
Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year all!
The GOAL Staff. Jim, Jon, Angi, Michelle, Tara, and Mike
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