Urgent Action Needed

Vermont Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs

Urgent Action Needed

 

Despite approximately 1,200 sportspeople who took time out of their lives to come to the statehouse on January 30th, everything has changed since the horrific event at Parkland Florida and the events in Vermont that followed.   At a Press Conference this morning, Attorney General Donovan, Speaker Johnson, Senate Pro Tempore Ashe and Lt Governor Zuckerman all announced that S.221, H.422 and even S.6 would be voted on by the Senate as early as next week.  Other bills that aren't even active are also being openly discussed, such as an Assault Weapons Ban and a High Capacity Magazine Ban.  Vermont could, quite literally, become worse than New York in one fell swoop.

 

Our first line of attack to stop this avalanche is to have each of us contact our respective senators.  Please do the following IMMEDIATELY:

 

1.     Using the list that follows locate your county, and then make note of your senator(s) names if you are not already familiar with them.

2.     Call the Sargent-At-Arms at (802) 828-2228

a.     Politely ask to leave a message for your senator(s)

b.     Give your name and town of residence

c.      Indicate your message is urgent, and ask that the Senator(s) call you concerning the planned attack on your gun rights, and then give your phone number.

3.      If you don't hear back or are seeing this on the weekend, please consider calling your Senator at home using the list that follows.  Please note that the numbers provided are published on the Legislative website so these are public, if there is no number than they have an un-listed number.

4.     Again using the list which follows, email your Senator(s) and tell them that you strongly oppose S.6, and ask them for a more deliberative process for H.422.

 

This is Extremely Urgent!!!!

 

 

 

 

County	Name	Party	Home Phone	Work Email
Addison	Claire Ayer	D	759-2748	cayer@leg.state.vt.us
Addison	Christopher Bray	D	453-4424	cbray@leg.state.vt.us
Bennington	Brian Campion	D		bcampion@leg.state.vt.us
Bennington	Dick Sears	D		rsears@leg.state.vt.us
Caledonia	Joe Benning	R		jbenning@leg.state.vt.us
Caledonia	Jane Kitchel	D	684-3482	jkitchel@leg.state.vt.us
Chittenden	Tim Ashe	D/P	318-0903	tashe@leg.state.vt.us
Chittenden	Phillip Baruth	D/P	503-5266	pbaruth@leg.state.vt.us
Chittenden	Debbie Ingrahm	D	879-0054	dingram@leg.state.vt.us
Chittenden	Virginia Lyons	D	863-6129	vlyons@leg.state.vt.us
Chittenden	Christopher Pearson	P/D	860-3933	cpearson@leg.state.vt.us
Chittenden	Michael Sirotkin	D	999-4360	msirotkin@leg.state.vt.us
Essex-Orleans	John Rodgers	D	525-4182	jrodgers@leg.state.vt.us
Essex-Orleans	Robert Starr	D	988-2877	rstarr@leg.state.vt.us
Franklin	Carolyn Branagan	R		cbranagan@leg.state.vt.us
Franklin	Randy Brock	R	868-2300	rbrock@leg.state.vt.us
Grand Isle	Dick Mazza	D	863-1067
Lamoille	Richard Westman	R	644-2297
Orange	Mark MacDonald	D	433-5867	mmacdonald@leg.state.vt.us
Rutland	Brian Collamore	R	773-1365	bcollamore@leg-state.vt.us
Rutland	Peg Flory	R	779-1870	pflory@leg.state.vt.us
Rutland	David Soucy	R	236-3555	dsoucy@leg.state.vt.us
Washington	Francis Brooks	D	223-3170	fbrooks@leg.state.vt.us
Washington	Ann Cummings	D	223-6043	acummings@leg.state.vt.us
Washington	Anthony Pollina	P/D	229-5809	apollina@leg.state.vt.us
Windham	Becca Balint	D		bbalint@leg.state.vt.us
Windham	Jeanette White	D	387-4379	jwhite@leg.state.vt.us
Windsor	Alison Clarkson	D	457-4627	aclarkson@leg.state.vt.us
Windsor	Dick McCormack	D	793-6417	rmccormack@leg.state.vt.us
Windsor	Alice Nitka	D	228-8432	anitka@state.leg.vt.us

Vermont Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs ANNUAL MIXER in the State House on Thursday, February 15 4:30 to 7 P.M.

You're Invited!!! 

VTFSC Legislative Mixer 

When: Thursday, February 15th, 2018 4:30-7:00 

Where: Legislature Cafeteria, Statehouse, Montpelier

Who is invited: Legislators, Sportspeople, House Natural Resources, F&W Committee and  Speaker 

What: General discussion on fishing, hunting & trapping; All issues of Concern to Sportspeople 

>>>>> Free Finger Food along with a Cash Bar <<<<< 

                                                                                   VTFSC Annual Fundraising Banquet 

When: Saturday, March 10th, 2018 Happy Hour: 4:30PM Dinner: 6:30 PM 

Where: Barre Elks Club, Barre (Behind Aldrich Library) 

Who: Vermont Sportsmen, Sportswomen and assorted Dignitaries

What: Annual VTFSC Fundraising Banquet Dinner/Admission: $30.00 

Sponsorships Available Door Prizes, Youth Games, Games of Chance, 

Silent Auction and Live Auction 

Contact Marcia at 802-888-3418 for Tickets and info 14 Stafford Ave, Morrisville, VT 05661

ANNUAL FEDERATION FUNDRAISING BANQUET

YOU ARE INVITED TO OUR TWENTY-SECOND

          ANNUAL FEDERATION FUNDRAISING BANQUET

AT THE ELKS CLUB, 10 JEFFERSON STREET, BARRE, VT

ON MARCH 10, 2018

The doors will open at 4:30 PM for cocktails, games and socializing.

BUFFET DINNER WILL BE SERVED AT 6:30 PM

As always, this will be a fun filled evening for all with plenty of opportunities to win many

great prizes including firearms, sporting goods, a custom queen sized quilt, furniture, collectibles, clothing and so much more! 

 

There will be Live & Silent auctions, raffles and games of chance

 

            The "Early Bird Sponsor's Raffle" is available to those who send in their $200 donation check by March 1, 2018. You will pick up at the door the "SPONSOR'S" package of raffle tickets which includes one ticket for the coveted "SPONSOR'S GIFT RAFFLE" and the chance to win one of several firearms, scopes, a gun safe, or other favored items. 

 

            To order adult and youth dinner tickets and become an early bird sponsor, please use the enclosed form.

Send your personal or business check made out to "VTFSC" to Vermont Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs,14 Stafford Avenue, Morrisville, VT 05661.

Your credit card can be used at the event. 

 

            For ticket or general banquet information, call Roy or Marcia Marble at 802-888-3418 or

email: marblerealty@comcast.net.  

Donations of items or gift certificates from your business or hobby are appreciated.  

Space is limited so sign up early.

 

            Your attendance supports the Federation's efforts to protect and enhance YOUR sporting

interests and shooting ranges.

 

Sincerely,

 

Roy and Marcia Marble

Chris Bradley, Keith Ulrich, Ed Wilson

Banquet Committee

Thank you! But more action is needed!

Thank-You Vermont Sportsmen & Sportswomen!

On behalf of the Vermont Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs, it's member clubs and our allied organizations, I want to thank the sportswomen and sportsmen who AGAIN turned out in force to stand in solidarity and to speak out against gun laws that are un-needed in Vermont.

Estimates vary as to just how many Vermonters gave up their time and money to travel to Montpelier, but by our estimate we had approximately 1,200+ people there to state that should be No New Gun Control Laws In Vermont, which gave us better than a 10:1 advantage in turnout.  We flooded the statehouse with Orange, and we are truly a force to be reckoned with.  In point of fact, "they" ran out of speakers who had signed up to give testimony, while some of our people who signed up couldn't speak because the hearing ended at 7:30.

 

There are two more things we need you all to do however, please send an email with your thoughts/testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee at the address below, and please also consider contacting your own senator(s) and representatives by calling the Sargent-At-Arms.  Both are critically important and are easy to do.

 

Yours in Freedom and Liberty;

The Officers and Directors of the Vermont Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs 

 

IMPORTANT:  EMAIL SENATE JUDICIARY

SEND EMAIL TO:             testimony@leg.state.vt.us

 

              SUBJECT:             VERMONT FIREARM LAWS - NO NEW GUN CONTROL

            MESSAGE:             When Vermont is consistently one of the safest states in the nation in regards to violent

crime, the legislature is wasting valuable time attempting to find a solution to a problem that does not exist here in Vermont.  Our existing laws work - No New Gun Control Laws

 

Talking Points for your email

 

·         2nd Safest State in the Nation for Violent Crime for 2016

·         Safest State in the Nation for Violent Crime for 2013-2015

·         Not a major source of guns for MA, NY or New England; VT is the 3rd Lowest source in US

·         High rate of Firearms in Households; 2nd Lowest Murder by Firearm in the US

·         Criminals will always try to evade any and all laws

·         Passing unenforceable and ineffective laws that can only negatively affect law-abiding citizens is ridiculous, and is a solution in search of a problem

 

ALSO:  Call The Sargent-At-Arms at (802)-828-2228

Use the following Link to find out who your Senators and Representative are:

https://legislature.vermont.gov/people/search/2018

 

Armed with the names of your Senator(s) and Representatives, call the Sargent-At-Arms and ask that they relay a simple message to each of them:  "No New Gun Control Laws In Vermont".

 

 

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