Want to contact Rutland Mayor on "Duty to Flee" legal standard?

Would you like to inquire with the Mayor of the City of Rutland about the

"Duty To Flee" legal standard cited by Rutland City Police Sgt. John Sly?

In the last sentence of the article by Brent Curtis that was on page A5 of

the Saturday, June 28 issue of The Times Argus it was reported in the

closing segment of the article:

Rutland Police Sgt. John Sly said the policy adopted by Mac's and many other stores

was designed to enhance employee protections, not thwart them.

"If the clerks are carrying (guns), the suspects will begin carrying, and you'd have

running gun battles in stores...," he said.

"The clerks are well within their rights to carry (a gun), and everyone always has a

right to protection their life or that of another," Sly said.

"But the courts have ruled that a person's first option must be to flee and not to take

a stand and engage in the use of deadly force except as a last resort," he added.

                                                                                                                          (Home#)            (Office#)

Mayor Christopher C. Louras:  mayorlouras@gmail.com           773-5780       773-1800

Mayor Louras is a member of Mayors Against Illegal Guns

 

President of the Board of Aldermen                                              (Home#) 

David Allaire:   alls51@aol.com                                                   775-2162

Both have listed their home telephone numbers on the City of Rutland

official web site.  They are willing to take telephone calls at home.

North Country Sportsmen's Clubs NRA Day and NRA Women On Target events

 

The NRA Day and NRA Women On Target events below received a grant from the profits of Vermont's

six Friends of NRA banquets.  The grant was administered by the Vermont Federation of Sportsmen's Club.

 

NRA Day – The North Country Sportsman's Club is hosting a series of NRA Day events this year, holding new shooter shotgun clinics from 12:45pm to 3:00pm the first Sunday of each month from May through September, plus other sessions if requested.   During May and June, nearly 20 people have taken the training, with good interest already indicated for July.   The three remaining sessions will be held on July 6^th, August 10^th, and September 7^th.  (The August session is the second Sunday as the State Sporting Clays Championship is on August 2 and 3)

 

Women on Target – The North Country Sportsman's Club is hosting a series of three Women on Target shotgun training events in June, July, and August.

 

Saturday June 28^th, 8:30 – 12:00

Sunday July 13^th, 12:30 – 4:00

Saturday, August 23^rd, 8:30 – 12:00

 

The program of instruction includes gun safety, gun basics, and an introduction to the game of Trap Shooting.  There will be classroom instruction and range instruction with clay targets. Ammunition, equipment, light breakfast, or lunch is being provided.  There are still seats available for all three dates, however July 13^th is nearly full at this time.  To ensure adequate personal attention to each participant, each session is being limited to 20 students.

 

The cost of the NRA Day events is $20 per person.  The cost of the Women on Target event is $40 per person.   The instructor for all of these events will be Tom Blair, an NRA Certified Shotgun Instructor and Range Officer.  He will be assisted by other experienced shooters or instructors as necessary.  Information for both programs is on the NCSC website,  www.shootncsc.com, or contact Tom Blair at the below email address, or one of the listed phone numbers (cell preferred).

 

tblairvt@comcast.net