REMINDER OF MEETING AT STANDISH TOWN HALL ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH AT 7PM TO SUPPORT THE STANDISH FISH AND GAME.
Please come to the Standish Town Meeting on Tuesday, November 14th at 7pm to show your support for the Standish Fish & Game Club
The Standish Fish and Game Club is trying to lease land from the town of Standish to build shooting ranges and teach people how to safely use firearms. Everything was going fine until some Standish residents learned that the club requires their members to be members of the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine and the NRA. They are demanding the club change their by-laws and end this requirement.
This is nothing more than anti-gun zealots trying to force this small private sportsman’s club to stop affiliating with parent organizations that can help them be successful!
Both organization, SAM and NRA are local and national leaders in building, training and supplying firearm consulting services. In addition, since when do non-members of a club get to tell a private club who they can’t associate with, especially since we are legitimate law abiding, non-discriminating organizations? Are they going to tell the Chiefs of Police Association they can no longer have two of their chiefs, Sauschuck and Googins on the Board of Directors of anti-gun groups like the Gun Safety Coalition? This is nothing more than jabbing a pointed stick in the eye of SAM, the NRA and law-abiding gun owners.
Regardless of views, all shooting sports clubs must undergo a review by the NRA to make sure all firearm safety measures are being followed. In fact, the NRA Range development and operations standards are followed by all clubs nationwide. The following is from the NRA range standards website.
The NRA Range Development & Operations Online Course is designed to educate potential and current range owners and operators in identifying potential problems associated with range development, environmental issues, and safety. A key element for advancement in any profession is continuing education. Today’s shooting range operator needs the savvy of a businessman, the wisdom of a firearms enthusiast, and the knowledge of a health and safety professional.
- EPA Lead Standards
- Grants
- Construction
- Sound Abatement
- Master Planning
- Range Maintenance
- Range Safety
- NRA Programs
Why would any club that’s fundamentally part of our nation’s shooting sports not want its members as part of the NRA or SAM and since when do a few town residents get to block a town land lease for political purposes?
Please come to the town meeting on Tuesday, November 14th at 7pm to show your support for the Standish Fish & Game club and help us get a facility in place where members can enjoy the outdoors and the shooting sports safely without such blatant political interference.
Thank you,
Greg T. Sirpis
President
Standish Fish and Game Club
David Trahan
Executive Director
Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine – Institute for Legislative Action