Tuesday, July 16, 2013: Regular meeting at the Mayville VFW.
Business discussed:
• All candidates here in August
• SCOPE picked up four more counties since our last meeting
• Couple of us went to SCOPE’s annual meeting at RIT’s Center in Rochester
• Get all gun awners voter registered and vote
• SCOPE in Cuomo’s face
• NRA in Obama’s face
• Petition to repeal SAFE Act: New York State only
• Gerry Rodeo booth
• Busti Apple Festival
• 2×3 or more size SCOPE banner
• 7:10 New York State Senator Cathy Young arrived
o 2,000+ people at NRG plant (Andy Goodell and Cathy Young)
o 2.5 million Democrats than Republicans
o NICS check for ammunition taken out of budget & might get dropped
o 3 out of 4 lawsuits – 1 got dismissed
o Need Federal lawsuits better than NY Supreme Court
o They gun control controls crime
o NY Session from January through June
o Budgets first
o Cathy stayed to talk until about 9:15.

Tuesday, June 18, 2013: Regular meeting at the Mayville VFW.
Business discussed:
• New York State Senator Cathy Young will be at our July meeting
• Carl Palladino will be at our August meeting (maybe)
• Chautauqua County Fair in Dunkirk:
o Wanted a million dollar insurance policy
o We will be in with the Sportsman’s Federation
o The Sportsman’s Federation meets the 4th Wednesday of every month at a different club
o Will be with them in the conservation building
o A motion was made for S.C.O.P.E. NY Chautauqua County Chapter to join the Sportsman’s Federation for $30. The motion was voted upon and accepted.
o Make a loop of Albany gun rally speakers for a laptop to use at the fair
o Need people from July 22nd through the 28th from 12:00 noon to 10:00 pm
o Literature:
o One law and detail per page
o SCOPE bags / balloons

Tuesday, May 14, 2013: Regular meeting at the Mayville VFW.
Business discussed:
• Steve Aldstadt, President of S.C.O.P.E. was given the floor and he spoke to those in attendance
• Chautauqua County S.C.O.P.E. is a committee, it will be one year before it becomes and official chapter
• Events:
o June 11, 2013 to return to Albany at 9:00 am
o Make appointments to see Andy Goodell and Cathy Young while in Albany on the 11th
o Speakers not locked in yet
• Lawsuits: three have been filed and a fourth is pending
o Jim Tressman: facing stalling tactics
o NRA’s suit: facing stalling tactics
o S.C.O.P.E. suit over 7 rounds: equal protection under the law
• Beginning March 15, 2014 to purchase ammunition, you will ask State Police for ammo by gun and bullet
• Elections:
o In the last election, 5,000,000 votes were cast in 2010
o 7,500,000 votes were cast in 2012
o 6,000,000 gun owners in New York State
o We can un-elect anybody
o Remember next November
o 1,000,000 pistol permits in New York State
o With numbers comes power to effect politicians

Thursday, April 11, 2013: Regular meeting at the Clubhouse of the Chautauqua Lake Snowmobile Club outside Mayville.
Business discussed:
• S.C.O.P.E. Chairman of the Board, Budd Schroeder, will be at the Southern Tier Tea Party Patriots meeting at the American Legion in Lakewood on April 23, 2013 to speak.
• Need to drive membership up. 75 might be a start, but the goal is 500 members in the county.
• The Chapter needs a co-chairperson and a Secretary. (Original Secretary getting transferred.)
• The Chautauqua County charter is on a one-year probation period.
• Who’s law takes precedent? New York State or Federal government?
• Paul Weatherlow was nominated for Secretary. Voted upon and approved by those present.
• Assemblyman, Andy Goodell, arrived at 7:25 to speak with the group.
• Two weeks ago the new law was revised to allow Law Enforcement an exemption for the handgun magazine restrictions.
• Statistics in New York State during 2012: (Further breakdown of the 76% was not recorded)
o 5 people killed with rifles
o 55 people killed on subways
o 24 people killed in New York City on bicycles
o 24% of murders were killed with handguns
o 76% of murders were killed with quite a variety of objects
• Groups must be organized and can change elections
• How to affect politicians?
o Unique e-mails, not so much for form letters
• Three best legal reasons to challenge the SAFE Act:
o 1) 2nd Amendment
o 2) kids cannot inherit rifle that may go back generations
o 3) 14th Amendment (equal protection under the law)
• With numbers comes power to effect politicians
• 28 million dollars for a rifle registration database
• 7 million for other stuff related to the law
• $500 rewards to squeal on neighbors, friends, and relatives who might have an unregistered gun
• Attorney General did not get a budget increase to handle the legal challenges or prosecutions
• New York State Division of Criminal Services is a source of statistics (www.criminaljustice.ny.gov)

S.C.O.P.E. (Shooters Committee on Political Education) presentation at the Westfield Fish and Game Club, Inc. on Saturday, February 9, 2013. Meeting started at 1:00 PM and I personally did leave until 3:45 pm.
Some of those attending that I knew where: Sid Compton, Ben Lewis, Ron Catalano, Gary Catalano, Dave Ward, Bob Perry, Tami Downey, and myself. There were a bunch of other people there who I have seen before, but do not either know or remember their names. I personally counted 57 people and could not see everybody. The better count was 61 people in attendance.
Frank from the Westfield Fish and Game club brought the meeting to order. Sid Compton introduced, S.C.O.P.E. President Stephen Aldstat.
Stephen is 3rd year President from Erie County.
S.C.O.P.E. has been around since 1965.
www.scopeny.org
Legal Defense Fund
$10 SCOPE Defense Fund Project raffle tickets. (The six (6) AR-15 type rifles in the raffle will be replaced by some other model which complies with New York State law.)