We’ll be holding our annual Turkey Shoot on Sunday, November 24th, the fun begins at noontime and goes until 4:00 PM. So, tell your friends, grab your family and “Come On Down” and maybe win a turkey for Thanksgiving. There’s fun for all ages plus the kitchen will be dishing out grub and hot chocolate to ward off the cold.
The Zombie Shoot will be in action again. Help us rid the world of these pesky, pumpkin-headed creatures!
We always need help running the games at this event. Please consider helping out for a hour, there's a sign-up board in the clubhouse or contact our TurkeyShootMeister, Anthony Marini, at marini.anthony0@gmail.com or 617-913-1873.
News Around The Club
Directors List Correction
In the previous Nimrod, the list of Directors was incorrect. The correct list of Directors is:
Bill Berry
Dave Glancy
Larry (Hef) Hefner
Arty Johannesen
Ron Rice
Pistol News
The Steel Plate Match held on Saturday, October 12 attracted 13 shooters who shot the course of fire twice before failing light called a halt to the proceedings.
Winners were:
Optical Sight — Andrew Thompson
Iron Sight — Drew Thompson
Revolver — Phil Lennon
The next Steel Plate Match is planned for Saturday, November 9th starting at noon.
No jacketed ammo allowed for steel plates. Only lead, frangible, copper washed, copper plated or polymer coated bullets allowed. If you have to ask if your ammo is jacketed — it is!
Skeet/Trap News
Nine trap enthusiasts gathered for the final Summer Trap shoot and contest on Saturday, October 5th. Pat Feeley won best score with a 39/50. Most improved went to Dave Glancy with a 4.04 point score over his seasonal average of 11.54. Thanks to all who contributed.
Deer Hunting
Archery season for deer started in our area on October 7th and runs through the end of November. Several members have deer stands on our property or in the surrounding woods, so it’s not uncommon to see them getting ready for morning or afternoon hunts.
Member Tom Chiarelli bagged this nice buck that dressed out at 165lbs.
Come December the woods around us will be filled with the sound of music as shotgun season opens, followed by muzzleloader season which terminates the year on the 31st.
New Keys
Fingers crossed and all that, come Monday night, November 4th, we should be distributing new keys. Turn in your old key for a chance to win an all expenses paid vacation to your choice of destinations world-wide — we also have a slightly used bridge in Brooklyn, NY for sale to the highest bidder.
News from GOAL
SCOTUS Grants Extension at Request of AG Healey
On Friday 10/25 – the last day available, the defendants in GOAL’s Worman v. Baker case filed for, and were granted a forty-day extension to respond to our legal team’s request to be heard by the United States Supreme Court, also known as a petition for writ of certiorari. This case challenges Massachusetts’s unconstitutional ban on commonly-owned, semi-automatic firearms as a violation of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, citing the Supreme Court rulings in District of Columbia v. Heller and McDonald v. Chicago.
There have also been a number of notable groups who have filed amicus briefs in support of our case. GOAL article including amicus briefs
THIS Is The Problem With Red Flag Laws!
This article appeared in GUNS AMERICA Digest dated 10/17/19
Stephen Nichols wasn’t convicted of a crime. No judge signed a “red flag” order. There wasn’t even a hearing. Nichols’ constitutional rights were stripped and his firearms confiscated after an out-of-context comment was overheard by a waitress at a local diner.
Tisbury, Ma., Police Chief Mark Saloio seized the 84-year-old’s firearms—and fired him from his job as a crossing guard—after receiving a tip from a diner employee. The waitress had heard Nichols complain that the Tisbury School resource officer had been “leaving his post” and visiting a nearby convenience store while the children were filing into class.
In that conversation, Nichols told a friend that someone could “shoot up the school” in that officer’s absence.
That’s all it took.
Chief Saloio fired Nichols from his job as a crossing guard while Nichols was helping kids cross the street and told him that what he said was a “felony.”
“He came up and told me what I said was a felony but he wasn’t going to charge me,” Nichols told the MV Times.
Saloio later drove to Nichols’ house and demanded that he hand over his license to own firearms. The police chief confiscated the man’s firearms, which were subsequently turned over to Nichols’ son-in-law. Nichols says he never received any paperwork or receipts for his confiscated license or firearms. Read complete article
