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­­Smith & Wesson’s Norris Crowned Steel Master At U.S. Steel National Championships

Steel Challenge World Speed Shooting Championships

SEDRO-WOOLLEY, Wash. — -(AmmoLand.com)- Team Smith & Wesson shooter BJ Norris of Tyler, Texas, won the Limited division National Championship and was crowned the Steel Master at the Smith & Wesson U.S. Steel Nationals in Titusville, Fla.

Norris captured the coveted Steel Master title, which is based on the combined scores of three events, by winning Limited and finishing second in both the Rimfire and the Open pistol divisions.

On Thursday Norris barely missed taking the Rimfire title when Team Glock’s Dave Sevigny won by a margin of just 0.06 seconds. Then on Friday Norris bounced back to win the Limited title over Sevigny, the defending champion, by over 3 seconds.

“It was another great battle between me and Dave. It was close all the way until the final stage and Dave had to really go for it to overtake me. Luckily I came out on top and by a strong enough margin that I felt comfortable about the Steel Master title going into the Open event,” said Norris.

Norris is one of the fastest shooters in the world and holder of three of the eight world speed shooting records. He has been one of the dominating competitors in the Steel Challenge Shooting Association but has ye­t to win one of the two major events in the sport coming in second in each of the last three Open championships.

On Saturday Norris made if four in a row as he ended up only 0.08 seconds behind defending National Champion and two-time World Champion Max Michel of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit.

“I’m obviously frustrated,” said Norris. “This is the fourth time in a row I’ve ended up second in either the Nationals or the World Championship. I bombed the stage Smoke & Hope shooting a raw score of 9.58 and that’s over a second slower than I’m used to shooting that stage. That’s where I lost the match.”

Despite the obvious disappointment in losing the overall title of the Nation’s Fastest, Norris is upbeat and optimistic about the Steel Challenge World Speed Shooting Championships in August.­

“I know what I need to do this summer. I’ve got the right equipment and factory support from Smith & Wesson so it’s just a matter of putting it all together when the buzzer sounds. And I know I can do it,” explained Norris.

About SCSA:
The Steel Challenge Shooting Association (SCSA) is the governing body of the sport of Speed Shooting and organizer of the Steel Challenge World Speed Shooting Championships. To learn more about the Steel Challenge Shooting Association and the Steel Challenge visit the Web site at www.steelchallenge.com. There you will find diagrams of the stages of fire, complete listing of past results, a list of past champions, world record times and more.­

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Illinois Antigun Bills On The Move This Week
Urgent Alert – Your Action Required – Protect Your Freedom

Illinois State Rifle Association

Illinois - -(AmmoLand.com)- All indications are that a pair of antigun bills will be up for votes this week in the Illinois General Assembly. Both of these bills constitute serious threats to your right to keep and bear arms.

House Bill 12 is a “One Gun a Month” bill that is designed to strip you of your constitutionally protected right to own and use firearms in a lawful manner. The intent of the sponsors of HB12 is to stop the plus-up in firearm sales after Obama’s election and to run gun shops out of business. This scheme also includes licensing and registration of you, the lawful firearm owners. Of course, nothing in the bill limits how many guns criminals may buy.

House Bill 845 is another bill designed to bully lawful firearm owners. Under this proposal, you would lose your right to own firearms if you failed to report lost or stolen guns to the police. That’s right, someone steals your guns and you pay the price by losing your Second Amendment rights. Of course, this bill contains no penalties for the criminal that stole your guns in the first place. This is the kind of nonsense that the anti-gun Chicago delegation wants to shove down your throat.

What You Need To Do To Preserve Your Rights
1. Phone your state representative and politely tell him or her that you are a law-abiding firearm owner and that you would like them to vote AGAINST HB12 and HB845. If you do not know who your State Representative is, go to this web page at the Illinois State Board of Elections and follow the instructions for retrieving the name and phone number for your State Representative.

2. Phone the following elected officials and politely tell the person who answers the phone that you are a law abiding firearm owner and that you resent being targeted by the gun-rationing scheme contained in HB12. Be sure to call both numbers next to the politician’s name to deliver this message.

a. Rep. Luis Arroyo (217) 782-0480 AND (773) 637-2000

b. Rep. William Burns (217) 782-2023 AND (773) 924-2600

c. Rep. Deborah Graham (217) 782-6400 AND (708) 445-9520

d. Rep. Eddie Acevedo (217) 782-2855 AND (773) 843-1500

e. Rep. Susana Mendoza (217) 782-7752 AND (773) 277-7711

f. Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez (217) 782-8173 AND (708) 222-5240

g. Rep. Cynthia Soto (217) 782-0150 AND (773) 252-0402

h. Rep. William Davis (217) 782-8197 AND (708) 799-7300

i. Rep. Marlow Colvin (217) 782-8272 AND (773) 783-8492

3. Phone the following elected officials and politely tell the person who answers the phone that you are a law-abiding firearm owner and that you resent being targeted by HB845. Tell the person on the phone that hassling law-abiding firearm owners is no way to reduce crime. Be sure to call both numbers next to the politician’s name.

a. Rep. Eddie Acevedo (217) 782-2855 AND (773) 843-1500

b. Rep. William Burns (217) 782-2023 AND (773) 924-2600

c. Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez (217) 782-8173 AND (708) 222-5240

4. Please start making your calls on Monday, March 30th and keep trying until you get through to these people.

5. Please distribute this Alert to all your gun owning friends and your gun club.

6. Please post this Alert to any and all blogs or Internet bulletin boards to which you belong.

REMEMBER: Gun Control is a disease – you are the cure!

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